Thankful Thoughts

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! I hope you all have many things to be grateful for. I know I do. I have my family, my friends, my boyfriend, quotes and everything I own. I am so entirely blessed. I don't know why I have been so lucky! I am so grateful for everything and everyone! I don't know where I'd be without all the people in my life. I have truly been blessed and like I said, I am so grateful for all it! Here's some quotes for you!

"Thanksgiving: the one day when we all stop complaining about our lives, and realize how good we've got it." -Unknown

"To truly enjoy your life, you must stop comparing yourself to others and start being thankful for who you are." -Unknown

"One little 'thank you' won't hurt us every once in awhile." -Alissa Lopez

"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most." -Ellen Hopkins (Glass)

"What you take for granted someone else is praying for. Be thankful for whatever God gives you today and everyday." -Unknown

"Nobody has everything, but everybody has something." -Unknown

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you have, you will never, ever have enough." -Oprah Winfrey

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, "Thanks you?" -William Ward

"The struggle ends when the gratitude begins." -Neale Donald Walsch

Life can hurt :(

So, I know a lot of my friends who are going through many things in their lives, as well as myself. Life can be...well life and sometimes it just really sucks. We go through things we never thought we would have to face. We cry, we get hurt, we feel bad, we regret, and sometimes we feel broken. But there is always something good in your life, no matter how hard it seems. You are blessed and you are always loved. I want to dedicate this post specifically to my friend, Gabby. She is a great friend and I know it's hard to go through life at times. She's always been there when I've been down. Gabby, hang in there. You are such a great and shining example to those around you. We love your smile and I hope everything gets better doll.

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better, take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." -Carl Jung

"Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed." -Bob Riley

"I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person." -Rita Mero

"But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you." -Libba Bray

"We must be willing to let go of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -Joseph Campbell

"Hard times always lead to something great." -Betsey Johnson

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." -Japanese Proverb

"We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better." JK Rowling

"Don't regret the bad times, they have shown you that you are strong enough to overcome them and appreciate the good times." -Unknown

"In life you are going to make mistakes, you're going to fall down, but it's the getting up that counts. Just like in baseball: you'll get a few hits, but most likely, you'll strike out more than you'll get on base. But don't quit. Find your focus, relax, take a deep breath and give it a good swing." -Dave Pelzer

"You're not alone, for I am here. Let me wipe away your every fear. My love, I've never left your side. I have seen you through the darkest night and I'm the one who's love you all of your life. All of your life." -Your Not Alone by Meredith Andrews

"He knows your heart, He knows your pain. He knows the strength it took just to simply breathe today. He sees the tears that you cry. He knows your soul is aching to know why. He hears your prayers, each humble word. When you said you couldn't face another day, He understood. He knows the path when you walk blind, though you felt alone, He's never left your side." -He'll Carry You by Hilary Weeks

"We may not always understand why, but there's always a reason. We may not understand how, but there's always a way." -Alissa Lopez

Here's a YouTube Video I love. 
He'll Carry You by Hilary Weeks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCVT88Dz_CM&feature=related

Quotes are just amazing :D

So it's Conference Weekend! And not only that, but it was Shakespeare Festival this weekend as well. So pretty much a fantastic weekend it has been. Not only was the weekend great, this whole week really has just been great! So here are some fabulous quotes! The first 4 are from general conference :) Enjoy!

"We should seek to observe, and then to serve." -Linda K. Burton

"Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of testimony." -David A. Bednar

"We should never hesitate to act on a prompting."-President Thomas S. Monson

"The older we get the more we tend to look back and marvel, at how short that road really is." -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou

"Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others." -Jacob M. Braude

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." -Buddha

"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." -Fred Devito

"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." -Roald Dahl

Sometimes we just need a reminder...quotes are amazing.

Sorry it's been like forever. I have been extremely busy with school, auditions, and now my babysitting job! And it's about to get even crazier. Well the school year has started and it's been quite a great year so far. I like most of my classes...actually I like all of them except for English, which is a first for me. I have always enjoyed English class, but I just can't stand it this year. So yeah. Well I'm just going to get on to the quotes already :P Enjoy!

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." -Aristotle

"My life's not perfect, but every moment by your side is." -Unknown

"Your life, is your life.  It was not given to just anybody. It was given to you and only you." -Alissa Lopez

"He is everything you need, all the time." -Clarissa Smith

"Of all the things, to know God, is the greatest gift of all." -Brother Moore

"No matter where you go in life, you'll do great things. Only you can do and decide to do those great things. If it weren't for you then you wouldn't exist. So if you are not being you, then who is you and who are you. Be you, always." -Andrew West

"We misunderstand the people we think misunderstand us." -Brother Taeger

"Consider how hard it is to change youself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others." -Jacob M Braude

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I've ended up where I needed to be." -Douglas Adams

"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." -Fred Devito

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever." -Neil Gaiman

"We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are." -Paulo Coelho

We've all got them...Friends :D

So I was planning on doing this on Sunday, but never got to it. Sunday was Friendship Day and so I wanted to do another post of friendship quotes. Friends are great and sadly, sometimes we forget how blessed we are to have them in our lives. So to all my friends, I love you all and I'm so grateful to have you all in my life! Thank you for everything, love you all! Now onto those quotes :D


"Friends are the sunshine of life." -John Hay

"A friend is a present you give yourself." -Robert Louis Stevenson

"Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life." -Anonymous

"Any person can be nice to your face, but it takes a real friend to be nice behind your back." -Unknown

"Friends are like stars on a dark night. They show you the way and make your life a little brighter." -Susan Gale

"Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you." -Torin Rush


"True friends are never apart. Maybe in distance but not in heart." -Unknown

"The people who want to stay in your life, will always find a way." -Unknown

"A true friend can see the tears pouring when others believe the smile your faking." -Anonymous

"Friendship is a sheltering tree." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same." -Elbert Hubbard

"Best friends have conversations impossible to understand by other people." -Unknown

"One close friend is worth more than a thousand of acquaintances." -Unknown

"Friendship is not a big thing. It's a million little things." -Unknown

Love the life you have ♥

Hey guys! It's been some time now. I have some quotes I have been collecting that I just love and adore! Life is amazing, and just great! I couldn't be happier right now! So, here are some quotes about life, love, and other things. Hope you find some you really like! Love you all!


"Music is your own experience." -Charlie Parker


"Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction." Antoine de Saint-Exupery


"Life is too important to be taken seriously." -Oscar Wilde


"If you don't like where you are, then change it, you're not a tree." -Jim Rohn


"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?" -Albert Einstein


"When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion." -Abraham Lincoln


"Love is the best gift in the world because it can't be seen or heard. Love can only be felt." -Michael P. Watson


"I will hold you up when you can't stand, I will wipe away the tears when you cry, I will fight for you when you give up and I will love you forever and always." -Unknown


"When I first met you, I seriously didn't know you were gonna be this important to me." -Unknown


"Life will always go on. Believe in yourself. Don't be afraid to cry, laugh, fall in love, be yourself, let go when you need to, keep going when you have to, and hold on. Life has purpose. You have purpose. Don't forget it." -Alissa Lopez


"Ever since I met you, no one else is worth thinking about." -Unknown


"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." -Nicholas Sparks


"Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see." -Corrie ten Boom


"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again." -Og Mandino


"Time goes by fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you." -Alexander Graham Bell


"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't even know you left open." -John Barrymore


"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." -Audrey Hepburn


"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." -Bruce Lee


"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." -C.S. Lewis

That one amazing word...LOVE :D

So for this post I'm just going to put pictures that I have found that I absolutely love! I found them on Pinterest, and they are soooo stinkin cute! I hope you like them :)

Ahh! I just love it! :D

 Oh my gosh! I just love this quote, it is so cute!

I just really like this quote and that's like me. I don't care about guys spending money on me, I'd rather just have them :D

 Aw, this reminds me of such a great gut who is soooo amazing ;)

The above quote reminds me of somebody very special to me ;)

The quote above...it also reminds me of somebody amazing in my life :D

I love this quote, it's so cute and I think it has helped me out :)

I love this quote and totally agree with it!

This one also reminds me of that amazing person :)

The Ari Quotes :D

Hey guys! I'm back and I survived! I did end up hurting my foot ( the picture on the right), but that's okay, it doesn't hurt too bad. Anyways, camp was so great. It was a lot of fun and I learned so much up there. For example, my ward does not want to wake me up if I don't sleep with them and they will just let me miss breakfast...and flag ceremony. Or my bishop and his counselor are really good at soaking other people while canoeing...man that was cold! Haha. I also learned a lot about friendship up there and got to meet lots of new girls this year. It was such a joy being a YCL and a whole new experience. I loved going on the sunrise hike, even if I had to wake up around 4:20 a.m., it still was amazing. I almost froze the last night, and it didn't help that I decided to take an ice cold shower and wash my hair with freezing water in the spigot. Haha. But as I said, it was so much fun. So there's this girl in my ward, her name is Ari. She is like the most crazy girl ever! Haha, she always makes me laugh and I just love her to death. Haha. So here are some quotes she said while we were up at camp and I know some of them won't make sense to you but I just think they are funny! :P

"Cleanse the raisin!"

"The porta potties are closer or you can go to the biffies if you're fancy."

"Actually, it's going to land on your head April, to be optimistic."

"Kaika chose Taylor Lautner...We'll just let him live his dream."

"What's wrong with Tyson? I thought he was my fake brother."

"Wipe the grease off of your face so I can put it in the fire."

"I like drugging the bees."

"She wants grease papers! I know she does!!!"

"Apparently, they're going to put me in a straight jacket, not a gay jacket."

-Ari grabs an orange cake from the fire-

(while tossing it in the air) "Ahh! Ahh! It's hot!!! Nobody warned me!"