enjoy today

so basically i've been waiting for forever to write this post because i feel like i had to write it at the right moment-when everything was going perfect. but then i found that there really is never a moment that is like that. there usually is one simple thing that we choose to dwell negatively on, which then always ceases to make our day..."perfect". but as i've read my scriptures and obsessed over pages and pages of pinterest, i've learned that you can have your perfect day; you just have to make it happen. ha so here goes what i've learned so far this summer...

we all often think that our day depends on what happens to us, but in reality it's really our reaction that drives our days. in 9th grade seminary, we learned that 10% of our life is what happens and 90% is how we react. i couldn't agree more! i mean, when has your day gone 10x better simply by being positive? this is what I've learned lately. by changing my perspective and my attitude, my day runs that much more smoothly. i could choose to nag when my mom asks me to do something, or i could help my amazing mother with a happy face. i could choose to be sorrowful about missionaries leaving, or i could praise them and my Heavenly Father for this wonderful opportunity for them to serve and share this amazing LDS gospel. i could choose to mope around and be lazy, or i could go enjoy this beautiful earth that we live on. i could choose to neglect all of these opportunities that summer brings, or go out and enjoy them for myself. there really is something to be enjoyed everyday, we just need to find it.

my point in all of this, is that we just need to enjoy. we need to enjoy today. 

and not only enjoy today, but fully enjoy today.

we need to live. live fully. and live for ourselves. i know how cheesy the saying of "live everyday like it's your last" is, but we really do need to! we're here to live to the fullest. to live to show our gratitude. to live to love others. to live to experience everything we can. to live to serve others. to live to share our beliefs. to live to lighten other's loads. to live to laugh. to live to make mistakes. to live to never postpone a prompting. to live to learn. to live to grow. to live to return to Him. to live to explore. to live to build relationships. to live to LIVE. and ultimately, to live to enjoy.
we're here to live for ourselves and for no one else. so do what you want to do and do what makes you happy. you don't owe anyone anything, so live for yourself. live in the moment and live how you want to. don't focus on the future and what you'll think about this time. just live for today. live your emotions fully. don't shrug them off, because they won't fully disappear until they are truly, fully felt. be full in all that you do. wherever you are, be all there. just enjoy it. 

enjoy your time. just enjoy it. don't focus on the legit object of time. just enjoy the time you have. don't count down, or up by time. think of time as space. just enjoy the space that is given to you. enjoy everything that you can do with that "time". do as much as you can in that space or simply just sit and relax with the "time" that you do have. we never know when it's going to run out. so just enjoy it. 
enjoy what you're given. be grateful and show it. show it to everyone. get off technology(ha irony...)and go enjoy outside and the others around you. make it a goal to strengthen the relationships you have with people face to face and not text to text. enjoy the intangible things rather than the material things of the world. focus on relationships with friends and family rather than a lit up screen. try to understand your loved ones. don't be lazy, and go that extra mile. enjoy the simple things. enjoy this beautiful world that Heavenly Father has made for us! enjoy other's happiness and try to add to it. just enjoy it. 


enjoy yourself. love yourself. love who you are and what He made you to be. how cheesy as this is, but believe in yourself. believe that you are a beautiful, smart, loving, sweet, daughter of our Heavenly Father. He loves us so much and only wants us to do the same. I heard this quote a while back and i think it explains ourselves perfectly. 

"It doesn't make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we really don't see ourselves. we don't watch ourselves sleeping in bed, curled up and silent with chest rising and falling with our own rhythm. we don't see ourselves reading a book, eyes fluttering and glowing. you don't see yourself looking at someone with love and care inside your heart. there's no mirror in your way when you're laughing and smiling and happiness is leaking out of you. you would know exactly how bright and beautiful you are if you saw yourself in the moments where you are truly yourself."

so really really truly love yourself and enjoy who you are. 

be happy. because being happy is all you can do when you've got nothing else to do! haha like me... kidding not kidding.you can be happy anytime of the day-you have full agency over your emotions. that's what i have to keep reminding myself:) it's no one else's fault on whether i feel happy or not, just my own. so be happy. happy is everything. happy is spending a day out with my mom. happy is singing along to Ella's favorite song, call me maybe, with her in the car. happy is getting letters from missionaries. happy is cruising around town with your best friends blasting music and having all of the car windows down. happy is reading your scriptures. happy is feeling the spirit every sunday from the farewell talks of these amazing Elders & Sisters. happy is seeing rain in this flippin hot summer. happy is meeting new people. happy is shopping for my future dorm. happy is taking a great nap. happy is making the best meal and stuffing your face haha. happy is roadtrips with your friends. happy is looking back on the best memories made with loved ones. there are more ways than one of being happy. happy is anything and everything. enjoy it. 

so try not to worry alright? worrying never helps and takes the happy away. think about it, it really cannot do anything! "worrying won't stop the bad from happening, it'll keep you from enjoying the good." everyday might not be good, but there definitely is good in everyday. like lauren said, "you're only here for a short time. so don't hurry, don't worry. and make sure to smell the flowers along the way!" so don't worry about tomorrow. it'll sort out itself. just...enjoy today :)

hahahaha i hope i've made my point clear...;)

love,
moss