Getting to the Exclamation point

This morning I wanted to wake up. I wanted to open my eyes to the sun. I wanted to see and explore what the Savior had created. I wanted to be alive.

I am so excited for this month. I just remembered a talk from Gen. Conf. about new beginnings and how every minute is an opportunity for those...New beginnings! That's how I feel about today, I can start again; start doing the things I failed to do this whole year. Yay!!!!!! SO I think today I will:
Study my scriptures whole heartedly
Prayer sincerely
Go to the gym for a run
Do crutches
Clean the room thoroughly
Prepare well for my RS Pres. meeting
Make a cute card for Michael
Be tons nicer to my sisters
Write home and tell them I love them
Check in with friends
Review my goals
Sleep early :)

Another talk or article that comes to mind now is one by Julie B Beck. She wrote about Teaching the Doctrine of Family and taking the leap of faith to get married and raise a family. I love that she talks about how the phase of life we are in is a selfish one. We need to think about the things in our life but at the same time we must remember that the Lord has instructed us to be married and create loving families here on earth. I heard in church yesterday that it's easier for Satan to prevent families than to break them up. Bishop talked about the choice to have faith and the choice to love. I love what he said because he said that often we base love on the feelings we have. In fact love is not feelings, but it is a conscious choice we make every day. Michael and I talked about this and he said that he makes that choice everyday, but that it's easy for him to make it.

I love Michael!

It's such a blessing to have him in my life and I look forward to having him forever. This past week I've thought a lot about how I needed to find someone who was willing to do the things I want to do and that is serve the Lord. I can see that with Michael, he wants to serve the Lord as much as possible and I think we will be doing that for a while. I hope forever. We talked about the eternities lat night. It was funny because I started getting really excited speculating about how they were going to teach us about creating planets and bodies and what not. Oi Vei! I love progress, I love families, I love life!

Anyway guys and gals, ya'll have a good one today. Peace out! and Aloha!

Mabel