My Awfully Wonderful Day

Alright, before you start reading this, I want to warn you, It'll be a long one that's decently serious... but a great and inspiring one! So stay tuned if you've got the time or the attention span :)

You know those days when you have literally the worst day ever, and somehow one or two things happen that make them the best? Yeah, that happened to me today. Let me tell you the list of stressful things that happened today:

1. I had to go up to Salt Lake to go to a class. Salt Lake parking stresses me out.
2. On my way back, I got pulled over. No warning. Just a ticket.
4. Lexy lou was late to her class because of it. I felt bad.
3. This kid has only $100 in her bank account.
4. This kid forgot to pick up her paycheck so $100 dollars will have to suffice for the next week. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal but tuition/cheer shoes/books have to be paid this week. Awesome.
5. I haven't been able to cheer with my stunt group for like a month and a half. I miss it.
6. I went to change my Salt Lake class and get 3 more credits so I'm a fulltime student and guess what! Hold on my account. Because I haven't paid my tuition yet. But I need my scholarship in there so I can pay it, but the scholarship only sets in if I'm a full time student. Can't be a full time student until my hold is off. Dillema? yes.
7. The game that I thought was at 7 was actually at 5 so I had to stress and run back from home because I was helping the boys out and I was late. I hate being rushed and late.

Pretty great, right? Well here comes the great part, it ended up being a really good day. Why? Pinterest. Missionaries. And the gospel. Three of my favorite things helping me to remember how great my life really is!

Why Pinterest? The night before I had saved a picture for my background that I got from pinterest that says "Chin up, Beautiful." I didn't think anything of it when I put it as my background, I just thought it was cute. But after I got my ticket, I was bawling. I checked my phone and saw those words. They gave me a little courage to help me throught the rest of the day. And every time something bad happened, my phone would remind me that everything would be okay. And number two reason why Pinterest helped was I was scrolling through and Brenna pinned a quote that said "It's up to you to find beauty in the ugliest of days." Cool right? I can still find beauty in my day, no matter how awful it was!

Missionaries? It's amazing how one little letter can make you so happy. I sent Brayden a letter like a week before thanksgiving, and I just barely got a letter from him!! Yay! I love letters so much. Three pages that literally made my day. Especially the end of it. He was telling me about how hard it was out there, but then he said, "All of us are weak and unable to conquer some things in our lives on our own but thank Heaven for our dear Savior. And thank Heaven that he knows more than we do. [Mosiah 4:9]" This made my day soo much better because I realized how even if I am having a bad day, Heavenly Father is always there for me. He can help me conquer my trials, even if they are just little ones. Then I looked at Chris's blog to find that they posted his first letters!! Hallelujiah I finally get to hear from him. He talked about many wonderful things that made my day feel so much better as well. They were similar to Brayden's but he also talked about how he is starting a "grateful" journal. Where he writes 10 things a day that he is grateful for and it makes him see the good in his life and be so much happier. Sooo I got a new journal and wrote down the quote, "It's up to you to find beauty in the ugliest of days" and then put 10 things that made my day great! It made me feel soo much better.

So that is why my day was sooo wonderful today! I love my life. I'm so so grateful for the gospel in my life. It brings me so much happiness, even on the worst of days. Thank the Lord often for how blessed you are. Because He loves you and gives you so so much. We are so blessed.