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Remembering Who I Am and What I Believe
20 Jul
This video and the quotes below I came across today and just had to share. They moved me to a greater degree than anytime I have ever read them before or heard the same message before. Most likely because I feel like an entirely new person these days. Happier, more full of life and just excited about life. I feel like I’m beaming, and I know this is the Spirit. God has healed me and healed my life, and I feel closer to Heaven each day. I LOVE it!
Remember who you are, and where you come from and where you’re going. Remember that God loved you first and you’re His child. That makes you special.
“I come to you tonight with a plea that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we go through life we try to ‘accentuate the positive.’ I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment virtue and effort. Now I am not asking that all criticism be silenced. Growth comes of correction. Strength comes of repentance. Wise is the man or woman who can acknowledge mistakes pointed out by others and change his or her course.”What I am suggesting is that you turn from the negativism that so permeates our modern society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom you associate, that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my wise father would say: ‘Cynics do not contribute. Skeptics do not create. Doubters do not achieve.’”
["Be Not Afraid, Only Believe," CES Fireside for Young Adults, Sept. 9, 2001]
”I do not believe in any kind of tyranny. I believe in long-suffering, in mercy, in kindness, in gentleness, and in the love and fear of God. I do not believe that the Priesthood was given to man to exercise dominion and authority over the souls of other men. Everything ought to be done with kindness and long-suffering, yet with fidelity to God.” [Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor (2001), 136]
“Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions. Jesus repeatedly emphasized the power of good thoughts and proper motives: ‘Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not’ (D&C 6:36). “In Proverbs we read, ‘For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he’ (Proverbs 23:7).”
“Should there be anyone who feels he is too weak to do better because of that greatest of fears, the fear of failure, there is no more comforting assurance to be had than the words of the Lord: ‘My grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them’ (Ether 12:27).”
An Unplanned Date
17 Jul
Clark and I have been BUSY this week with work. Especially for Clark yesterday, he didn’t stop moving! He was shipping out orders, buying supplies left and right. The moment he finished was just in time for dinner and we decided to make a quick spontaneous decision to celebrate our weeks success with work and no better place than, the beach 
We hopped in the car and drove down to Santa Monica Pier:
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[Photography by Rebecca Cooper]
We had fun walking along the beach and splashing in the waves at night after dinner. For dinner we were going to go to Bubba Gumps, we reserved a spot and everything. The wait was 35min, which wasn’t a big deal because we could walk around the pier. We got down to the very end and we saw Mariasol Mexican Restaurant and just decided to peak our heads in and saw there was only a 5min wait and we could get a table pretty much on the edge of the pier right next to the water! The food was OK, the waiter seemed to be having a bad night… there was a guy with a parrot on his shoulder (literally) who was seated next to us. We had been there already about 15min, he ordered, received his food, ate and paid and left by the time we barely got our ordered meal. So yeah – the food and service wasn’t great, but the location was awesome. We still had fun!
An incredibly romantic night, we can’t wait to do it again! ♥
Fairy Tale Romance
11 Jul
Can Fairy tales come true? I don’t know, but it sure feels like it!
Clark and I have been having a lot of fun lately. Having fun being spontaneous at a moments notice and taking random drives to random places and eating some pretty good food here and there. I think what makes the biggest difference to the romantic-like essence of the day is how you perceive it to affect you. Clark and I like to proclaim acts of spontaneity in the name of ‘romantic’. Like a drive to a distant city to go shopping, or a trip to the beach, or to our favorite park. It makes it more special, even if its something we just did the other day or this is the 30th time we’ve done this.
All these fun exciting things have really strengthened our love for one another. It helps remind us how important it is to look to the others needs and naturally you’ll receive whatever you need in return. Focusing on ‘whats in it for them‘ instead of ‘what’s in it for me’ is a key to happiness in any relationship I feel.
Sometimes Clark wants to go somewhere, but I’m right in the middle of something, or I’m really not feeling up to it. But I look into his eyes and see that he really needs to get out and I just bite the bullet and go. I almost always end up having just as much fun as he does! Having made the sacrifice, the romance just blossoms in front of our eyes, because he in turn meets my needs either that same day or later in the week because he was nourished by me fulfilling his needs and he naturally wants to do the same for me because the attraction of love is alive and active.
A few fun and romantic things we’ve done this week include:
- Walks around our favorite park with a lake
- A trip to Burbank Mall to purchase some cute clothes
- Eating out at some restaurants we’ve never been to and discovered them as our new favorites! One is ‘Bill’s Hamburgers’, cute little hole in the wall, size of a snow-cone shack, has THE BEST hamburgers in LA! SOOOooooo good!
- Spontaneous trip to the beach yesterday, SO fun! We played in the waves, sat and had lunch on the beach and watched the people. Extremely fun day!
- Staying in after shopping for some healthy snacks at Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s, curled up in a comfy blanket together and watching a chick flick is another favorite thing to do for us. This week we watched Dear John. We LOVED it!
- Clark serenaded me with the guitar the other night. Oh, swoooon ♥♥♥♥
I really love this guy. I’m one lucky woman. ♥
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