Quotes

Our relationship expert was on the show today and had a bunch of quotes. I don't know where the credit belongs on any of these, but I still wanted to share!

In life you’ll realize there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you, and some will teach you. But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.

Love is not about sex, going on fancy dates, or showing off. It’s about being with a person who makes you happy in a way nobody else can. 

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest 

compliment, or the smallest act of caring – all of which have the potential to turn a life around. 

Choose your relationships wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. 

Being alone does not mean you are lonely, and being lonely does not mean you are alone. 

Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.

You know you’ve found true love when you catch yourself falling in love with the same person over and over again. 

Don’t wait for the right person to come into your life. Rather, be the right person to come to someone’s life. 

Someone else doesn’t have to be wrong for you to be right. 

It is okay to be angry. It is never okay to be cruel.

A silent hug means a thousand words to the unhappy heart. 

Don’t mess with someone’s feelings just because you’re unsure of yours.

Lies help no one in the long run. So… 1) Don’t say “I love you” if you don’t mean it. 2) Don’t say “I understand” if you have no clue. 3) Don’t say “I’m sorry” if you’re not. 4) Be honest with yourself and your loved ones.

Good relationships don’t just happen; they take time, patience and two people who truly want to work to be together.

Falling in love is not a choice. To stay in love is. 

Love doesn’t hurt. Lying, cheating and screwing with people’s feelings and emotions hurts. 

Give, but don’t allow yourself to be used. Listen to others, but don’t lose your own voice.

Don’t look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you. 

You don’t really need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely. 

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Let it go. 

Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. 

A real person is not perfect, and a perfect person is not real. 

True friendship and true love do sustain the tests of distance and time.

Good relationships are not just about the good times you share; they’re also about the obstacles you go through together, and the fact that you still say “I love you” in the end.

"Be ye thankful," Col. 3:15

Ah 7:30 a.m. wake up calls...by Mother Nature...I hate you.

Maybe one day I will be able to sleep in later than that!

This weekend was pretty lame, I worked two long shifts Friday and Saturday so we didn't really do much. Last night Bart really wanted to do something but we couldn't find anything to do. Does anyone have any tips on finding things to do in Salt Lake? Because there must be something to do on a Saturday night...right?

Well since it's Sunday I think I want to start doing a Sunday blog about what made me happy/what I'm thankful for this past week. Creative? no. Still a good idea? yes.

This is part of my favorite scripture:  

When thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God, Alma 37:37

Gratitude:  A Path to Happiness


"Gratitude requires awareness and effort, not only to feel it but to express it. Frequently we are oblivious to the Lord’s hand. We murmur, complain, resist, criticize; so often we are not grateful."

"Gratitude is a Spirit-filled principle. It opens our minds to a universe permeated with the richness of a living God. Through it, we become spiritually aware of the wonder of the smallest things, which gladden our hearts with their messages of God’s love. This grateful awareness heightens our sensitivity to divine direction. When we communicate gratitude, we can be filled with the Spirit and connected to those around us and the Lord. Gratitude inspires happiness and carries divine influence. “Live in thanksgiving daily,” said Amulek, “for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.” ^"

Even just sitting here thinking about all of the things I am thankful for, big and small, is pretty overwhelming. I'm having a really hard time figuring out which thing to write down first. So, these are in no particular order :)

my healthy body
my kind, loving husband
a warm place to sleep...that has Air Conditioning
my mind
sunshine
my sisters, brothers and parents
breakfast food...even at dinner
my talents that help me at my job and in school
prayer
church
good friends
new roads on 9th east...no more dodging pot holes!
my internship
temples

"He who receives all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious," D&C 78:19

this list seems lame after everything I was thinking about in my head, but it's hard to write down every little thing you're thankful for. I know everything I have comes from my Heavenly Father, and that knowledge alone is something that I am most grateful for. Happy Sunday everyone!

"Cease not to give thanks" Eph. 1:15-16

A.M. Inspiration

"The purpose of the Gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature."
- David O. McKay


" I will not seek to force people to live up to my ideals but rather love them into doing the thing that is right."
- George Albert Smith

Even More S%$@ Bart Says

B: I am going to one-up you until you die and then I'll die first

B: You can't just tell everything right away, you have to make the reader wait for it

M: Not in news writing

B: Well news writers are like whores, they give it all up right up front

B: I didn't spend thousands of dollars on my education just to have you ask me questions.

B: I'll just put our kid in diapers until they can make it through the first half without going to the bathroom

B: Now you're going to have to get me something awesome, like Robert Turbin's autograph...or his baby, either one

M: Is it open?

B: Well ya babe, it's a gas station

M: Well it just looks deserted

B: Yeah, because we are in the middle of nowhere

(p.s. the gas station WAS closed)

M: Metro-sexual is not Homosexual

B: Well it is right next door

Peace

7. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

A B C 1 2 3

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

-Anthony J. D'Angelo

Tears

Let your tears come.  Let them water your soul.  ~Eileen Mayhew

"Sometimes when you are doing Yoga you will have an emotional release" - My Yoga Teacher

My emotional release came about 4 hours after that Yoga session so it probably had nothing to do with the back bends I was doing, but I will still blame it on that.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.  ~Antoine Rivarol

Call me a girl but sometimes I just need to cry. I don't really do it that often so when I do...I make it count. I cried so hard last night while Bart just held me that his shirt was soaked and when I looked up at him he said it looked like I was going to war (thanks non-water-proof mascara).

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion.  I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.  ~Kurt Vonnegut

Sure I had a bad day, but bad days happen all the time, why did yesterday make me so upset? I am still blaming it on Yoga.

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.  ~Albert Smith

Rain rain go away

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. 

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

Bitter or Better

"those with the most difficulties have the greatest souls"

"life is either a daring adventure or nothing"

"the impossible just takes a little longer"

"you can be bitter, or you can be better"

"it was meant that life would be a challenge"

" a kick in the teeth may be the best thing for you"

"adversary is a preparation for greatness"

Silence

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

-William Penn

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.  

~Confucius

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.  

~Walter Bagehot

Silence is a fence around wisdom. 

~German Proverb