10 day social media fast!

I've been doing the 10 day social media fast since President Nelson gave the challenge at the women's conference 6 days ago. I've done plenty of fasts from social media before, just on my own because I got tired of it. But oddly enough this one has been a lot harder, I was talking to someone and we decided it's Satan trying to get to us. Since we actually are following the prophet on not doing it over just deciding to not do it on our own.

Another challenge at the women's conference was to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. I'm in 1 Nephi at the moment and reading all about Laman and Lemuel who ALWAYS complained about everything. It's always kind of annoying reading about those two since they always complained so much. Well I was at work today and one of the ladies there was telling me that she's seen huge complaints on social media this week in relation to President Okes talk at conference. I actually saw it somewhat in some group pages right before I started the 10 day fast. I actually looked up the talk tonight because I didn't know what anyone could be complaining about in relation to that talk. I'm still shaking my head because he didn't say anything to abnormal. Other then he did say things in relation to the proclamation to the family. Anyway I find it odd that anything bad is being said about that talk.

But I was thinking about it and I guess it's kind of like Laman and Lemuel who took the truth to be hard. If someone's going to complain about a conference talk then something is amiss.
I decided maybe that was the foresight of President Nelson and maybe some of us needed a break from facebook so we'd miss the complaining. I loved conference and don't want to be affected by those complaining about a church leader stating the truth.

General Conference!

This weekend was general conference, which was great!! It's funny but I totally was thinking during just about every talk how something in it applied to my life. Of course by the time conference was over I could barely remember any of the talks. But I concluded it's because if your spirit guided during conference then you'll be connected to spirit guided things that are said. Clearly all conference talks are spirit guided, especially since we always hear people say 'I had a question and it was answered in conference.' I actually did have that experience, life was seeming pretty good so I didn't come up with a question until last night. It was in relation to someone I've had a lot of problems with, super hard to figure out what to do with the situation. But then the second or third talk in the morning session was by Elder Holland on not holding onto problems with people. I was kind of frustrated with that talk actually, but it seemed like Elder Anderson's talk afterward fit right with it on not giving up during trials. So once again it's pretty clear the talks in conference are spirit guided, since I doubt they talked together about their topics beforehand.

But it was a great weekend and one of those where I hate to see the weekend come to an end. Not because I hate going to work on Monday, but because conference was so spiritual and honestly it's probably what people in the spirit world experience all the time. (just a thought) I wish at times like this that I didn't have to go back into the world, but there's no way around it. In order to not be apart of the world I'd have to stay in my apartment and go no where. But it goes to show that conference was great and hope others agree with that!

I found it interesting where President Nelson put emphasis on going to the temple. I have tried to do that a lot anyway since there is a temple in my town. But it made me wonder if the world will get even worse then it is. Anyway I am doing the 10 day fast from social media or at least facebook, since I don't do the others a lot. I am trying to find temple names, but I hit a dead end after finding about 15 on one family line. I have decided that during the 10 days of no facebook I'll try to find names and index. Funny enough indexing isn't bad, you just have to find the stuff that is easier to read. I had tips given to me from people in my ward on doing the war records. Most of those are generally easier to read and besides there is someone who reviews what you do. So need to fear, if you do it wrong someone else should catch it. The idea of it could be done wrong isn't a good excuse to not index. Anyway hope others will join me on finding family names and indexing. Happy Sunday!!

Sunday is great!!

Since I've been in the over 30 ward they do this day conference during the summer involving Logan and Ogden, along with anyone else who wants to show up. There were some from Idaho and Salt Lake there too, mainly people who like the conferences and go to anyone they hear about. Well at these conferences they have different classes, some spiritual and some dating related. In the morning I went to this class on the temple, and it turned out to be the recently released Logan temple president that talked at it. While there he talked about a youth group from Idaho that came one time at 5 am to do baptisms, since they needed to get back in time for school. Well suddenly I wanted to go to the temple, especially since it had been closed for the last month. I decided the people who planned the conference should be happy I applied something to life. So I skipped the last talk last night and went to the temple before it was closed at 8 pm. Today when I was going to church I went by the temple and suddenly stopped to stare. Maybe I was the only one to see it, but it was totally glowing. It  reminded me of a former stake president in Roosevelt who was the Vernal temple president a few years ago. He said something along the lines of by being at the temple a lot it makes you more holy. At least he'd noticed that as the temple president for three years. This incident just reminded me of that, if your doing lots of spiritual stuff then you'll notice the difference.

Also today at church this girl talked who I didn't really know, and only a few weeks ago had a conversation with. Well she told about this relative who lived in Nauvoo as a teenager. He was quite friendly with Joseph Smith and one day this guy named William Law asked him to go work for him. This teenager had a bad feeling, but Joseph Smith told him it was a good idea to take the job. So he went and started working for William Law and he started hearing the adults talk in apostate ways. He always paid attention to the conversations and one night was asleep. (apparently he slept there) But he woke up and heard them talking about killing Joseph Smith, and they wanted him to help them do it too. He went over and told Joseph Smith what they had said, well Joseph Smith said 'Yes help them and load the gun or whatever they want, but don't worry if I'm suppose to live they won't succeed.' So he went back and the next day they wanted him to help them load the gun. He did it and was standing there when they tried to shoot Joseph Smith. Well the gun wouldn't work and the bullets wouldn't come out. (something like that) They were mad telling the teenager that he'd loaded it wrong. He said 'no I didn't do it wrong' and the guy turned and tried to shoot a post. Lo and behold all bullets shot totally normal as they should have previously. But it was a pretty cool story because it goes to show that no one dies by accident. Although we refer to them as car accident, bike accident or boating accident. It's a good thing to remember in life. Happy Sunday!

What happens when you meet apple phones virtual assistant named Siri!

My old phone died and I had to get a new phone. I didn't even think about it when buying it, but I got an apple phone that has Siri on it. Well I randomly started asking Siri all these random questions, and one of those was 'who is the oldest person in the world?' It was a person whose 125 in Japan I think it was, but they've only been the oldest person in the world for the last 2 1/2 weeks. Well I got Siri to look up who was the oldest person in the USA. That person is a lady in New York or Boston (somewhere like that) who is 113. I read on and they said that they will keep an eye on people's records through some alert. When they get alerted that someone is 110 then they'll look up info on them and try to talk to them. Well in the process of media attention they will ask them how they think that they have lived so long? I read about one person who said that they ate healthy food and kept it small on the unhealthy food. Their favorite food was fried chicken, but they kept it down on that throughout life. (but still ate it) Someone concluded it was having the next to perfect genes and only few get those genes to live past 100. Another lady said that God helped her live that long.

I found this interesting because the world is always trying to determine how something could have happened if it's out of the norm. But if you think about it the whole reason why someone would live past 100 is because God helps them live that long. It's true that eating unhealthy food could cause an early death. But most likely in those cases those people just get sick and stay sick until they're supposed to die. I've seen a lot of people who've had cancer and then survived through surgery or chemo. I knew a guy several years ago who had to do both chemo and surgery and is still alive. I don't think there are any near perfect genes out there. It's called God will let you live until your supposed to die, even if it's past 100.

I also found it interesting because they said in the USA there are 36 known people who are over 110.  There could be more but birth records weren't kept very well before 1933.

Also it was wierd to think of someone being born in 1900 and still being alive now. They literally were alive through several wars, the great depression, pioneer life, internet and now the internet being on a phone. That would be pretty wierd to be alive that long.

I did realize that if I lived to 118 then I'd live in three centuries, wouldn't that be cool? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to do that though because all the people I read about were alive but in assisted living centers or hospitals. But it would be cool to say you lived in three centuries, although this one would be the longest for me. (the 2000's) I'm pretty sure that won't happen though because I've eaten to much sugar in my life to get past maybe 80. :D

Random conclusions!

         I am reading this book called 'Visions of Glory' by John Pontius. It is about a guy who had some near death experiences. What he learned in one near death experience is that God could actually turn around time. Meaning we could go back in time and repeat things, but it's not part of the plan on this earth. So we can't back track time. I was thinking about how that would be wierd if we actually could back track time.

         That led to remembering a talk I'd heard awhile ago. It was by a lady named Stephanie Nielson who was in a small plane crash as of about 10 years ago. I believe it was early August of 2008 that the accident happened. She ended up having a near death experience as well, although she doesn't explain much on that in her book 'Heaven is Here.' But she was trapped in the plane while it was in flames. The people in the front had gotten out, so she was the only one trapped. She did have divine guidance in getting out of the plane or she'd be dead. But she got out and ended up seriously burned. After months in the burn center in Arizona and Salt Lake she's very functional now. But does look quite different from before due to skin grafts and such. She does a lot of going around and talking at firesides. This particular one I saw was recorded and put on youtube from a devotional at Utah Valley University. (UVU) Someone there asked that if she could repeat time would she get in the plane again knowing it would crash and burn? I expected her to say 'no way', but oddly enough she said 'yes.'
       
         Anyway after remembering that and reading the book, I thought 'there is no way I'd want to repeat time.' But then I remembered if we could repeat time then I never would go back into that apartment I was in during 2017 with those really, really bad roommates. That would be nice to have that as something that never happened. But interesting enough I've realized this summer that I'm actually glad I lived in that bad apartment with the bad roommates and bad landlord. Because in Utah with mainly LDS people it's easy to be naive and assume everyone is good. (or you hope everyone is good) But I have thus realized from meeting those people that there is evil in Utah and even evil in the church. Not the church itself, but there are evil people who proclaim to be LDS and even go to church. I've become much more careful in the last 18 months. I have since made sure I have locks on my phone. If I meet someone I don't become tight with them super fast. I generally steer clear if I get bad vibes from them and don't think to myself 'okay I have to be friends with them to be a good LDS person.' I generally would think that before 2017 when meeting just about anyone. But you know what? It's actually okay to stay away from people who aren't a good influence or who will try and drag you down. Also I've thus realized from that incident that it really is good to call the police if your in a situation that calls for it. I previously thought it was better to stay away from the police. But technically they are trained to help people be safe. And some situations just aren't safe no matter how you try to get around it.

          Most people who know about the bad roommate stuff from early 2017 will be surprised to hear that I'm glad now that I lived there. Because I majorly went off for a long time about how it was the most ridicules thing I had to live there. And I didn't understand why I had the impression to move there if it wasn't good to be there. But I really am glad I moved there because it's become a living reality that we have to be aware that there are evil influences in the world and not everyone is going to be as they proclaim to be. Unfortunately a lot of dishonesty happens and a lot of people in the world put on a fake face. Word from the wise: be careful as to who you associate with and don't trust everyone you meet just to prove your a good LDS person.

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Day #68: Happy pioneer day to those who are in Utah! I was in the parade with a handcart group, it was super hot with all the pioneer clothes on. I am happy that I live in current times, it would have been hard to be a pioneer. I also am reading this book about the Willie and Martin handcart companies, it's super sad they got stuck in the winter of Wyoming. But amazing how many went out to help them from Salt Lake when they found out there were still people coming.

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Day #67: Family history makes me happy!

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• Day #66: I love words of living prophets and more especially a book I found recently that is written by the apostles makes me very happy. A quote from President Nelson is this: 'Plead with the Lord for the gift of discernment. Then live and work to be worthy to receive that gift so that when confusing events arise in the world you will know exactly what is true and what isn't.' People kept telling me that you learn something from every experience in life. In relation to those horrible roommates last year I always thought 'no way, I learned nothing living there except that I would never want to be horrible like those people.' But not long ago I had the realization that the ONLY reason why I figured out how horrible all those people were was actually due to the holy ghost. I wouldn't have figured it out on my own, other then maybe catching on that I hated how controlling they tried to be. And that they'd say things that contradicted what they previously said, so it was obvious they were liars. But one clear experience I had was when the biggest bully of the apartment (one who'd been there around 5 years) got everyone into a huge fight. I left town to get away from the stupid crap. But my Bishop had said to me before I left 'make sure your room is locked at all times.' I made the mistake of telling that bully that I was leaving town, so she cornered me right before I left so that I'd forget to consider locking the door. The next day my sister suddenly asked me if I'd locked my door in Logan, then explaining she'd randomly had the impression to ask that. I realized that I hadn't, but we decided that I could just ask that roommate to lock it. (I didn't know what a bully she was then) Well I suddenly had a very dark impression that I shouldn't ask her. The last resort was to ask the landlord, but as an after thought I was like 'oh I should just get the roommate to do it.' But then my sister said 'no if you had a bad feeling about the roommate then don't do it.' So I got the landlord to go lock the door, but turns out that very night the nasty girl started trying to message me and get all sweetie on me. I'm pretty sure she was there when the landlord showed up to lock my room door and was mad about it. Anyway I went back and learned later on how horrible and dishonest she was in general. (good deceiver is all there is to it) So anyway recently I realized a lot of what I found out in relation to what she was doing was from impressions of the Holy Ghost. I know that I learned from living there that I'd NEVER want to live without the holy ghost. The only way to decipher good from evil in the world is through the holy ghost. We really can't do it on our own! Sadly there are nasty/evil people in the world currently. I would have honestly been so screwed with those horrible roommates if I had not been in tune with the holy ghost. The holy ghost literally saved me multiple times in that nasty place.

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Day #65: Vacation makes me happy and being with family!

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Day #64: Sunday makes me happy and going to church. Super great that it is Sunday tomorrow!!

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Day #63: I was reading this book not long ago about understanding the temple endowment. (LDS temple if your confused) Well one main point given is that to understand the temple endowment you need to be directed by personal revelation to understand it. Also stated in the book is that if you haven't had any personal revelation in a long time or even seen miracles in your life in a long time then YOUR lacking in faith. To have a true relationship with God you HAVE to have personal revelation. If your not having personal revelation then God isn't talking to you and it's all one sided on your part. God only refuses to not communicate or give personal revelation when your following Satan and ignoring the commandments and prophets from God. Remember if your having issues with this then you can change through the atonement of Jesus Christ and receive personal revelation in the future. I thought that was a very good point and grateful that I have recently seen miracles in my life. And as stated on my day #62 I obviously have recent personal revelation or I wouldn't have gone to the store in a rush and then ran into that guy from YSA ward. I am happy to find out that the key is personal revelation on understanding the temple endowment because there are points of it that are hard to understand. I'll keep the personal revelation in mind in order to understand the temple endowment better.

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Day #62: At church it's been interesting because in the last 5 weeks we have sang the song 'These Emblems We Partake' three times. It really caught my attention the first time on verse 3 because it says: 'The law was broken; Jesus died that justice might be satisfied, that man might not remain a slave of death, of hell or of the grave.' It just really came to me that this is saying if you don't use the atonement and don't repent while knowing better you are allowing yourself to become a slave to Satan. Reality is that if you want to repent and use the atonement then yes it'll be hard, but it won't be as hard if you let Christ help you to change. The atonement is real is all I have to say and I know that from first hand experience. It's just sad when people continue in misery being a slave to Satan when they could actually use the atonement to be happy. I hope everyone will use the atonement considering it is free to everyone!

Break away from 100 Happy Days!

Well sometimes the internet can be fake or it just looks like people have perfect lives. Generally because they don't state the problems that they do have. So some bad things going on for me are that last week the water heater in my apartment blew up. It happened the night before Memorial day, so all Memorial day I was catching water in a bowl. And ever since then I've been listening to this very loud fan dry the carpet that got really wet. It was the first time in almost a year where I actually wished I had roommates again. When I had roommates before they were so bossy and wanted to be in charge of everything that they'd report stuff to the landlord. I was glad to not have to worry about reporting problems to the landlord in the past. But unfortunately I have to do all of that now that I'm on my own.
Also a nasty situation I found out about today is that some librarians at a neighboring library got laid off for no reason. The claim in the news report is that they were laid off due to the budget being low. It's just awful because the two laid off have master degrees. It's pretty sad. Especially since it's pretty hard to get library jobs as it is without leaving the state or so it seems.

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Day #61: I didn't work today and so I wasn't in a hurry to wake up. Well suddenly I just woke up and looked at the clock. I saw that it was a good time to be awake. After being awake about 10 minutes I suddenly had the urge to go to the grocery store ASAP. I was going to go to the grocery store since I was off, but really wouldn't have considered it vital to go to the store so fast. Other then I was out of food and kind of hungry, usually smoothies don't do much for long. (mostly what I had in the apartment or canned food) Well I decided to go to the store if I had the impression to do it. I was trying to leave and kept forgetting stuff, so I kept going back in. Finally I left and I noticed it was really good weather. So I decided to walk and ride the bus back at the end. Well I was about 1 1/2 blocks away from my apartment when I almost ran right into this guy. I quickly realized that I knew who this guy was, it was actually a guy that I knew from a YSA ward 3 years ago. We were about 5 feet from running in to each other, except I was coming from another way. So he didn't see me and crossed the street. From the back I couldn't quite tell if it was him, but I was pretty sure that was who I had seen on the corner before he turned to cross. Well while deciding if it was really him the chance was missed to say anything because he suddenly was like 1/2 a block a head of me. I stayed back long enough to determine it was him and eventually he was a block ahead of me, apparently a fast walker. Well I went in the direction of the store and he walked the other way, later found out he was going up north to his job. Well I texted him since I'm doing the 'no social media this week' and said that I was pretty sure he had been in front of me. He said that he had been along that street at that time, but was going to work since it was such good weather. So we conversed a little and then I said that I was actually really happy that I'd seen him. Even though we hadn't actually conversed I was glad to see him because he's one of the very good people I've known in life. It was so nice seeing a good person in the world today after being bogged down for to long with horrible people in the world. I realized that apparently I was supposed to see him or I wouldn't have had the impression to get to the store so fast. And any other day off I wouldn't have woken up that early either most likely. Happy to be reminded that most of the world is good people, but unfortunately bad people do exist by the bad choices they make everyday.

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Day #60: Not doing facebook or social media for a week makes me HAPPY!! Surprise to you all, but President Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (lds.org) Did a meeting yesterday and encouraged the teens and anyone else interested to not do facebook or social media in general for a week. I liked his description of facebook and social media. It has good points to it, but it's a FAKE world! I noticed that back with those bad roommates. They were JERKS in real life, but put on facebook how loving and spiritual they were. They also put on fake pictures of them covered in make up and such ridicules things when in real life the one specially told me 'makeup is a waste of time and I don't wear it.' So I have always made a valid effort to not put fake stuff on facebook or social media in general. I always appreciate those who do the same. I don't count blogging as social media, but it's been great so far without social media in my life. If not for this challenge I would probably be on facebook right now over blogging. :)

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Day #59: I love my job and the fact that it brings in new information to my life. I found this movie today at work called 'A 2nd Witness'. It's about a lady from the Willie handcart company named Elizabeth Panter. While with the handcart company traveling she was out picking up buffalo chips. A random guy came up and asked how the company was, and she said they were starving. He led her to this cave and gave her all this buffalo meat he had dried. After leaving she tried to go back and couldn't find the cave entrance. The main part of the movie was about her daughter who was with the handcart company as an infant. After her mom died she stopped believing the story as much due to others saying it was probably made up. She was later in Idaho at church with her daughter when this older guy got up to talk. He told about being with the Willie handcart company and starving, but a random lady in the group met a stranger and got buffalo meat for the group that probably saved a lot of people. Her daughter took that as the second witness that it had really happened to her mom. At the very end the older guy talking in this sacrameeting said 'We were without substance but we were not without God's grace. And God put forth his hand to make his presence known.' I have to say I feel like I never have money because I'm forking it out to rent or student loans. Yeah I'll probably be poor forever, but I will be the first to say that even if I'm poor forever my life isn't lived without God in it. And having God in your life is the best thing you can have in life. It's more important then having tons of money and it brings more happiness then money ever can.

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Day #58: I was reading about some LDS authors and one in particular that does a really good job in LDS movies is Jason Wade. He's Brother Savage in 17 Miracles and usually a parent in some others such as Cokeville Miracle. Anyway the movies he's in make me happy!! There was a interview with him that is through LDS Living. Apparently at one point before acting in movies he was homeless. So this is what he said in relation to that: 'I am so glad the living-out-of-my-car days are over. Those were some dark days, but it had so much more to do with being spiritually and creatively lost than it did not having any money for rent. You ask yourself some pretty poignant questions when you get to that level in your life, and most days I didn't like the answers. I didn't know why I was here. I didn't know where I was going. I started to question everything.
But in the months and months of questioning to come, I started to answer the questions differently. I stopped blaming everything around me and I took personal responsibility. I realized I was the only one who could make choices to get me out of that dark place, so I started to collect all the things that made me happy or gave me a reason to wake up in the morning. I fell in love with Pennsylvania's beauty. I started to record my travels. I started to visit the historical sites and state parks and make little documentaries. A feeling of fulfillment awakened as I was running the camera, talking in front of it, and editing the footage throughout the night. I felt a sense of purpose.
This new energy emerged and I used that energy to prioritize my life. I put Church attendance on my top 5 list. I made my prayers more about being grateful and not so much about complaining. I stopped being a recluse and put more effort into being around people with good energy. This ultimately brought me to my senses. A very clear vision emerged. I needed to embrace my passion for acting and I needed to get back to Utah where I knew I had a stable job in Wildland fire. I could get out of debt in a few summers and I was hoping there was a talent agency that would pick me up.' This was a pretty inspiring thing to read because it's true, stop blaming others and take responsibility for your circumstances. That is what will change your life and make your life more fulfilled and happy.
http://www.ldsliving.com/-LDS-Actor-Jasen-Wade-From-Living-in-Car-to-Movie-Star/s/80262

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Day #57: I realized that on this day a bunch of years ago I went to the MTC or Mission Training Center. Yep going on a mission for the LDS church was one of the best things I've done. Sometimes it's sad to think it'll never happen again. But truth is that we can be just as happy and in tune with the spirit as we were in the mission field. Key is that you have to LIVE the gospel and LIVE in tune with the spirit for that to be happen. If your miserable then what is causing that? Time to make amends and fix your issues or you'll never be happy if you continually blame others for the problems YOU create!!

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Day #56: Riding a bike makes me happy!! Yeah kind of random but I recently started biking again. I haven't rode a bike in 20 years, but it's great fun!! :D

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Day #55: Blessings of being honest makes me happy. I've had a side job and back in January I really was a bit on the poor side. Well at this side job we write up our hours on our own and turn them in, so we don't turn them in through a computer. I had several days back in January where there wasn't a lot to do at the side job. So I left early those times and one of the people there said to me 'oh just mark that you were here the whole time.' Well it was tempting since I needed money, but in all reality now that I think about it there was maybe $10 lost overall from leaving early. So yeah I ended up marking the right times and interestingly enough hours picked up a lot soon after. I started getting more hours then I could do and had to drop some hours. Anyway I had long forgotten this and just recently was reminded of it. I realized that it's so true, God WILL help you if your honest. On the other hand, if your NOT HONEST then God isn't going to help you. And that is an absolute fact!!

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Day #54: I always am happy to see amazing quotes from the apostles!!

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Day #53: Today I realized that it is the year mark from the day that I moved from that horrible apartment with the nasty roommates. If you don't know what I'm talking about then scroll down and read all about it. It was great weather so I decided to walk through that neighborhood. Just for the sake that I know that I've done tons of great things in the last year. But that nasty old roommate is still in the rut of living in a cheap apartment with roommates. And still at a miserable job and just as miserable as she was a year ago. On the other hand I've done a lot, but not only that I'm actually HAPPY. The funniest part though is that I noticed when going through the neighborhood that one of the cars that was always in that driveway was down the street at another apartment. Looks like those roommates are doing the same thing I did last year. I only moved a block away because the neighborhood was great, the roommates were NOT!! So I'm happy that it's been a great year and I'll never have to associate with those MISERABLE people again!!

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Day #52: Great talks make me happy! There is a talk by President Eyring on the Holy Ghost from a CES fireside in the 2000's. The part I liked the most was where he said that you can know the atonement is working in your life if you've recently felt the influence of the Holy Ghost. I'd heard that before, but didn't know where it came from but apparently it's from this talk. So just remember that, if you haven't felt the Holy Ghost in a long time then it's time to repent just like President Eyring said here. Because you'll feel the spirit if you are living righteously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQT66B5-DHQ

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Day #51: Working a lot and having money to pay bills makes me happy. But it sure makes me tired too, time to snooze now!!

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Day #50: Church and connecting with others makes me happy! So those horrible roommates I have mentioned from last year are the type of people who think that they can use the church against you. If they bring up 'your a horrible LDS person because you won't let me abuse you' is what will guilt you into letting them control you and their way of justifying being a monster to innocent people. That is the absolute behavior of those jerks over there. Well I concluded back in August of 2017 that I would NEVER associate with those jerks again. They are abusive and nasty, so that was the end of that because when I tried to help them they'd just turn and stab me in the back millions of times over. So anyway I've cut ties and blocked them from the phone, social media and my life. Well I keep running into one nasty girl at the store, but I pretend like I don't know her. Of course I feel bad but there is no reason why those jerks should be able to get away with that monster behavior. So anyway today at church a wife of one of the Bishopric counselors told this story about a visiting teacher she'd had years ago. This lady would come and say really nasty stuff to her while they were visiting teaching. She didn't explain what was said except that this lady would try to put her down, but was SUPPOSE to be her visiting teacher. Well every time after they left the other visiting teacher would call her and say 'are you okay? So sorry that lady is so rude like that.' Well after she got new visiting teachers she completely stopped associating with the nasty lady who'd been her visiting teacher. She's still friends with the nice lady, but not the nasty one. She then went onto talk about how you shouldn't feel obligated to associate with someone if they are rotten to you. Just because your LDS DOES NOT MEAN you have to put up with people who are bitter and mean.  After that another lady whose a wife of the other Bishopric counselor then said she had callings with two different people who were really rude. She cut connections with them as well and she went onto say that you should be forgiving. But there is no way God expects you to associate with those jerks even if your forgiving. Especially if those people refuse to change or repent, and continue to be jerks. So I was glad to hear they'd had experiences like that and agreed that it's fine to cut ties with nasty/rude people. I'm happy to not be the only one forced to cut ties with some horrible people. I sure am forgiving, but I hope that I never see those people again. The only way I want to see them again is if they ever REPENT and get their act together.

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Day #49: General Conference makes me happy!!

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This is my off day from 100 happy days. I'm actually pretty depressed right now. Someone I know from a neighboring library was fired for embezzling from the library budget. It really makes you wonder how anyone could get involved in embezzling from a company. I guess it's a good reminder on why you shouldn't even steal a small amount to begin with.

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Day #47:  As you can tell good quotes make me happy!! Especially ones from current prophets and apostles. Oh and sorry these memes get a little large, it's hard to make them go smaller. But besides that point it's an awesome quote right?

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Day #45: I am reading a book by Anthony Sweat titled 'Christ in every hour'. He talks about Peter walking on the water, which by the way is an awesome story. I always like it because it's a great faith story and how Peter walked on the water, but when he lost focus on Christ he sunk. Same for us if we lose focus of Christ in our lives we sink and end up in the misery of Satan's grasp if we don't return our focus to Christ. Anyway in this book he said in relation to the atonement and Peter 'The same power that strengthened Peter to walk on water is the same power that can strengthen you to accomplish amazing things.' So true!! Yeah this book is super awesome, totally one to read that will make you happy like it dose me.

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Day #44: As mentioned before good quotes make me happy, always a good reminder of why we live righteous lives. 

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Day #43: The atonement makes me happy, especially songs on the atonement for that matter. There is always hope no matter how screwed up your life may be at right now. And that hope comes through Jesus Christ!! Kind of reminds me of spring right after winter. During winter it's just like nasty and dark outside. But when spring comes life seems much more hopeful. Christ is our hope or the spring of our lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTHbnVMOb60

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Day #42: Forgiveness makes me happy!! As previously mentioned I met some real jerks last year, but what made them worse was that they claimed to be SO religious. They'd always go to church like they were great LDS members and they'd say that they were RMs. (returned missionaries) Which I do believe they are, but they haven't strived to live their religion since their missions which is pretty much a shame. You go on a mission to convert people to the gospel as well as converting yourself, what's the point of going if you aren't going to live your religion after? Anyway these people made me so angry!! They pretended to be amazing people in the community and all. But behind closed doors they were absolute liars and bullies to anyone they could do it to that appeared to be nice enough to not call them out on it. They decided that I was one the one they'd single out and harass, along with being dishonest towards. (since I was a roommate) Even after I moved this one person continued to harass and bully me, it was to the point I had to stand up for myself. Anyway later on this jerk roommate came to my job and tried to apologize saying I'd saved her life. Well later on when I wouldn't go along with her crap she started blaming me for her problems, and telling me I was this miserable person who wouldn't forgive and she was this amazing forgiving person. Yet I'd said right before that statement that I was going to forgive her, but I didn't have to condone her disgusting behavior. I told her to stay away from me and thank God that's the last I've seen of that miserable person. Anyway time went on and I started reading books about people I knew who had it worse then I ever had it in life. I mainly read these books because I was so ANGRY at these horrible people. Well I ended up reading this book called 'Unseen Angel' by Alissa Parker. Her daughter was shot in the Sandy Hook Shooting in 2012. She talked in the book about how she really hated the shooter and interestingly enough her living daughter said that she was concerned about the shooter. (who was dead) Well due to the spirit her and her husband started thinking they should meet with the shooters father. They ended up doing that and it became a huge blessing, in fact it became a stepping stone for their forgiveness towards the shooter. She also talked about how she decided that she needed to let the shooter go and eventually did. Well it was books like that which really helped me because these people who'd had it much worse were able to get past it. Anyway I decided to really let go of those miserable roommates from last year. I for one decided to block out anything related to them from my thoughts. Well that was a few months ago that I decided that, around Christmas time. Anyway it's interesting because I actually just in the last few days thought about the fact that I wasn't really angry at those miserable roommates anymore. It helps that I don't see them anymore, except one time in January that I saw the one jerk roommate at the grocery store. But it was really cool because the other day I realized that I'm really not angry at those horrible people and actually can say that I've forgiven them. It's pretty amazing getting to this point! I think it's helped to remember that they'll have to account to God for the nastiness they've done in this life and that God still loves them despite it. There is a talk Alissa Parker gave where she talks about this peace of forgiveness being apart of the atonement. I thought that was pretty cool, but here's the talk at the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RjrH5F9eKU&t=86s

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Day #41: I am in a General Conference study group and we're going through all the talks from October 2017 conference. It was pretty cool because I'd completely forgotten Elder Ballards talk on the trek or our trek in life. I LOVED THIS TALK!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBWV5Xo4N5M
This talk was awesome and related to us going through the trek of life, which is so true this life IS A TREK!! Anyway this talk reminded me of the song Faith in every Footstep. If you aren't feeling the spirit right now then listening to both this song and talk should help you feel the spirit if you are in tune with the spirit in life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jH4mOEDu5w

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Day #40: I love quotes from President Monson and I will say that one thing I always remember of President Monson is that he was so into service. Service is an amazing thing, but I will say that I know a few who think that just by doing service it will save them. One thing we MUST NOT confuse is service as a basic thing that is good and salvation that will save us. Yes we must follow the prophet and serve, but we can't assume that just because we serve it will save us. Yes serving is good, but it doesn't block out lying and stealing. Only true repentance and applying the atonement can save us. Just remember to do service for the right reason and it will make you happy like it does me, but only when it's done for the right reason.

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Day #39: Life is hard always, but life is also great in the sense that hard times make life much more appreciated in good times!! Awhile back life was super hard and stressful, but more recently things are going well and I like where I'm at. I'd say right now are happy times, but also happy because life is what you make of it. If you are mean and grumpy then life will be miserable, if you are happy and nice life will be great because you have the attitude to make it happy!!
This song always makes me happy, listen to it if you ever are depressed or sad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3djC9_40fmU&list=RD3djC9_40fmU

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Day 38: Winter Olympics are super happy!! They are always fun to watch. I always think figure skating is fun, but I really like half pipe, speed skating and all the sports are fun. I'm not sure why Winter Olympics is so much more fun then Summer Olympics, but maybe that is because in the summer there is always other fun stuff going on.
This link below is a pretty cool one, it's actually siblings who skate together for pair skating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRe08giXQs
I didn't pay attention to half pipe until this year, but it's super crazy. How can you do all those flips and come out standing every time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6NTcNFjVjE
Enjoy the last few days of the olympics 2018!!

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Day #37: I love my second job!! It's one of those where you can pick your schedule. I calculated and I'm fine on money right now, so I decided not to go to that job today. It was super happy to take a breather for the day and just go to the job I really love, which is the library.

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Day #36: I was able to talk to some old friends that I hadn't seen in several years today. It was really fun!! I also ran into a teenager around town who I know from my job. He's pretty funny! It's always a very happy thing talking to awesome people!! Also still loving the snow!!

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Day #35: I am really happy that it snowed lots and lots in the last 24 hours. Overall it was the perfect weekend to have it snow a lot since it was President's Day today and I didn't have to go far. (except to get good deals at the store) Also it was a perfect reminder today while walking in the snow that it's amazing being free from those miserable and controlling people I had to associate with last year. Last year on Presidents Day is was a lot more of a yucky day and I was glad to get back to work the next day.  Only because the one really nasty girl was hanging around the apartment, so I stayed in my room as long as I could so she couldn't try to order me around. Then the miserable jerk of a landlord showed up with a girl who wanted to sign in for summer. I didn't answer my room door because he had said through a text that she was looking at the empty room. So I wasn't going to converse with them since he was such a jerk as it was in the previous month. Well when I didn't answer I heard the jerk landlord say that he had a key so he was going to go in my room anyway. SO UNPROFESSIONAL!! Well I heard that and walked out to their great surprise since they all thought I was at work. Turns out that I could hear him talking to the others and he was telling them that I was staying into another year contract, yet I'd told him previously that I wasn't staying. Well he had no respect or decency in any way and so I informed him later that day that I WAS NOT staying when the contracted end in May. Well he threw a hissy fit, like I'm really going to stay when he's been so completely rude and disrespectful in any sense of the word for the last month. Then tried to come in my room when he assumed I was at work was the most disgusting thing of all. Well I said that I was leaving and had nothing further to discuss with him. After him and that girl left I left as well when the bully roommate tried to get out of me why I wasn't at work, as if it was her business in anyway. Well I left and came back when I knew she'd be at work, which I did quite often actually to avoid her. So anyway today was a much better day. I could wake up when I wanted, could go out of my room without running into jerks/bullies and I could go outside/come back when I wanted. It was a glorious day and total freedom. I love studio!!!

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Day #34: Nice people who always try to help me out in life, even though I like to always live independently. There is a difference between people who are nice and sincere vs people who are nice just to get something from you. So it's super happy when people at church or in town help me because they are sincere. Someone at church helped me get through the snow storm yesterday so I could get to church. And someone told me about some good deals at the store, so I went today to find that some were still there. I don't shop on Sunday and was afraid that since the sale was on Sunday that everything would be gone, but there was still enough left that I could be apart of the good deal. Yay!!

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Day #33: Music is always the best thing to make me happy if life is being full of trials. I will say that a year ago was much harder then this year because of miserable, selfish people I had to meet and deal with. But there are always trials in life no matter what, so it was nice going to this random missionary fireside I heard about. Apparently not many heard about it because only 30 or 40 people were there. But someone sang this song: Today I walked where Jesus Walked. It was very spiritual!! A good reminder that we can always live like Jesus and follow his example throughout our lives. That is what will bring the greatest joys to our lives. Living off of our own desires, which are usually selfish desires, is what will bring misery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9WnRw1W1xM

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Day #32: Friends at church make me happy!! We had this fun activity that I went to and it was a Chinese New Years party. It was great and even if it's a bad day or whatever church friends are always great supporters. Also friends at work are great as well, it's awesome going to work when your coworkers are your friends!!

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Day #31: Kids make me happy, it's always fun to see kids at work. They're super cute, so it's fun associating with kids even though I'm single. This little girl who I barely even know gave me a valentine and said we are friends. I thought it was really cute since I really don't know her, but I guess kids always notice adults who are nice. :) Happy Valentines Day!!

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Day #30: Latter day prophets and apostles make me happy!! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkE4_3yQcCA

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Day #29: My job is the best, I'm super happy that things worked out so I could get the job I have currently. It took quite awhile to get it and even several times applying/interviewing. But it seemed to work out in the end.

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Day #28: I am happy that Heavenly Father is always there and seems to be helping me out a lot in my life.

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Day #27: I realize that it's good to have snow, but it's been especially happy this winter to have good weather!!

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Day 26: God helping me throughout life makes me happy and the amazing blessings that come with following the commandments given by God.

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Day 25: One thing that makes me happy is nice people in the world who help those they can even though they don't have too, and probably won't get a pay back on it either. Pay it forward is the best thing ever!!

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Day #24: I'm happy for things working out in life, even though they might seem impossible at times!!Trials are what make you stronger, right?

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Day #23: Random people who are nice make me happy. There is this random guy I see around town a lot and he'll always stop to converse. Originally I thought it was super wierd, but then finally decided he's just nice so I talk to him too. Then later on I found out that he'll stop some of my friends as well if he sees them around. I was pretty impressed when I found out I'm not the only one he stops. Today this random person at church started talking to me. I wondered why they were talking to me but then again I realized it was a nice stranger being nice. After meeting a lot of rude people in the world it's easy to forget that nice strangers or nice people in general exist. I always try to be one of the nice people who exist in the world to people I know or strangers. Hopefully I've been effective in being the nice friend or nice stranger. If you don't do it then it's a good idea to become the nice person/stranger that people who have a bad day might meet at random.

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Day #22: Music makes me happy, especially when it's at a fireside. Last night I was at this lovely gathering or of sorts a fireside. This song was one that would show up through my mission, generally times when our areas were dead and we didn't have people to teach. It was a great song to remember to not give up, also if you live the gospel you'll feel the spirit during the song too. If not then it's high time you get your act together so you can love this song as much as I do. I only love it because of the spirit that comes with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13tk2uPUo0

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Day #21: President Hinkley's quotes make me happy since it's so easy to get down due to negative, selfish people who are out to make everyone else miserable like they are.  A wonderful quote I saw today was this and it was very inspiring:

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Day #20: LDS General Conference talks make me happy!! One I listened to recently was by the General Relief Society President. A significant statement she made that stuck out was where she said 'if you center your life on Christ then you  WILL find joy in life, no matter where you may be.' This is so true! Joy is most definitely in the journey. Here is the link to the awesome talk I just mentioned:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/that-your-joy-might-be-full?lang=eng

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Day #19: In the town I live in there is a bell tower for the university in one spot of town, and the temple a mile or so off. But you can see both if your west of the two buildings and it's a pretty cool view. Mainly because you can see the symbolism of the temple being brighter then the university bell tower. Education is great and I love it, which is obvious since I have a masters degree. But the temple is by far more important or more so the gospel is the most important thing in life!! Which by far is the happiest thing on earth!

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Day #18: Getting answers to prayers makes me happy. Awhile back I was super stressed about certain things in life, well I can see that things are working out after fasting and prayer. Yay for the gospel in my life!!

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Day #17: Having a great second job is super happy and I love that I'm busy, so I'm not sitting around bored. Yay for life!!

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Day #16: Personal revelation and Stake Conference makes me happy!! Yep having God in your life is better then living with Satan controlling your life.

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Day #15: Good friends make me happy!! Today I got to hangout with some awesome friends and it was a very good day. The song 'You Raise Me Up' fits with this perfectly, only good people who want to inspire and uplift you are people you want to associate with in life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQ

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Day #14: Free agency makes me happy!! In the LDS culture you always feel obligated to be friends with everyone. But I have thus learned in life that God wants you to be friends with people, but you ARE NOT expected to be friends with people who abuse and use you. I'm very glad for agency and having the choice to associate with people or not. I'm glad that I'm not forced to associate with people I met last year. I run into one of the nasty girls way to often and she's tried to lie about me to my friends. In the end my friends know who I am and don't believe the miserable girls lies. Every time this miserable girl has tried to do this I'm always so thankful that I DON'T have to associate with her, it's all entirely a choice. And I'm a much happier person not being in connection with those horrible people! They can live in misery, but I WILL NOT and I'm in a much happier place then I was back then with them trying to force their opinions on me. (their misery didn't stick with me)

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Day #13: A snowy January night makes me happy!! :) This one may sound weird. But I thought that January may turn into the worst month ever because a year ago I lived with some horribly selfish, mean and in fact miserable people. They were so miserable they tried to drag me into it, so I thought that January might always remind me of that. But as a fact this January has been completely amazing!! Just tonight I was out and about to notice the clear view after a snow storm and it's so awesome seeing snow all over the place. What is even greater is that I am experiencing what is talked about in the Book of Mormon. There is a verse in Alma I believe that talks about how if you don't experience the bad then you'll never appreciate the good. Now that I've been in assocation with some miserable people and have completely cut all ties with those people life is much better. Because I have now experienced the bad and seen the worst in people, but have completely cut all ties with them and can have a joyous life now. Isn't life great?

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Day #12: Elder Holland quotes/talks make me happy because they are so true!!

 

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Day #11: Stories with good endings make me happy, especially when they are real life stories. Recently I read a book about a girl who'd been abused as a child and then later kidnapped, leading to worse. She eventually got away from the evil kidnapper and the kidnapper went to prison. This girl said something very profound at the end of the book in relation to the fact that she should really hate the kidnapper but doesn't. This is what she said 'I deserve to be free. And I can't have freedom if I'm walking around everyday with resentment and bitterness. Forgiveness is the only way I can truely reclaim my life. If I don't forgive the kidnapper, then it'll be like he imprisoned me twice: first while being held hostage and now even after he's gone. I'm letting my hatred of him go so I can truely get my new life back.' I thought that was profound because I had to deal with several pretty mean and selfish people like a year ago. One dragged it into the summer and wouldn't stop, so it was hard to not be like 'I hate this person.' Not long ago I had read a book about a mom of one of the kids in the Sandy Hook shooting. Pretty profound once again. This mom talked about hating the shooter, but after time decided the only way to deal with it was to let it go. That was the key and helped a lot. I decided at that time that I never will agree to associate with those horrible people again that I had to deal with last year. But I didn't want to dwell on them or remember how horrible they were, so I decided to do as the Sandy Hook mom suggested and have attempted to let it go with those horrible people. Interesting fact is that almost about a month of doing so they come to mind a lot less often and I don't think about how horrible they were. The best key to happiness is letting it go with bad people you've met and forgiving.

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Day 10: A living prophet makes me happy! Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in bad things people do, but this song is always a good reminder that we don't have to be in darkness of the world. But there is always the living prophet to lead and guide us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRchmZZB2Do

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Day #9: Plan of Salvation!! A guy my family knows died in a wreck. Makes you wonder why some die so young. I'd completely give up on life if it weren't for the Plan of Salvation. I don't quite understand how so many people in the world live without God in their lives. If you are visiting my page and confused by the reference of Plan of Salvation then look at lds.org and mormon.org
Good ones to watch on this topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiRc84kihRM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbMAeMdpB0

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Day #8: Inspirational people make me happy! If you happen to be viewing my blog then you should read Al Carraway's book on her conversion. :D

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Day #7: Snow makes me happy. It's cold and all, but it's white and fluffy. And much better to see snow in January rather then in May.

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Day #6: My job makes me happy, in fact I got the 'certificate of awesome' this month. Yay!

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Day #5: Elizabeth Smart makes me happy. She has this book that tells about when she was kidnapped for 9 months. These horrible people kidnapped her and would twist in religion to justify the evil they constantly did. The guy  married her (nothing legal about it) and raped her every day, but would justify it saying they were married. She almost died one time, he would constantly use the money to buy beer and wouldn't buy food barely. At one point the police caught him for a whole week and she was on the edge of death because there was no food in this camp out of town that she was in. He came back at the last minute or she would have died. They were confronted by the police more then once but the guy would manipulate and lie to the police saying she was his daughter. He'd threatened her so much that she didn't think she could run away or he'd kill her family. At the end of the book she tells about being with family and things her mom said to her. This is what her mom said the day after she was found: 'He has taken 9 months of your life that you will never get back again. But the best punishment you can ever give him is to be happy. To move forward with your life. To do exactly what you want. Because, yes, this will probably go to trial and some kind of sentencing will be given him and that women. You may not be happy with the results and feel that justice was not served or that true restitution was ever made. But you don't need to worry about that. At the end of the day, God is the ultimate judge. He will make up to you every pain and loss that you have suffered. And if it turns out those wicked people are not punished here on Earth, it doesn't matter. His punishments are just. You don't ever have to worry. You don't ever have to think of them again. Be happy. If you go and feel sorry for yourself, or if you dwell on what has happened, if you hold onto your pain, that is allowing him to steal more of your life away. Don't ever do that! He does not deserve that. Not one  second of your life. Keep every second of your life for yourself and be happy, God will take care of the rest.' -My Story

About a year ago I was in a miserable place, a jerk landlord and several roommates who were bullies if I didn't let them control me. None of those people were honest and proclaimed religion at every turn, as if that would save them in the end. I walked away and got a much better apartment now then that place ever was and I even have a decent landlord now. Well it's tempting to be angry at such horrible people, just like with Elizabeth Smart. That is actually why I'm doing the 100 happy days because I know for a fact that I have a great life, and I'm sure it's a far better life then those miserable people I was forced to live with. So anyway I've decided that I'm doing the same as Elizabeth Smart. The greatest punishment to people who are horrible like that and twist in religion to justify their sinful lives is to be happy. I'm making sure to be happy everyday and honestly my life has been much better since doing that and letting go of those miserable people. In the end God is the ultimate judge!!

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Day #4: The gospel makes me happy! Love it!!
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Pay it Forward!

I just watched this movie called 'Pay it Forward.' This 11 year old is doing a social studies assignment and decides to do the whole pay it forward. But he decided to help three people and the three people were supposed to help three more people. (until it had gone to tons of people) The first person he helped was this homeless guy and he gave him his allowance, to help him get a job. Turns out the guy started drinking again after getting the job, so it didn't go well for him. Then he decided the next person was the teacher who was making him do the project. He wanted the teacher to marry his mom, but that wasn't happening. So the next person was another boy in his class and these older kids were bullying him. So he tried to stop them one time, but didn't do much since they were bigger. Well he decided that his plan didn't work after all, but the teacher gave him an A for trying. Turns out that the homeless guy hitch hiked it to another town and while in the other town he saw a lady try to jump off a bridge. He stopped the lady from jumping and saved her life. His mom decided to go connect with family that she hadn't talked to in years. Her mom (the 11 year olds grandma) asked why she had come and she explained the pay it forward thing. Later his grandma was driving and saw this guy running, she asked him if he needed a ride. After driving away he asked why she'd done it, so eventually she told him the same thing. Awhile later this guy got in some fight and had to go to the hospital. They were concerned about him and tried to rush him into the ER before a girl who was almost not breathing. He noticed and told the girl to go ahead, it took some persuasion to get the nurse to take the girl before him. Her dad was really surprised and wanted to know why he'd done it. So he told her dad about it and later on the dad saw this random guys car get ran into on the side of the road. (some drinker or something ran into it) So this girls dad told the guy to take his car and he walked away. It turned out the guy who had gotten his car smashed was a news reporter. He wanted to know why the guy had given him the car, and didn't want it back. Well he traced the pay it forward back to the 11 year old boy even though it took a couple of months. He came to the town and finally found the 11 year old, and the 11 year old ended up on tv. Well the same day after the news reporters recorded him talking the teacher decided to get more serious with the mom. And the 11 year old saw the older kids bullying this boy in his class again. That time even though he was smaller he ran into stop them. But the kids had a knife, not sure how that happened at school. The 11 year old got stabbed and died, super sad. But everyone heard about it because it had been on the news and tons of people started doing the pay it forward. This quote reminded me of that, pretty cool and we should all do the pay it forward. There is enough bad in the world that we should change it. :)

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Day #3: Great weather makes me happy, even though it'll probably go cold again due to being January. But it's nice having good weather at least for a short while!! Reminds me of spring. Yay!! :D

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Day #2: I am happy to have REAL friends. I know that sounds strange but I had some fake friends last year and in general they just wanted stuff from me. (money, someone to give them rides or in some way give them stuff because I'm nice) In the end when I wouldn't follow their every command they got angry and got mean, to the point of being bullies. I've thus learned that you can tell who real friends are, they are people who want to hangout but not to get something off you. If someone wants to be friends, but suddenly wants money from you. (after only being friends a few weeks) Or if after only knowing them a short time they start demanding stupid stuff from you, such as expecting you to drive them around or work for them then don't do it. (work meaning they want you to clean for them or stuff like that) The friends I have now are polar opposites, if I have a problem they're all about making sure they help if they can. They want to hangout, but they don't expect me to hangout if I don't have time. It's great, REAL friends are what make the world keep turning. Thank you to anyone whose been a REAL friend!! Your my pillar!! 

New goal!

I decided that I am going to do a 100 happy days! This formerly was something that people were doing on facebook a few years ago, but it eventually died out. Basically they'd post pictures, videos or whatever they wanted on facebook that made them happy, and they did it for 100 days.

Day #1: I found this youtube video and it made me really happy. A lot of people have been sad in recent weeks because President Monson died. But this was a happy song for the moment and in fact I'm always happy when I hear it at any given time. Something really cool about this song is that it shows the process of wearing white. (representing purity) You wore white at your baby blessing, at baptism and when you go to the temple. All places you need to be pure to enter. (of course as an infant you already are) Pretty cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8TNpZOdYA8

A great story that applies to EVERYONE!!

A woman baked chapatti (roti) for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” This went on, day after day. Every day, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and uttered the words:

“The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” The woman felt irritated. “Not a word of gratitude,” she said to herself… “Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean?” One day, exasperated, she decided to do away with him. “I shall get rid of this hunchback,” she said. And what did she do? She added poison to the chapatti she prepared for him!

As she was about to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. “What is this I am doing?” she said. Immediately, she threw the chapatti into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the window sill. As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and muttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”

The hunchback proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman. Every day, as the woman placed the chapatti on the window sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for his safe return.

That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, “Mom, it’s a miracle I’m here. While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of him for a morsel of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole chapatti. As he gave it to me, he said, “This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!”

” As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapatti that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life!

It was then that she realized the significance of the words: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” Do good and Don’t ever stop doing good, even if it is not appreciated at that time.

Interpretation of this story:

I think this story means that if you proclaim religion and say your this great amazing person, but away from church are a bully and mean to innocent people because your angry and miserable at the world then you will breed anger and misery. The mean and evil acts that you do will stay with you and will cause you to have no friends, except those who can be tricked into liking you by your fake face of 'being nice.' But if your out living your religion and helping people because you want to be helpful like President Monson would do then you'll easily make friends. People will want to associate with you and will help you when you end up in a bad situation. I was scrolling down my blog to a post from a few years ago where I talked about getting 2 flat tires in one week and someone helped me fix it the first time. Well what happened was I was about a block from my apartment and my car was making weird noises. A lady from my stake was walking by and then waved me down. She pointed and said that she'd noticed my car had a flat tire. I had to get places so she said that her retired husband could get my car to a shop or he could try to fix it. Well later they met me at the library and told me that I'd had to get two new tires. I thought that I'd have to come up with $200 or $300 for that. Well funny enough the lady told me to not worry about it because they didn't want a refund and had bought the two new tires. I was super surprised, but it made sense because I'd been a counselor in a relief society presidency and this lady was in the stake relief society presidency. So I'd been to trainings with her and I guess she knew that I was still trying to get a better job at the time. (since I was working at DI and Old Gristmill) I still remember that and always try to help people if I can. There is a girl I knew a year ago who I've tried to help repeatedly and in recent months finally cut ties with her. Basically she doesn't want to be helped and lashes out with her anger at the world because she can't get her way and force her opinion on everyone. So I cut ties and in that case I obviously can't help her because she doesn't want to be helped. But it's so true when you breed hate and anger, and lash out at innocent people you'll continue in that miserable state for as long as you continue like that. But you'll be truly happy and having an amazing life/amazing friends and family if you serve and do good in the world. If you don't believe me change your bad behavior and you'll see the difference. 

Graduating from graduate school!!

I noticed that I haven't blogged in a very long time, at least a year anyway. I decided that blogging is a good idea because it's kind of a like a journal. In fact you can actually order a book through a company that is your whole blog from a certain amount of time. They'll go in and print your whole blog for like $20 or $30. So I decided that I am going to blog again and if you want to read it come check it out once in awhile.

I just finished graduate school, which is super great!! Interesting fact is that graduate school sounds very hard. But it actually wasn't to terrible for me because it was a topic I really liked. There were maybe two classes that were really hard only because they were on topics of libraries that I'm not super interested in, such as cataloging.

Here are some pictures from graduation last week!

This is when I was being hooded: 

This is when we were walking in, you can't see me very well. But the girl in front is Heidi, the girl in the middle is Brandilee and in the back is Dhanuski. 

The person up talking is the dean for the Library Science at Emporia State University, it's impressive he came clear from Kansas for a 9 person graduation. The others sitting in the front are librarians from different libraries around Utah, they all graduated from Emporia. The two guys wearing different colors of hoods towards the right are ones connected to the Utah cohort. The guy on the very end on the right is the Utah director for the university and we talked to him all the time. 

There are actually several others in my cohort who weren't at the graduation, so this is just part of us. Several were a semester behind and decided to not attend graduation if they weren't graduating until May. Unfortunately somehow a few shorter people ended up in the back, so I'm not sure if they didn't want to be in the picture or it was by accident.

It's been complicated getting the pictures off this drive the person who took the pictures sent us. So I'll post on here again in the near future. 

New Year Resolutions!

I forgot that I had a blog and just recently came back on. Surprise! 2017 was a hard year, but some good results of 2017 were that I finished graduate school and I'm in a studio apartment now. :D :D You wouldn't think studio would be very good, but after bad times with roommates in 2016-2017 studio is the best thing ever!! I'm now just looking for a full time library job is all and still working at Logan Library.
Some new year resolutions are that I'm going through the hymns and everyday I look at a different one. I'm just did hymn #11, which is Twas Witnessed in the Morning Sky. (pretty cool song) And I am not going onto social media on Sundays, since it is sort of a time waster if you do social media to much. Which is the reason why I remembered to blog today. Yay!!