Institute: a HUGE joy in my life!!! Everything about institute; the classes, the teachers, the friends, the activitites, the organizations, the choir, the list goes on and on ..... just ask Miss Elise!
Well today in my institute class we did a review of what we had learned over the past fourteen weeks; see how we've grown, and what aspects of our life we still may need to work on. Well the main topic was learning to be a principle driven person, not a recipe driven or outcome driven person.
Now you may be asking yourself what a principle driven person is. It's someone who bases their life on principles of the gospel. It means we don't let the circumstance we are in determine if we are happy.
This is hard. I mean, I try to be principle driven, and then I find, usually when I am not the happiest, that I have let my circumstance decide my happiness.
K so what's really funny. It when I started writing this post (three days ago) I was exactly where the last sentence ended. Letting circumstance decided my fate. What's funny, is three days later, finishing this post, I probably am not finishing it the way I had intended. I am not sure how I intended it. But life seems to be happier at the end of this week.
Even with complete frustrations over school, overwhelming stress, and everything else that is going on in my crazy life, life is good, life is happy, life is truly delightful.
Two things stick out right now why life is so joyous.
#1 My Dad
#2 JJ
Of course, the two men in my life.
Yesterday I got to talk to my dad, now don't get me wrong, I can talk to him whenever I want, I just don't seem to talk to him as often as my mom, but I really enjoy it when I do. I love that he wants to hear about my day, and he lets me give him an exact play by play of what I did (I think I forgot to mention what I ate for lunch) He always gives amazing advice and talking to him makes me feel better. I can be so stressed out and he helps me work through it. He even helped explain my homework to me the other day. He said that even though he's not an engineer he still knows some stuff. It's kinda fun to think that even as a junior in college my dad can still help explain my homework to me. I am so grateful for everything that he does, I know that he does it because he wants the best for me and is just looking out for me.
JJ... with whom most my time is spent. Whether it's studying our little brains out, cooking dinner, or just relaxing, we seem to be together a lot, and I am quite fond of this. He has been such a blessing in my life, and I am not sure that he realizes it. Whether it's helping me with school work, helping me cook dinner, or just talking with me and being there for me, he is really a blessing. He always wants to make sure I really understand what's going on with school work, not just the "hey let's get this done and over with" but the "do you REALLY grasp what's going on? If so, explain it to me" kind of help. I really don't think I could have made the grades I did without him this semester. I really rely on him a lot. And I can't tell you how appreciative I am of him just being there, and especially being there when I get frustrated with school. Being an engineer is no easy task, and you put the stress of two engineers together, ya not always pretty. I don't want to be the one who is stressed because it makes it hard to try and help JJ so he's not stressed. But yesterday was not a good day. School just got to me. We have this project due and I didn't understand ANY of it! Like, failure as engineer time, okay that's an exaggeration. But seriously, JJ made me feel so much better. Just talking to him makes me less stressed about life, or just spending time with him. I could probably go on forever about all the little ways that he has blessed my life, but I'll leave it here. Let's just say, he made this semester a lot better.
I hope that as I continue on through this path of life, I can learn better to rely on being a principle driven person, rather than circumstance. I know that this will truly help life become a more delightful journey.
K so what's really funny. It when I started writing this post (three days ago) I was exactly where the last sentence ended. Letting circumstance decided my fate. What's funny, is three days later, finishing this post, I probably am not finishing it the way I had intended. I am not sure how I intended it. But life seems to be happier at the end of this week.
Even with complete frustrations over school, overwhelming stress, and everything else that is going on in my crazy life, life is good, life is happy, life is truly delightful.
Two things stick out right now why life is so joyous.
#1 My Dad
#2 JJ
Of course, the two men in my life.
Yesterday I got to talk to my dad, now don't get me wrong, I can talk to him whenever I want, I just don't seem to talk to him as often as my mom, but I really enjoy it when I do. I love that he wants to hear about my day, and he lets me give him an exact play by play of what I did (I think I forgot to mention what I ate for lunch) He always gives amazing advice and talking to him makes me feel better. I can be so stressed out and he helps me work through it. He even helped explain my homework to me the other day. He said that even though he's not an engineer he still knows some stuff. It's kinda fun to think that even as a junior in college my dad can still help explain my homework to me. I am so grateful for everything that he does, I know that he does it because he wants the best for me and is just looking out for me.
JJ... with whom most my time is spent. Whether it's studying our little brains out, cooking dinner, or just relaxing, we seem to be together a lot, and I am quite fond of this. He has been such a blessing in my life, and I am not sure that he realizes it. Whether it's helping me with school work, helping me cook dinner, or just talking with me and being there for me, he is really a blessing. He always wants to make sure I really understand what's going on with school work, not just the "hey let's get this done and over with" but the "do you REALLY grasp what's going on? If so, explain it to me" kind of help. I really don't think I could have made the grades I did without him this semester. I really rely on him a lot. And I can't tell you how appreciative I am of him just being there, and especially being there when I get frustrated with school. Being an engineer is no easy task, and you put the stress of two engineers together, ya not always pretty. I don't want to be the one who is stressed because it makes it hard to try and help JJ so he's not stressed. But yesterday was not a good day. School just got to me. We have this project due and I didn't understand ANY of it! Like, failure as engineer time, okay that's an exaggeration. But seriously, JJ made me feel so much better. Just talking to him makes me less stressed about life, or just spending time with him. I could probably go on forever about all the little ways that he has blessed my life, but I'll leave it here. Let's just say, he made this semester a lot better.
I hope that as I continue on through this path of life, I can learn better to rely on being a principle driven person, rather than circumstance. I know that this will truly help life become a more delightful journey.
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