I don't know about you, but sometimes I really over think things. Big things. Little things. It really doesn't matter. I tend to over think it and then I end up stressing myself out. Sometimes it even gets so bad that I start to think only of the worst case scenario so that I won't get my hopes up and then that just makes me sad. I sure hope I am not the only one that does that to themselves. Sometimes I guess I feel like there is no way that what I want is going to happen, because I am not special enough to deserve something as awesome as that. But you know what? That is dumb. Thinking that there is no hope for happiness is dumb. That is all there is to it.
And do you want to know why you and I deserve to be happy? Because we are children of a loving Father in Heaven. He loves us and he wants so badly to bless us. :) Now if that is the case, which I assure you that it is, then why the heck do we always doubt ourselves? Why do we think that we don't deserve that awesome thing at the end of the long, and undoubtedly hard road? Well guess what. I have good news for you. :) You deserve it! You deserve to be happy. You deserve to have hopes and dreams. And most of all, you deserve to be loved (by friends, family, you name it)! :)
So, my dear friends, that is what I have learned. I have learned that it is so much better to be happy and to trust in my Father in Heaven and in his plan for me and my life (whether it be the little or big things), then it is to be sad and miserable all the time. No one likes to be sad, and if you think you do you are lying.
One of the greatest things about
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that we believe that our Father in Heaven loves us, and wants us to be happy. When we have faith, and put our trust in him and allow him to guide us through the journey that is life, we are blessed. We also believe that Heavenly Father won't give us anything that we can't handle.
No matter how hard and difficult life may seem sometimes, I know that if we do our part Heavenly Father, and his son, Jesus Christ, will make up the difference.
So there it is. It is as simple as that. (Well, not really simple... You get the point.) From here on out, I resolve to be happy. :) And not just happy to be content with life, but rather to be happy with the journey.
No more sad, grumpy, negative Amanda here. Only a happy daughter of God. :)
Here's to being happy. :)
And remember this
and this
Southern Belle in Paradise
