Sunday, March 29, 2009

tomorrow, do better

it seems that every time i have to say goodbye to my home and my friends, it reminds me of how much i am not ready to grow up. this spring break was awesome, probably my best so far. two of my best friends in the whole world snuck me out on my first day back home and that night staying up and talking was one of the most peaceful, hilarious, and enjoyable times i've ever had. i can't explain how at home i felt. and thinking back over it and realizing that i spent almost everyday with the matts' for some amount of time makes me smile. i can't explain to those two how much being around them just makes my day. if you guys ever read this, know that i think you're completely wonderful.
i did notice one thing about being home that i wasn't so pleased with. i was amazed at how quickly i fell back into old habits and forgot all the progress that i have made over the last quarter. i was lazy, i was slobby, and i didn't invite the Spirit to be with me . i was disappointed in myself. after all the hard work i put into getting into the right frame of mind, to try to be the absolute best person that i could be, to try to be the kind of person that i want to be...i forgot most of it in the week that i was at home. i mean, i was at home, so really my mom took care of me. i didn't have to worry about the pressures of school, i had a car that i could use whenever i wanted really, all my food was provided for me. so i took advantage of it, and i never said thank you. 
i LOVE my mom. seriously, i can't think of a single person that means more to me than my mom. and the entire week of spring break, i didn't help as much around the house as i could have, as i should have. i didn't want to go back to school; being at home was so much easier, not having to deal with the stress of classes, having a a car and not having to ride the bus or walk. but then as soon as i got back to seattle and got together with my friends over here, it all came flooding back to me: why i love it here, why i love the church, why i know that i'm supposed to be here.
it was wonderful, to feel at home here too, but that's when i realized how fragile my testimony and my own self discipline were. i forgot all the work that i put into myself in 300 miles. but then when i was around the people that saw me through those hard times and were there for me and shaped me into the person that i am now, i can't express how thankful i was. 
i'm thankful to be here. yeah, i screw up. spectacularly. you name it and i can probably think of a way to screw it up; its a special talent of mine. but that's what's so great about life, that we're allowed to screw up! how else are we gunna learn new stuff if we're never challenged? all of the shitty stuff i've gone through in my life has somehow changed me for the better. no matter how hard it seems at the time, how pointless and/or cruel a struggle seems, everytime i look back on what i've gone through i can see how small it really was in the big scheme of things and how much i've grown from it. so yeah, i mess up. you mess up. we all mess up. that's why today isn't the only day we have. we've always got tomorrow. so tomorrow, do better:)

1 comment:

  1. This is nobody again. I love the way you express your love for your parents. According to the Scriptures, your days will be long.

    Your feelings that everything works for good for those who love God and are called according to His purposes, are profound. One scripture that supports that is found in Moses 5:10 says "And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying" Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God."

    "And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient."

    Frome these passages, I take it that one of the great purposes of life that we don't hear much about over the pulpit, is to make some serious mistakes. Because, as Adam said "Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy..." Why, because he had some to understand how hopeless was his state without a Redeemer. And, as Eve said, "...we never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption..." which came because of Jesus Christ. If we weren't sinners, we wouldn't need a Savior. But because we have a Savior, and oh, what a Savior, we can have joy in this life and an eternal life of joy which God giveth unto all the obedient.

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