My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

I just wanted to write about my decision to go on a mission. It was completely out of the blue. It came out of nowhere. I decided after one sunday. I talked to my bishop that day and started my mission papers later that night. I talked to my Bishop without talking to my parents. I decided after telling people I wasn't going to go. It was a crazy decision.  Yet, this has been the best decision of my life. It has changed my life forever. I have developed a stronger testimony and focus on the gospel and I know that I was assigned to ARGENTINA for a specific reason. The more I learn about Buenos Aires, the more I know that there is a purpose why I am supposed to be there, The more I learn about Argentina, the move I fall in love the Buenos Aires.  Let me tell you about Buenos Aires. It looks incredible. I don't know everything but I will tell you about why I love it so far.  1. It is the "birthplace" of the tango. If you know love me, I love dancing. I won...

Don't have any expectations. That is the key to having a successful blind date. I have been on several blind dates and I think I can only say that one of them was bad. None of them have lead to any romantic relationship, but I have had fun on all of them. People always wander about blind dates and if they are even worth it. They are. You really have no idea where they will lead up to. The worst thing that could happen is that it dosen't work out and you have a really good bad dating story. You could make a future friend. You could set them up with someone you know. You could date them. You could end up marrying them. Why not just do it because there really is no bad consequences from going on a blind date. Everyone loves blind date stories so just go on that blind date and have the time of your life. Now, here is a important question, how do you respond to the friend who set you up with the guy and thinks that you would be perfect for each other? Sometimes, you go out wit...

So, I am a teaching assistant and struggled in my review session today to come up with a discussion. I asked questions with blank stares looking at me...saying "give me the material". Sorry, I can't give you the answers to the test, but I can answer your questions if you have any. How do you create a environment where the students feel like they can ask questions? If they aren't prepared, how can you create a discussion or participatory review session? My question to all you fellow teachers is what is your favorite teaching method? How you strengthen your teaching skills  so that you are able to connect with your students?

I had a interesting experience the other week. I was cooking for my dinner group and I was going to make hawaiin haystacks. I made the chicken in the crockpot so all that was left was the rice. My roommate told me about putting coconut in my rice, so i decided to try. You are supposed to put the cocunut in the water and then drain the coconut. I did that and then I started cooking my rice. The rice didn't cook. 50 minutes later, there was still no rice. I had a panic attack in my mind. What am I going to do? What are they are going to eat? Luckily, I had lots of yummy toppings for my dinner group, so the dinner looked good. They ate my rice and kept telling me that my food was delicious. In my mind, I was thinking, "they are just telling me that to make me feel better about myself. They don't really mean it". I have never gotten more compliment for any meal than that meal. I think they could sense my anxiety with my meal. They left and I had about 8 cups of uncooked r...

So you know, the phrase when life give you lemons, make lemonade. I agree, work with what your momma and daddy gave you. The phrase is missing a important element though. We need to do the happy dance and be happy. When life gives us limes instead of lemons, we may be disappointed but there is a reason why we need limes instead. Maybe limes work better for our recipe we are going to make. Maybe we don't know the recipe we are going to make with the limes yet as we are stare at them in astonishment. Does this make sense? I am talking in gibberish. I know. I feel like in this time of confusion, we focus too much on uncertainty. We forget that we only have one moment to actually live in the moment. Enjoy the moment when you have it, otherwise it will slip away and you can't get it back. I know that this sounds really cliche because there are so many quotes on pinterest about this. I truly mean it. One thing I have regretted in college is not doing the happy dance and s...

So, I watched this movie with no expectations other than that, I heard multiple things from people.I loved it. It is definitely not a happy movie, even thought it has a somewhat happy ending. The movie presents the life of High school, some people call it coming of age. It may be inappropriate for some people as it includes: drugs, sex, adult themes as drinking. Although it contains these issuses, I believe the theme from the movie is the most important part. To explain myself, the movie is about how you can't change your background, but you can choose your current behavior and response. This message is so important to everyone. We all have pasts that negatively affect us, but we can't go back and change time. The thing is we can change our perspective now and act differently. Charlie deals with a lot of family issues and mental illness and struggles in High School. His friends are a main source of support along with his family. His family is constantly on the watch for him....

The last couple of months have been really interesting as I have learned something important that can apply to everyone. We can't make everyone love us because it is impossible. We won't all be best friends, but can we? I used to think this, but lately I have learned something revolutionary. The stem of this lesson was when I interviewed people for my anthropology paper about altruism and brutality. I loved doing this because everyone had different opinions on the subject matter that opened up my eyes to how we are different. Like my last post, we are different for a reason. We are different to learn from each other. In this context, we are different and we may not get along. Is this a bad thing? No, I don't think so. It is natural that there will be disagreements between people. I want to argue that if we don't love someone, then we aren't understanding that person. If we try to understand other people, at least we gain mutual respect as we understand the groun...

What little things make you happy? We all have our own unique things that make us so happy. You know what I am talking about. They are the things that make you "you". For example. I LOVE baby animals. They are adorable. I love going to zoo's.I think I never got out of the childhood phrase because I love zoo's. I am a little kid in the zoo. Give me monkeys and I am entertained for a long time. Maybe I should become a animal trainer for zoo's. I would seriously love that job. What are the little things that make you different?