My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

I am currently taking a class called LDS Perspectives and Psychology. I have a good feeling about this class. Number one, we don't have final exams. We only have papers. Number two, I love his teaching style. I just love how his main objective is to make us think instead of think only with the textbook's point of view. I think the hardest thing about teaching is encouraging students to think but giving students textbooks to think. Think outside the textbook! This teacher makes you do that. We had a good discussion about altruism in the classroom. I have always heard about altruism and thought about being 100% altruistic. Is it possible to do everything for everyone else? A lot of theorist say that you do things for yourself but have altruistic moments. Is that true? I kinda believe that. Only Christ has had the power to do everything for everyone else on this earth. Ultimately, we will become like Christ and become completely altruistic. On this earth, I don't think it is

I am ready for school to start. I know that I will be super busy but I want to be productive with my days. I want to feel accomplishment in my life. I am tired of hanging out with people all the time. It has been a fun summer but I have the hanging out out of my system. I am ready for the textbooks. It sounds super strange. I hate exams but I love learning. I want to learn. I want to watch football games. I want to not meet guys in my classes because they are full of females. This is the one thing I would change if I could. I have realized that religion classes are great because you can meet guys in them. Maybe more guys should take Zumba and Intro to Social Work? Yes? No?  Well, I am excited for sunday. I get see new people in the ward! I love my ward. It has been my favorite ward I have been in my whole undergraduate experience. It is such a friendly and wonderful ward. I am excited to see all my friends I already have in the ward. I am just overall excited and ready. This is my f

I went to Macey's (grocery store) with my brother and his friend asked me If was starting as a freshman this year. I responded to her saying "I am actually a Senior!". It wasn't a big deal. Its crazy that this is my last year of my undergraduate. In a way being in college is safe because your responsabilities are cut. You read, study, write, present, and take exams. This is your life. You get so used to your usual schedule that graduating will present so many options that I am unsure of it. Some days I am so excited to be a senior, and some days I am frustrated. This is a post about being a freshman in college though. What I wish I'd known as a Freshman in College: 1. Make a focus of being friendly and outgoing. Make lots of new friends and be crazy. This summer I had a few looks from people when I was doing strange things. As a freshman, it is expected that you will be crazy. 2. Live it up! On the weekends, stay up late because it is fun and go to dance parti

I know that this is the second post of the day, but just deal with it. I saw Gavin Degraw and Colbie Cailat tonight in Stockton. I learned several things tonight. I learned that Stockton is not a safe place to live in after the cut of police. I learned that I love Gavin Degraw. He is sexy. I will just come out and say that. He just moves naturally and has this cool groove. He moved around the stage and knows how to entertain a audience. He was amazing. He can sing like no other. He rocks out on the piano and loves it. You can just watch him and know that he loves his job. He is passionate about singing. And Colbe Cailat was amazing as well. She seems like a really pure person. Her family was at the concert and was cheering for her the whole time. She was graceful and she said thank you to the people who bring her instrutments. I know that this act is very simple, but most musicians I have seen don't even do that. They don't say thank you, they just expect them to bring them t

I watched this documentary this morning and It was amazing. It was about these individuals who wanted to go on a journey and find answers to their questions about life. We all have our own journeys that we must go on to find answers to questions we have. They lived homeless in New York City for five days, they they traveled with a group called Surf for a Cause. They would travel around South America and surf and help with children organizations. They helped with one specific organization in Peru in a orphanage. The next adventure was in Ghana volunteering in a leper colony. If you want to watch it, then look up The Human Experience. It was made in 2008. I gained a lot of insights and reminders from this documentary. Here they are! We have a need for love. The individuals talked about their families and how they didn't feel love in their families. I learned that really love in a close family is a strong need for a child and adult.If there is no love in the family, there must be l

We just came back from out annual Lake Tahoe camping trip with my Aunt and Uncle's family. I love Lake Tahoe because it is beautiful. The water is so clear and it is amazing scenery. I love being at Lake Tahoe even if I am not doing much because everything is beautiful. Last year, I was on the jet ski with my sister in law and little cousin, and we tipped over the jet ski, so I was a little unsure about going on the trip. I would go on but I wouldn't turn and I would try to avoid waves because I didn't want to tip. I really was uncomfortable driving it because of what happened the previous year. But, something happened and my fear was gone the last day we were on the beach. I went with my fearless cousin and she was chasing boats. She would go find the waves and tell me to increase the speed so we get air. Of course, I increased the speed and we did get some massive air. It was awesome. So, the next time I drove with my brother, I wasn't afraid to get air when I would h

I love love. I really do. I just don't love it when my parents kiss and show love. Seriously, am I the only one? I guess you could say that it is a good thing my parents are still in love. I am grateful for that. I am ungrateful for the fact they do things in front of me and I walk away grossed out by the fact. I had a conversation about this with a friend in my ward. She said her parents would make out all the time all over the house. She was so tired of it, so she changed her perspective. When she is married, she will make out all over the house. You follow your parents example, right? I agree with my friend's perspective, but STOP THAT! Us children don't need to see our parents flirt and shake their butts for each other. Flirting is great, just not in front of the children, please. Not please, It is necessary that you don't make out in front of your children. It makes me not want to make out with a boy. I guess for desperate girls, the solution is to watch your p

So, here I am watching the Olympics and loving it. I didn't have a tv in my apartment, but at home, we have a big tv to watch them on. It is amazing to me that we keep breaking world records in events. It is a hopeful, inspirational thing to me. The fact that we become faster with world records. I don't know about you, but when I think of world records,I tend to think of them as the impossible. They have been already achieved and unreachable. But the fact is that they are reachable. And the evidence for my hope is the olympics. I have seen the swimming records broken by olympic athelets. So, to your oymplians, good job. You do keep getting better The standards keep getting higher and you keep reaching them. Their dedication is amazing to me. You set apart so much time to train for each race. I don't have that kind of dedication, yet I admire people who do. I just love that we can get better and even though standards are increasing, we have the capacity to reach them. Amaz

I am going home! Surprisingly, I am excited to go home. I haven't been home since December. I am excited to see my doggie and my little bro. I can kick his trash in some wii. Thats right it is a forewarning! Even though I have loved being away from home, coming home for a few weeks is always nice. Its nice to have that home feeling where I don't have to cook and clean everything for myself. Not saying that I love my family because they cook for me, it is just really nice. So, I am excited to go home. Get a break from Provo and go back to the grove. Gotta love the grove, even though I really don't love it. Home sweet home.