A week's worth of inspiration.

It always baffles me just how extraordinary a few simple days can be, and how much you can learn within them.

1st

Every girl has her dreams. She dreams of her future home with her prince charming, a dream house suited to her taste, and she most likely thinks up every little detail of how her life will be. As a young girl I would often ponder at my reflection and stop to think,

"What will I look like when I am older?"

or in a deeper sense,

"What will become of me?"

To this day I look at my reflection and think the very same questions. It seems that I am a very inpatient girl. I can't go a day without wanting to move on with my life. If only it were so easy to just get married, live happily ever after, raise children, 

la dee da dee da.

But I must constantly remind myself:

Not every novel can be read overnight. To truly read the novel, you have to lose yourself in each turning page, and feast upon what you've read.

Each novel has their cliff hanger, each novel has their drags. But do we skip to the last page?

Well, maybe.

I've found that my patriarchal blessing has granted me a mere glimpse at that precious last page. Though it is too sacred and precious to discuss, it has given me bundles of hope for my future.

It has given me the hope that I will one day be able to live, and even love my dreamed up fairy tale. I pray that anyone as impatient as me will gain the courage to get their patriarchal blessing. It gives so much hope to life and it's upcoming events.

I am proud to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

I am thrilled that I can one day be with my dream family for all time and eternity in the highest glory of heaven.  

2nd

I was born to play volleyball, though I've never realized my true potential up until yesterday. Never have I realized that running 201 volleyball lines can change your whole mental game. If I would've ran those lines two years ago, I would have gone home crying to my mommy. But now I have the mental attitude of "keep it coming coach". After all, the worst possible thing that could happen is thowing up, and that really isn't too bad. A few months ago when I was deciding whether to participate in the team I'm on now, I realized something. After praying several times I got the answer, "Alexis, you are 6'2. You can go far if you set your mind to it. Do you think I created you as tall as you are to have you live on your athletic career inside a skill binding box? You were born with a special gift. Use it." And so I followed my council, and I am hopefully getting that much closer to a scholarship.

Now, on to the next week of inspiration.