Come What May and Love It

Toward the end of my mission, I do not think I properly understood what life would be like as I transitioned from that phase of life into regular living. It has been frustrating at times as I've struggled to get back into the mix of things, however I've found great peace in my little struggles to simply say to myself- "Come what may and love it!"

We all have trials. We all have difficulties. We all have challenges. We all have bad days. BUT, we all have the very same capacity to laugh, to appreciate, to love, to grow. I struggled with this positive mentality a lot before the mission, but now, as I put forth the effort to see the positive in all things, I find greater happiness in all things.

Once I recognize a trial, struggle, etc., I have found it to be very helpful to put it into the eternal perspective. That causes me to re-teach myself that I came into mortality for the purpose of being tested and gaining knowledge and character along the way. It becomes far more palatable when you realize that we are here to improve ourselves. At times, we even need to be stretched to our limits by the things which have been allotted unto us. How can we improve if life is just a simple meandering through the meadow? If we haven't been to the desert, how could we possibly appreciate the meadow?

Home

I am home. After two years of serving as a missionary, an ambassador of Jesus Christ, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I really don't know where to start...

My mission was incredible. It was something that really cannot be understood, even for those who have already served missions. We all have different experiences and opportunities which make us unique, and no two missions/missionaries are the same. For those of you who came and witnessed my homecoming talk, you saw truly how much it means to me. There were SO many things that really caused me to open me eyes to how real life is. This is our time to prepare to meet God, so make the best of it.

I've forgotten how distracting real life can be. There's too much junk out there. A distraction doesn't have to be evil to be effective, either.

Life is busy, and I haven't even started school yet. That's a post in and of its own.