The greatest blessing of all

I love listening to the General Conference talks. The words of the prophets help me in many aspects of life to live it in the way I'm supposed to live. With all the things going on around in this world, I sometimes forget my true identity - that I am a daughter of God and I was sent here to do his work, to accomplish the things that I've been pre-ordained to do. It's rather easier to just blend in with the world than to stand out and hold strong to my beliefs. Everyday, every hour, every minute we face obstacles that hold us back from achieving our goals. Sometimes when my days get so busy with work, family, friends and million other things, I get carried away and heaven seems so far away and I lose my focus on the Savior. There is even a little thought at the back of my mind that it's too hard of a goal to achieve so I think to myself.. 'Will I REALLY be able to get there?'. It just seems too unrealistic and doubt starts to replace my faith.


 But today, I came across this quote, by Bruce. C. Hafen


"We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more. In the long run, our most deeply held desires will govern our choices, one by one and day by day, until our lives finally add up to what we have really wanted most--for good or otherwise. We can indeed have eternal life, if we really want it, so long as we don't want something else more."


Reading this quote me realize that Eternal life really is possible for me and as imperfect as I am, it is still available for me because of the Atonement of the Savior and if I have the desire and strive to do my very best he will take care of the rest and meet me there.  
I know that no matter how far Heaven may seem to us, if we have the spirit of God we will feel close to Heaven. We can all receive the greatest gift - the Eternal life if we put it our first priority and remember our goal and endure to the very end of our lives.

Edenbrooke

Today was a super super special day for me ♥

I spent half of the day watching the General Conference - and I fell asleep a couple of times.This pneumonia is suffocating me and making me all dizzy so I just kept falling asleep...

After the conference, I went to the Deseret Bookstore for women's night.
They had everything 20% on sale and plus Julianne Donalson came to sign her books!
She is my favorite writer right now!! And this book Edenbrooke has become my favorite Regency Romance book of ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in love with this book.

And here's the inside with her signature!!!!!

HEHE 

If you want to read a good romance novel - Edenbrooke is the one! 

Well my pneumonia seems like it's almost gone so
I might be able to finally escape my little prison by next week!!! GOOD NEWS!

Perks of being sick

So... something that I learned a couple days ago.. is that when you have symptoms of flu for more than a week.. it's probably a good idea that you go to the doctors.
I don't really like going to the doctors for little things but this time I really really REALLY regret not going sooner as it turns out it wasn't flu the whole time.
Streptococcus pneumoniae????? WOW.............
When the doctor told me this it was kinda funny because last week I was sick at home, watching one of the girls die from pneumoniae in the movie "Jane Eyre" and I thought man.. I feel sorry for her and all that time I had the same sickness! LOL
Anyways it got really bad on Tuesday so I finally ended up in a hospital...
Thank goodness I am blessed with not only one but TWO uncles who are kind enough to take care of me. He brought me food three times a day and these cool things called "kiwiberries". Hehe.

So.. lesson learned.. always always always go to the doctors when you're sick.
They are there for a reason!!
Also.. when I was sick of sleeping, I listened to one of the conference talks by Sister Margaret Nadauld called "The Joy of Womanhood" and she said;

You can recognize women who are grateful to be a daughter of God by their outward appearance. These women understand their stewardship over their bodies and treat them with dignity. They care for their bodies as they would a holy temple, for they understand the Lord’s teaching: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”

When I heard this, I felt so so so bad... for not taking care of my body and taking the word of wisdom too lightly. Going to sleep early and eating good food may seem like small things but indeed, small and simple things will bring to pass great things...like pnuemonia...

Things I love

SO.. here are some things that I really love!


I LOVE............................

Listening to music.
In The Strength of the Youth pamphlet it says "Music has a profound effect on your mind, spirit, and behavior." I strongly agree with this statement. I believe that music can change everything. It can change how you feel. I love listening to disney soundtracks especially. The lyrics, melody, voices.. I just love everything about it. Listening to uplifting music really helps me feel and stay happy throughout the day.

Reading
I love reading. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT READING.
Well, I love reading good books.
There are many reasons why I love reading so much.
Reading floods your brain with new knowledge. Anything you read, will be helpful. You'll always learn something new no matter what you read. Even if it's a crappy book, you'll at least learn new vocabulary words lol. I love how different writers have different styles. To me, language is like art. You can express it however you want to in our own unique ways. You can be as creative as you want and I love reading people describe certain things or feelings in their books. Also, when you read, you get to experience different lives of the characters in the books. You can live as many lives as you want by reading books! Isn't this exciting?? :D :D

Activities
I love doing outdoor things. I'm not very good at it but I actually really enjoy learning and playing sports. I love camping, hiking, bike riding, swimming.. I'm not really a stay-at-home person. I need to get out of the house at least once a day unless I'm extremely sick.

TO BE CONTINUED............
ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT REALLY TIRED (3 A.M...........)