Sunday, November 20, 2011

A Woman of Virtue

Lately at church we've been talking in depth about two things:
Virtue, and Self-Worth.
I think that these goes hand-in-hand. You can't be virtuous without loving yourself. You're virtuous BECAUSE you love yourself enough to be. In Proverbs 31:10-30 it says:

 "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seekthes wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. (Side Note: Purple at that time was only for the royal as you had to get the color from snails, and it took thousands of snails to color only one article of clothing.) Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and elivereth girdles unto the merchant. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates."

SO! Being virtuous pays off. It isn't a waste of time, and in the end you'll be grateful you lived a life of virtue. :) You're welcome for the truth and insight ;) 

You are so amazing, and have such great potential. You can do anything you set your mind to, and will succeed in anything. ;) Do what you need to to return to God, and not give up your seat in Heaven. :) Being virtuous doesn't only mean that you're morally clean, and worthy for the temple. It also means that you love yourself enough to do the things that you need to do to live day to day. Eating, reading your scriptures, and loving yourself. 
 

Saturday, November 19, 2011

10 Ways To Be Happy:

1. Be thankful. 


2. Surround yourself with people who will uplift you. 


3. Let go and laugh. 

4. Pray. 

 5. Read your scriptures. 

6. Go to church.


 7. Give compliments

8. Be confident in who you are. 

9. Do something you love. 

10. SMILE.

And there. There is your recipe to a happy, wonderful life. :) You're welcome. :)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Liiiiiifffeee...

OH LIFE! How I wish you could be forever. Life is great scrath that, AMAZING don't you think? I think yesss!!!! I mean, sure we have challenges and struggles but that's the BEST PART!!! I love life, and everything it blows my way! :) hehe. GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!! I love mirrors too because they show you the real you, and not some person that the world thinks you are, or what YOU think you are. They show the REAL thing, the amazing, gorgeous, perfect truth. QUOTE TIME!!! YES! 
"Let go of the past. Embrace the future. And revel in the grand adventure called life. No one actually makes it out alive after all." -Unknown 

I enjoy quotes. Don't you? I do. You know what else I enjoy?! I enjoy you. YES! YOU! DUH!!! :))) 
  
 I love this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Dear You...

Dear Dad, your sense of humor is probably the reason why I laugh at everything, and why my own jokes suck. P.S.- You're the one who turned me into a nerd. Thanks. ;)
Dear Mom, you've always been there for me 100%. You know, it's a good thing that you made mistakes in your life because that way I can be 1/4 of the person you are now. P.S.- I wuv you;)
Dear Natasha, I must tell you that I am NEVER going to call you ugly EVER again, not just because you look like my twin pretty much, but because it's not true. P.S.- BUT!!

Dear Katarina, even though I may say that I don't like you I really do like you. You're my sister, and though I wasn't able to decide I think that God did a good job in picking the PERFECT sister for me. P.S.- IF YOU BUY TWO COMPLITOS...
Dear Izzabella, even though you won't see this for awhile because you're two and can't read, nor do you know how to use a computer I just wanted to tell you that I am VERY blessed to have the BEST little sister(s) in the world! You are the one that makes my life complete (and a few others). Everyday you astound me with how much you learn, and how much you grow. You are going to grow into a VERY cute, and wonderful young woman. P.S.-If you EVER say you love Lexie more I will take ALL of this back.
Dear Family, Being your family is WAY better than being a princess.

Dear Rain, you are cold and wet and yet suffice for the BEST kiss ever in all romance movies, AND you're fun to dance, and jump in. Thank you.

 











Dear Easton, YOU are one boy who even though I don't tell ANYTHING to still somehow knows all of my secrets (btws I will find out how) and bring them up during awkward silences in the car. Thank you for making my life interesting.
Dear Mesa, thank you for your blog, and your blonde hair, and your pretty face, and your smile and laugh.

Dear Taylor, I love your ensembles, and your laugh, and our love notes on Sister Kilner's board that we really need to start again, and our random trip to Starbucks, and just everything about you.

Dear Britt, I like how you're always there for me when I need something, and your happy attitude all of the time no matter what, and your self confidence, and your testimony, and your cute self.


Dear Hannah, I love how even though I do something stupid, or uneducated (wink wink) I'm still blog worthy, and you're still my friend. THANK YOU FOR THAT!
Dear Lexie, You're such a strong young woman, and can do ANYTHING you set your mind to. I love that quality in you. You're so cute, and funny, and I love knowing you. You bring joy into my life all of the time.
Dear Malia, I like your status, and I like your face, and I like ALL of you and want to package you up and put you under my Christmas tree. ;)

Dear Scotty, I like french with you, and car rides with you.

Dear Megan, I miss you TONS , but I'm sure you love Hawaii, I love your hugs, and your smile. I love hearing you in seminary in the morning tell Jackson to be quite and then say "Sorry, I'm in a sassy mood this morning". I miss you my blonde curly haired girl.

Dear Feet, like I said in a previous post I love you. You take me where I need to be, and you see the ugliness of the world, and in so many forms from gum that I step in, to the temple grounds. Gross to amazing in 30 seconds.


Dear Maddy, I enjoy bus rides with you, and when Jordan make pictures of me on his ipod.
Dear Jordan, don't think you're off the hook for that picture. I WILL get you back. Just YOU wait!


Dear Life, I love you! I am so happy that I have you! I laugh at you everyday and enjoy you always because what more is there?! NOTHING! Without you I wouldn't know any of these amazing people I mentioned above, and soooo many others. :)) Thank you!


Sunday, November 13, 2011

Preparing for Change

Today in Young Womens we talked about preparing for change. Sister Fort put a picutre of a caterpillar, a cacoon, and a butterfly. She asked us how this process showed change. Me, being the person I am, gave the long, chest deep in water answer. I told her that "The caterpillar is it's simple form. He is usually one color, and eats nothing but leaves, is small, and walks around the earth as a bland, simple caterpillar. He endures the pain of being this simple form, but knows that one day he will become a beautiful butterfly. The cacoon is his time to reflect upon the life he had, and the life he has ahead of him. The butterfly is complex form. He's gorgeous, and happy with it. He knows that because he is gorgeous he can walk with confidence, and he grew as an animal by being able to endure the life as a caterpillar in order to become the beautiful butterfly he is now." Sister Fort then proceeded to say that if we were to interupt the process of change he would not be able to grow. This is just like us. There are some problems in our lives that we have to face alone with Heavenly Father at our side. When we interupt each other in our processes we can't grow as a person to our full potential like we should, and need to.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Journals & Friends

Last night I was looking through my journal from 5th grade, and I found so many things, and oddly learned so much about myself that I did not know. I wrote about boys I liked then, promises that I made to myself, that I subconsciously kept, and things I hated about my day, or things that I thought could have gone better. Journals are a TOTAL stress reliever. On my way home from a movie night with Britt Dickson, and Jessica Bylin, and Taylor Marshall we were talking about journals and Britt said that she has written in hers for 254 days. That is so much! I always wanted to be able to have the self discipline to set aside time and commit to writing in my journal every night but I never came through with it. Sadly. There are so many people that change my life everyday, and are such an influence in my life that sometimes I don't see all of them. Britt Dickson, and Taylor Marshall, Lexie Taylor, and Hannah Nelson, Amie Sabin, Sarah Harper, Mesa Brewer, Lauren Dickson, Malia Kasteler, Claire Bergevin, and sometimes even Abby Zenger are only a few of the WONDERFUL young women in my life that are amazing friends to me, and to everyone around them. They bring such a wonderful light to my life, and really help me to choose the right. They are amazing people, and I wouldn't EVER trade them for anything. :) I love them sooooo much!!! 

-Samantha







Friday, November 11, 2011

The Bonding Moment From Two Different Cars...Christmas In A Cup...and Prayer

Yesterday I went to the mall with Britt Dickson after school to find some new skirts for church. With no luck AT ALL we left the mall and ventured on our way back home. As we came to the overpass we were stopped at a red light. The car started to roll back and Britt got scared we were going to hit the truck behind us so she stepped on the gas to make us go a little more forward, and went too fast and almost hit the one in front us but didn't! ;) Good job Britty:)) Anywho, Britt looks in the review mirror and sees the guy in the truck behind us. She looks at me and says "The guy behind us is talking on his cellphone and looks REALLY happy!" I look back to see the guy she is talking about, and lo and behold he knods his head acknowledging that he saw me watching him. I turn back around and say "Britt. He just saw me. How awkward." Britt looks back in her rearview mirror, and says "He's laughing now, and talking about us." At least I made someone laugh. ;) We totally bonded as strangers and got a little closer from two seperate cars. Red lights do that ya know.

Earlier That Same Day...
On the way to school I really wanted a hot cocoa. So, I brought up the idea of going to Starbucks and getting some. It was exactly 7:06. We get to Starbucks and go inside (the line for drive thru was horrendous.) We order (at exactly 7:17:04) and I get my hot cocoa, Taylor Marshall Carmel Apple Spice (this is where the Christmas in a cup comes in), and we're off. We venture back to school, Britt and Taylor constantly checking the time, and saying little prayers that they won't be late to class. I dismiss the whole prayer thing because it didn't seem important to me at the time. We get to school at 7:25 and have five minutes to get from the parking lot, to the door, to our lockers, and then off to class....

Later That Day...
Taylor: "I wasn't late to class. I prayed"
Britt: "Neither was I. So did I."
Me: "I was 5 minutes late. Should have prayed."
Gosh darnit! :)

Gotta love Christmas, malls, bonding moments, prayer, and friends:) I know I do! <3