Believe

This post is going to be based off of the song Believe by Rob Thomas.

Here is the song. It may help to listen to it while you read in order to understand what and how I got this out of it.

This song is one of my favorites and I have listened to it time and time again. Recently when I was listening to it, I got something new out of if I never have before and I wanted to share it. 

The chorus of the song says: "Wait, I don't think we can make it through this world without some faith. When everything is falling through our hands we must believe." This absolutely speaks to me and not just on a religious level but on any kind of level. We must believe in something in order to accomplish anything. Whether you are believing in a higher power, yourself, or others doesn't matter. Having a firm belief in something is concrete in this life. A basic belief everyone needs to have but is hard to come by is the belief in themselves. When we believe in ourselves we are more motivated to do what needs to be done and are more willing to try new things. On a more religious level, believing is huge. If you are a religious person then believing in God is huge. Believing in his existence, his love for you and that he will be there for you though everything even when you feel all alone. When a person has this belief, all things become possible and many many doors open.

Now, back to the more literal meaning of the song. "When everything is falling through our hands we must believe." I love this. When everything seems to be falling apart believing is sometimes all you can do. These are the times when our beliefs are tested. Like I said, this doesn't mean it has to be a religious belief. Sometimes, the belief that you have in yourself needs to be tested. Turning to your beliefs in times like these is what will help get through hard situations where everything seems to be falling to pieces.

Life is full of hardships. When these hardships come, turn TO your beliefs NOT away from them.

Get a Clue

What do you do when someone doesn't get the clue? Let me explain. I have a friend who for some odd reason likes me. I have told him I do not like him and he just doesn't get the clue. He is rather determined which would normally be a great quality to have but in this case its rather irritating. I don't know how much more clear than "I don't have those kind of feelings for you" I can get. He's a good friend of mine and has been for awhile but I just don't have those feelings for him and I never really have. He is on a mission and is under some absurd impression that I am waiting for him to come back to see if a relationship can go anywhere. I am not sure where "I don't have those kind of feelings for you" said "I wanna wait for you to come back from your mission to see if we could have a relationship." He enjoys talking about marriage which scares the crap out of me for when he comes back. I don't want to be running from him. He just doesn't get it! In fact, I have told him I may have feelings for someone else (who ironically is on a mission too.) Where is he getting the idea that I like him?! Men are so complicated. Maybe I should just be a nun.

On a more positive note, fall break is next week and I haven't told many people cause I don't wanna come off like some kind of brat but I can't contain my excitement anymore. I'm going to Florida! More specifically, Universal Studios which includes The Wizarding World of Harry Potter :) Yeah kind of freaking out.

Sitting in the hallway

Class finished early and now I am in the hallway waiting for my next class. I think I'll be here for about half and hour. Its amazing what I have noticed. People are really interesting to watch. There is a classroom in front of me with the door open. The professor just told them to do an activity with the person they are sitting next to. I can see 4 different people. 2 guys and 2 girls. One of the girls is skinny, has long blonde hair with a slight curl, neatly dressed, really tan etc. There is a guy sitting next to her. She does not appear to know him because they were sitting extremely far apart. This guy just kinda looks like your typical what some would call "popular" guy. Football player build, nicely dressed, etc. When the professor called for partners this guy jumped at the opportunity to work with this blonde girl. She seems very full of herself and acts like she is too good for this guy who is basically drooling over her, but flirts shamelessly with him anyway. This was not the case for the other girl. The other girl is curvy (but not huge), her light brown hair is in a ponytail, she isn't as tan as the other girl and doesn't dress as nice at the other girl but she still looks put together. In my opinion, she is very pretty. The guy sitting next to her doesn't appear to know her either because again, there is a lot of space between them. This boy also looks like a typical football player type. When the professor called for partners, he looked at the brown haired girl who was very enthusiastic and seems like a genuinely nice person. She says hi to him and he pretty much blew her off and left her to do the work while he stared at the blonde on the row in front of him.

Why are people like this? I see it all the time and I have yet to figure out why it happens. Yeah the second girl isn't as fit, tan or blonde as the first but that doesn't mean she is worth any less. As I write this I can see the look on her face of almost pure defeat. Its absolutely heartbreaking to see another woman treated like this. Why does this happen? I blame the media. They tell all of the women out there that we need to be tall, blonde, tan and skinny. This is not a reality for all women. 

Men complain about women thinking that they all need to be football player types. This is so not true. But if you want to play that way then we can too. So I say this to the men: women will continue to "expect you to  be a football player type" for as long as you expect women to be Victoria's Secret models. Not every woman will end up looking like a Victoria's Secret model that's just the way it is. Stop drooling over the rude Victoria's Secret model and be a decent person to the nice normal girl right next to you. 

Journey

Today, I was in need of a pick me up or sorts because the manager of my place of employment didn't pay me for a like 31 hours last pay period (thankfully I get it this Friday but that's beside the point.) That with a combination of confusion and trying to get ready for school made my brain kind of have a freak out moment. What was my solution? I listened to Journey

Separate Ways

Pretty much my favorite Journey song ever. 

Open Arms

This song is amazing as well. I totally forgot about it then it popped up on my iPod and its kinda been an addiction since 

Thank you Journey for the pick me up. If only Steve Perry was still your singer (not that I don't like Arnel. Steve Perry is just so much better)

Missionaries, Missionaries, Missionaries

Words don't express my love for missionaries. They take 2 years out of the best time of their lives and go serve God. 

This last week we went to the airport to pick up my Grandma. While we were there we were able to witness several missionary homecomings. It was so much fun to watch the look on the families faces and see the light radiating off the missionaries. 

My cousin came home this week from a mission as well. Today was his homecoming talk and all that. What a change from how he was 2 years ago to now. Hes always been a great guy and all that but he is even more so now. He left with a wonderful spirit and all that but he came home with everything he left with magnified and then some.

I've also got a couple friends on missions. There is one in particular that writes/emails me every week without fail. More than once he has answered prayers and helped me in ways that no one else could. There have been times where I have been going through stuff he didn't even know about and yet he would say stuff that directly related to what was going on and ultimately helped more than he will ever know.

If you have friends that are missionaries and you haven't written them in awhile I encourage you to do so. Missionaries love the encouragement and love hearing from their friends and family back home. They will probably help you in return. These boys that go on missions are giving up a lot and sacrificing some of our time to write them whether its in an email or letter, can make a huge difference. Not to brag or anything like that but there have been times where my letters have helped a missionary in need. They just want to know that they are loved and cared for. They truly appreciate it :)