Saturday, March 27, 2010
Welcome!
Welcome to Fall in Love With the Little Things! The OFFICIAL blog for the 2010 YFF Session 2 Great Literature. Our awesome session director this year will be Emily Black (yay!). The purpose of this blog is for everyone to share their saygobedos with all of us. So, feel free to start blogging!
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I had a huge say go be do moment in January that I am excited to share. I'd had some pretty dramatic changes in my life and had spent several weeks at my parent's house in Idaho. Out of the blue, I felt like I should go back down to Utah and see my aunt. I called her to see if that was ok, but couldn't get ahold of her, but the feeling was so strong I came anyway. When I left Idaho, I had no idea where I would be sleeping that night, but I knew I had to go, so I did. I ended up being able to miraculously stay at a friend's house, and I slept on the couch still wondering what I was doing.
ReplyDeleteThe next day was nearly over when my aunt finally called me back. It turned out that she was having eye surgery that week and needed someone to be with her 24 hours a day for several days. She lives alone, and was going to have friends go on a kind of rotation with her when they could and she'd find a way to work it out the rest of the time. I literally arrived at her house the day before the surgery, something I had absolutely no idea was going to happen -she had not told a single person in the family.
I stayed for two weeks, and both of our lives were changed forever because of that visit.
Say go be do!
Last week was very hard and trying for me. We had read some pretty hard books for school which came with some pretty interesting discussions that challenged my core beliefs. Many of us were in a dissatisfaction phase and relationships with friends were going down the drain, and I had no energy. I realized that I had stopped writing my gratitudes and writing in my journal and reading my scriptures. So, on Saturday, I began doing it again. I felt so much happier and complete!
ReplyDeleteThroughout the week, I had learned some things, but still needed some answers about life. The next day (Sunday) all of my roommates and I woke up late. I could have slept in more, and just missed church, but I had a feeling that I should go, so I jumped out of bed and got ready as fast as I could. At church, not only were ALL of my questions answered, but people come to me to tell me how much they loved me. It was the perfect ending to a perfectly trying week. God loves us, and all we have to do is follow what he says and so much will be opened to us.
Today, I wrote down my gratitudes before I even got out of bed, and already, my day has been so AMAZING! It's incredible that by noticing and falling in love with the little things, it makes the BIGGGEST difference!
After our amazing YFF training meeting on Saturday, I was really excited to incorporate what I learned into my daily life. I woke up on Sunday morning and jumped out of bed to turn off my alarm clock. I almost grumbled, but then remembered the previous day. I said to myself, "Oh yeah! I am SO excited to be alive! What am I grateful for today?..." It felt great! :)
ReplyDeleteYesterday I felt really down, I couldn't figure it out. I thought it was because Manchester United lost....Then, I will realized that I had forgotten to write my gratitudes! It totally turned my day around.
ReplyDeleteI have a SayGoBeDo story. But it's not quite mine. Sort of though!
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who is investigating my church and I'm fellow-shipping him. This weekend is a pretty big deal for my church. All the members from around the world listen to General Conference, either by radio, TV broadcast, internet, or by going to Salt Lake City to watch it in person at the General Conference Center. General Conference is where the leaders of the church speak to all of the members twice a year. Once in October, and once in April.
I invited my friend to watch it with me. He, another friend of mine, and I are travelling from Cedar City to Kaysville, UT to watch it on TV at my grandparent's house. We are going to make a weekend of it!
Well, I really want my friend to be able to go see it live. It's so late, you can't really get tickets at this point, but I still prayed for tickets to miraculously show up. I've looked everywhere, but alas, nothing.
Tonight, my father called me and said that a man had just called him and didn't know why he felt that he should call him, but asked him if he knew of anyone who could use some tickets for General Conference. My dad called me, and I about flew into the air!
That man that called my dad followed a SayGoBeDo, and didn't know why, but it ended up being such a blessing! I am grateful for following SayGoBeDo's.
I have been taking TJYC and for that project you have to write a legal brief. For a long time I really did not get much work done on it, and I could not figure out why. Then I realized that I had not been sleeping that great, and had been a bit worried about a legal case my family has in June. So I tried pushing all of that aside, and I did a few things that made me really happy. Then BANG! I sat down and wrote a ton of stuff for my brief! When you are happy, you do a lot better, and I am really grateful for that!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah for all these say go be do's!
ReplyDeleteLast weekend my friend and I were sitting on the couch at my uncle's house. My uncle came in to say hi, and I introduced the two of them to each other since they'd never met. I could see my uncle was in a hurry, but I felt like I should tell him that my friend had just returned from a mission for my church. They talked about where, and found out the parent's of a person my friend had served with lived just up the street. It was a little thing, but it made both of their days, and more good things are yet to come!
I just want to say that I think we are going to have a great time at YFF!!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes Say go be do's help us as much as they do others. For instance, Sunday I was thinking a great deal about what I want to do with my life and this summer. Although I thought and pondered and asked for God's help, I did not seem to be getting anywhere. The thought came to call a good friend of mine. I resisted because I told myself I was in the middle of finding my purpose in life right now. Again the thought came, "Call Tara," and again I resisted. Finally, however, I followed the impression, picked up the phone and dialed her number. We had a wonderful conversation, and her pointed questions gradually opened the way for the answers I was seeking. Although she had no idea what happened, suddenly in the middle of the dialogue the truth burst upon me like a ray of sunshine. Not only did I know what had been holding me back, I knew what to do with life and my summer!
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