a tall personality

Started off bad.  Well, actually it started off really good.  Around my birthday last year I met the person who is now one of my best friends.  We were friends…and then I kind of fell in love and he kind of didn’t.  That part was really lame…as were the following 6 months of willing myself to fall out of love... But there were actually  quite a few bright spots in those months, like the time me and Lil saw wild horses, or the time I went skiing in Montana with Casey, or the time I went backpacking and rappelling with Lillian, and the million times Mandi and Joscelyn, Tahlia, and so many others called to make sure I was ok, and the million times Robby and I practiced frisbee in the middle of the night-- I call it frisbee therapy. And I learned lots and lots of things.  This (below) is one of them.  I became a world class expert at doing this, and now I'm trying to undo all that focused training.  And you know what?  It's starting to work. How to guard your broken heart so

I have been re-reading my mission journal lately.  For most of it I was focused on what was happening in the moment, but I did capture a few gems when I zoomed out on life and gave myself advice for the future.  Last night I happened upon one of those and I want to share it. Sarah's guide to future decision making: 1. Don't decide until you are humble 2. Ponder while listening to music that brings you to Christ 3. Get control of thoughts and prayers 4. Repent first 5. Go with your gut feeling 6. Carefully choose the time of day to ask  7. Do not let fear dictate 8. Don't worry too much about decisions between good and good 9. Be completely honest with yourself as far as true desires and motivations Also, this is how I use the internet these days, that's right, on the train, which I ride JUST to use the internet. Cheap pass from work that doubles as internet and train pass rather than expensive internet at home :)  Awesome. Also, Leona Lewis still has