We are NEVER Alone!

There are days where you want to just dream! To think of a future. To find a place where you can be who you want to be! There are days where you just want to be alone. To keep your head up in life and to live life to the fullest. There are days where life takes ahold of you and wants you to feel bad for everything you go through, but thats where you bite it in the butt and you choose exactly what you want to do! We can't let others decide our happiness, to decide our future. We are the only ones who will ever be able to decide and plan for the future. No matter where life takes you, be strong. Don't let anyone tell you what you can and can't do, because in the end it will be your happiness that overrides their happiness. Life lately has been a roller coaster. One that constantly goes up and down. People keep saying it only gets better from here, but how? The only one who really understands is my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. As I was watching "The Saratov Approach" yesterday after church, it made me realize that certain acts of kindness will change the way people see life. Some have reasons as to why they do certain things, but we need to love them. One of my favorite quotes from the movie was, "light always overcomes darkness." As we put others before ourselves we will soon see more light in our lives. Yeah sometimes I think that I'm just preaching, but this helps me get my feelings out for others of the same problems to relate too, and to know that they aren't alone. We are never alone. We can always fall to our knees, and ask our Heavenly Father for help because he will always be there for each and everyone of us!
Remember who you are and be strong!

Hannah

Shake It Off!

Sometimes we just have to shake it off. Just forget what happens and let it slide off the shoulders. Forget about it. We all have days where we don't want to talk to anyone. But a friend once told me that we just gotta forget about and deal with it. So Shake it off!! Players gonna play. Haters gonna hate. We see people and we are jealous of them. We see them happy and we want that. As I watch people I see things that I want in my life, that I can't actually have. It has been a rough couple of weeks and there are more rough weeks to come. As we come to this holiday season, I want to start to LOVE more and serve more. I don't want a lot of presents, I just want people to see how much I really do love and thank them for what they have done for me. Without some of the people in my life, I really don't know where I would actually be. The gospel has actually helped me to stay focused on what exactly is important in my life. Many know that I want to serve a mission and that won't end until the day I get back from my mission. I want to serve my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ, because without them I would not be able to live my life and have the blessings and trials that make me who I am. Without the atonement and love from Jesus Christ we wouldn't be able to see how much he gave his life for us to live. To serve others.

Life is hard. But like my idol Taylor Swift says, "Shake It Off!"

Till next week! Love you guys!

Hannah

Trials Bring Us Closer to Him!

Wow! It has been a while since I have written. Life just kind of hopped on the back and we just kind of took a ride... Yes it has been Netflix and shows. Plus two trips to Disneyland! :) One with all of my family and one with one of my best friends. By the way if this gets me off the hook, it was her first time.. (I'll show you some pictures.) but there has been a lot more in my life as well. A huge thing that I have had to kind of cope with and bring myself closer to my Heavenly Father. It was probably one of the hardest things that I will eve have to go through in my life. Let's just say I don't think I have ever leaned harder on the gospel. I believe that this trial has and will make me a better person in the long run. I have actually felt more humble and more loving to my family than I have ever before. I think sometimes Satan gets in the way and pulls us as families apart. As I have been studying the "Preach My Gospel" handbook for missionaries it brings up as the first part to teach: Families and your purpose in your life. It really has given me a perspective on life. I actually have found my favorite all time scripture in Mosiah. Mosiah chapter 3 verses 19 and 20. It really helps in life to help become meek and humble just as a little child and to listen to what the scriptures are actually teaching us. I believe the scriptures are a true blessing to help us return to our Heavenly Father. Without the scriptures, worldly things would be more centered. With the scriptures we are put to test through the faith of the prophets of old, but our trials are different yet still have the same meaning. Even though we have a different style of some of the things they were tried with, we still can find repentance exactly like the Book of Mormon has shown. Joseph Smith has prepared and translated these scriptures for us to read and for us to study to help us become more like our Savior Jesus Christ. As this Christmas season comes, one thing that I want to change and be better at is loving others around me so that they can feel the love and to love myself more than I do right now. There is no better way to have service than to have service to the people around you! Serve others and He will then serve you in many different ways. I have learned throughout many of my trials that we never get the help exactly when we need it but when He thinks we need it. Be strong and remember who you are! I love you guys and want to thank you guys for reading this.  Here's some Disneyland pictures! :)

 Carsland is awesome!! :)

And just a little sunset picture for you guys! :)

Be strong! & always stand for what is right!

-Hannah