What I've Learned...April 2010-April 2011

First of all, my apologies for not writing for 3 months...or so...I am a student, and blogging hasn't really been on my priority list. But, it will be now, because finals are coming and I need a new way to procrastinate!

Anyways....

I try to write a "What I've Learned" list every year. A good friend of mine suggested it to me when life was getting me down. She helped me to see that I had been progressing, and that the Lord had been teaching me all along the way. It helped me gain the perspective that I needed to help me through that difficult circumstance.

What I've Learned: April 2010-2011

I've learned....

• That I should constantly be looking beyond the mask that people put up to hide who they are or how they feel. "In the quiet heart is hidden, Sorrow that the eye can't see" (LDS Hymns #219, Because I have Been Given Much)
  
• To care so much for others that I feel sad about missing an opportunity to serve them.
  
• That when you do your very best, the Lord takes care of the rest.
  
• To love with all of my heart "Better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all"
• To be completely honest with everyone around me, my family, my roommates, my friends, my date, strangers, leaders etc.
  
• The Lord uses death as a tool for our spiritual growth
• To not be afraid (I'm not sure if I've finished learning this though...)
• An iPod touch is probably the best invention ever. Besides a Blentech blender. The only thing better than both of those in an iPhone
• I need more than 6 hours of sleep every night.
• Saying goodbye is hard.
• Compassion is an important attribute to have. Everyone has struggles and weaknesses and just because it seems like yours are easier doesn't make you better than them.
• Flame throwers make great substitute matches.
• When I'm having a bad day I buy pizza or ice cream. When I'm having a HORRIFIC day I buy both.
• Exercising every day makes you stronger. That's kind of a no brainer...but I have a testimony of it now.
• Tri-folded wedding announcements look amazing.
• One can survive with only 3 pairs of shoes.
• The Lord will help you heal, sometimes immediately, sometimes later, and sometimes not in this life. It doesn't matter which way it happens, just remember that it always will.
• Country music is therapeutic.
• Mopping the floor on your hands and knees is a productive way to procrastinate paper writing.
• Eating healthy makes you and your body happy.
• You can put everything on an iPod touch, papers for class, books, LDS Institute manuals, pictures, music.....
• There is literally an app for everything. Except a build-your-own-molecule app. Maybe I'll create it. Or suggest it to someone smarter than me.
• Whole grains taste better.
• Doing homework in the living room while your roommate is playing video games=being very, very distracted.

There's probably a lot more. But that's all that I can think of right now. :D