Goals

My past few blogs have been a little depressing. Time to change that!!!

I'm going to write a list full of goals that I am going to work towards in order to make my life better. I am the only one to can control how I feel and I am strong enough to not let negative things get to me like they did a few posts ago. "Come what may and LOVE it! No matter what happens I can enjoy life and find the good in everything. Now on to that list....

Goals in my pursuit of happiness:

1) SMILE! I'm normally really good in this area, but I've noticed lately that I've been lacking. I am going to smile all the time. Smile when I'm feeling sad, angry, confused, alone... Smiles can only do good and I need good in my life. 

2) TRUST IN GOD. Try not to solve everything myself and put my whole heart and life in God's hand and let Him lead.

3) BREATHE! When life isn't going planned, just sit down and breathe. 

4) CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY. Enjoy life -- the life I have now. I can only live this life once and I will only be this age once. Stop looking to the future and hoping for this I do not have. Instead of wishing, go forward living life and preparing myself now for the things to come. 

5) DON'T ENVY! I look at others happiness and envy what they have. In the words of Dieter F. Uchtdorf... "Stop it!" I have an amazing life even if I'm not married, or have children, or have a home of my own. I still have so many blessing that I need to be grateful for. Those stages of life will come when I am ready. If I try to control what happens in my life and plan out every single thing, I will and always am disappointed. Have goals, but remember its Gods timing an not mine. Keep my head up and be happy. My time will come.  

6) 20 SECONDS OF COURAGE! When good things come into my life, but I am just too chicken to do anything about it I am going to take 20 seconds and do it! I am never going to go anywhere in my life if I do not take chances or move forward. What is the worst that can happen, right? 

7) TRUST EVERYONE! I'm not saying trust people that should not be trusted. I'm just saying trust people that deserve it. Not every guy is going to break my heart. Yes, some will, but how will I find the one that wont if I don't let them get close enough to find out. Even if they do break my heart, God is always there to heal my heartache. The Atonement is not just for sin -- -it can heal my pains, too.  

End of goals for now. More to come. 

Rain

I have decided that rain makes me sooooooooo happy!

You'd think that with everything being so dark and gloomy I wouldn't like it at all, but I can't stop smiling.
Rain boots...umbrellas...the wonderful smells.... I honestly couldn't be happier.

 

This is how I'm feeling right now!!

Pure happiness!

Lesson learned: Even when things seem so dark and "dross" there are wonderful and amazing things to be happy about! God is wonderful -- He had to give us rain (or trials....whatever fits into your situation) and I'm thankful He gave me a way to be happy about it.


Yep, BANANANANANANANANA moment of the day.

- Eleena

Smile

I am so grateful God gave me a great smile!!!

While talking to my professor today she asked about my boyfriend.... and of course we had to go through the whole discussion about how I don't have one and the joys of stupid boys. Anyway, when she ask how long I've been single and found out its been all semester she was so surprised! She's like, "Eleena, I wouldn't have noticed at all. You handled it so well. I never see you stop smiling!"

Another example was last Monday at HEG when one of the guys in my group said how much he loved my smile and how I always make him happier.

And then when my bishopric was changed a month or so ago, the old 1st Counselor said how much he loved my smile.


Things like this make me want to smile even more! I never realized how much of an influence I had on others and how grateful I am to have a way to help and lift others. I still have so many problems and not everything is perfect, but I love that I have that one thing that can help make things right. Yeah, I am blessed!!!

Annie! One of my favorite lines.

BANANANANANA MOMENT! God loves me. =)

- Eleena

Grateful for trials?

I am so thankful for influential people in my life. Most of the people who have influenced my life for good probably don't even know it, but I am so grateful for them. Some have been there through hard times and some have even been the cause of hard times, but through these hard times I have come out stronger and have found who I am more fully and who my Father in Heaven wants me to be.


Grateful for people that cause trials.....yeah, I'm odd. But, I am grateful for my trials.


I know that's weird, but looking back at the last few months and the trials I have gone through and the junk I've had to deal with I wouldn't change it. I have learned so much! The things I've learned will not only help me now, but they will help me for the rest of my life. I know that I needed these trials now and I know that God wanted me to experience the things I experienced. I'm not sure why and what the point of it was, I just know that because of them I will have added strength to overcome future obstacles. I know even more now how strong the Devil is and how strong his stupid, lame temptations can be on others. Seeing this has made me want to be even stronger and stand for what I know is right. Testimony moment. =)


Okay, slight tangent.


But, I am grateful for those influences -- good and bad -- that have got me to where I am today. I am grateful for my friends who have helped me and shown me their testimonies of the gospel and their wonderful examples. I am especially grateful for my family who are always there for me during those trials. They help me more than they will ever know.


Anyway, I know my trials are specifically for me and I know I can come out on top because Heavenly Father and Christ have my back. It's great!


I'm just feeling really blessed right now, so I decided to share my thoughts.


-Eleena

Come what may...

"Every life has peaks and shadows and times when it seems that the birds don't sing and bells don't ring. Yet in spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser, and happier as a result."

"Come what may, and love it."

Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Come What May, and Love It," Ensign, Nov. 2008, 26