Good things, good times, good life

I've always tried to be one of those people who saw the good in everything, and the beauty everywhere and in everything. I try to be optimistic. Sometimes I fail and hate life. Life is just really hard. It doesn't make sense. But, it's so much better when you forget the bad things in life and dwell on the positive. There is always 10 times more good things than bad. Just because you have a bad day, doesn't mean you have a bad life. Count the good times. I bet they crush the bad times. Add it up all the good and you have a good life. Because, you REALLY do have a good life.

I'm just SO GRATEFUL. Grateful for everything. We have to have hard times, otherwise, the good times wouldn't be so great. I think our trials in fact make our life better. Because we learn so much from them and appreciate all the good in life so much more.

I think perfect should not be a word. Honestly, nothing is perfect. I'm sure not. Always strive to be your best, not perfect. What would life be if we were all perfect? Our flaws make us who we are. You are flawsome.

Life is pretty great. Regardless of my imperfect body, life, whatever.

I'm kinda, not so great at posting, and when I do, it's lamesauce. Anyhow.

Ladies and gents: my life as of late.........

 Naked Juice....gosh. Love the stuff. 

MY CACTUS BLOOMED! I've had Fredricko for about 5 years! *is proud* and I opened my window one day to see this weird green, hard, oval lump growing out of my cactus! I watched it over the next week bloom into this beautiful, as big as the cactus flower! I'm sad I didn't snap a lot of pictures of it, especially when it was HUGE. dang it. #Foreveralonewithmyplants

Elevation.....I can't stop thinking about it. I wear my elevation E1 band every day, to remind me to be awesome, and to live a meaningful life. xD Just a few random pictures. (NOTE: I did not take these pictures, credit goes to Sanneke, Elevation, and whoever else. Thanks for not being lazy like me and actually taking pictures! I'm also on my laptop so I don't have all my pictures with everyone. dang it.) 

 CINNAMON ROLL HUG!! Man. I love these guys!! 

 (Left to Right) Me, I look ridiculous *eye roll*, my brotha from anotha motha, good friend/twin, and I'm his body guard. hah. Love these guys xD 

 Faking the HAKA! haha We're so cool. I love this girl. :)

 The girls of Pod1 and our awesome pod leader, Heather. :) I was so lucky to end up in a pod with some of my besties. :)

Yeah, that's me. Yeah, I look ridiculous. Hah. Yeah, that stuff under my eyes....it's sharpie......yeah...it gave me a near migraine. But it was worth it. xD

This picture....is interesting and awkward. Hah. I competed in the Williamsburger (which is like a triathlon, but instead of biking, you do climbing and single rope ascension.). I REALLY did not want to do it. But I did, and everyone signed me for support. :D I came in third. Second in running. First in climbing. First in ascension. (36 SECONDS!!) annnd I didn't finish the swim.....I'm getting swimming lessons. Yup. Anywho. I'm soooo happy with third. xD

 Home sweet Home. My canyon. My Home. :) I love this place SO much. :)))))))

Exploring...I never knew that island (where the picture was taken) was there....and I'd driven past it how many times?? CRAAAZY. And it's full of buffalo and little red baby buffalo and it's gorgeous. :D I love the earth. 

 Hiking. <3333 This has gotta be one of my favorite hikes. It's so beautiful. 

I also see this lovely creature on that hike. Every time. hah.  

(it's a rattlesnake, in case you didn't know) 

How I feel when having to do something....Kinda. hah. This makes me laugh xD  

Summer sunsets. *smile* 

My lake! (This was taken out of the car, thus the bad quality.) I love this place so much! Sometimes it's as if it were glass, some times it's a deep ocean blue, and most times, it's a beautiful aqua color. My favorite. Can't wait to go splash in it this weekend and throughout the summer! Yay, whoot! xD 

Photo album for my missionary brother! It's taken me about a year to get it done! (life is just too crazy and busy, it's quite pathetic though) Well, it's ALMOST done. :) I have such a love/hate relationship with designing. hah. Here's just a little sneak peak! 

Imagine Dragons. I love them so much. I especially love that some of them are Mormon. I love that it's awesome, good music. xD This is my favorite, it's just so...happy(:

Anyways. That's my life lately. Great, isn't it? I just think life is great no matter what. xD I've been doing cross country, and I'm going to start up tennis again, and I'm DYING to go climbing, every second of every day. The weather is SO nice. A little hot. But nice and sunny. 

Last night at around 11 pm I ran outside to lay on the grass and watch the lighting light up the sky and the thunder shake the ground. The air smelt of rain and a few small drops landed on my face. The trees were blowing. Leaves blew across the road. Storms are one of my favorite things. I love 'em. *smile* I love the earth, so very much. 

On that  lovely note, watch this....

Always remember, you are infinite. Anything is possible. Life is good. No. Matter. What. You are loved. Embrace life. All of it. Smile. Be happy. Be you. :) 

WORTH IT.

Why hello there human. It's been a while. LIFE IS SO CRAZY!

I have had SO many epiphanies and wonderful experiences and things to share! I have a bunch of things to post. Brace yourselves.

Please allow me to share a random epiphany I had the other day while cleaning someones house (what I have to do to earn some adventuring money. It's WORTH IT).

So life has been really...crazy busy! I had recently had a conversation with my grandma, I told her how busy I was and she responded that it was good to be busy because it kept you off the street and what not. (I would like to add that it also keeps you off the couch). It hit me. I had always thought that being busy was bad, that it's not right to be rushing about life hectically. But it's not good to be sitting on the couch hating life, eating potato chips and frosting either! I realized that they are two kinds of buys,
1) The kind where you are constantly running about, rushing through life, hurrying, constantly racing to the next moment. Life doesn't seem really enjoyable. Maybe you're super busy. You are spending so much time doing things. And maybe you procrastinate on the things that you need to do, and then have to rush to get them done. Does life seem enjoyable? You're not really getting things done (or maybe you are), but do you have time to do other things? The things that you really want? Are you happy? TRULY happy? Not just going about the motions of life.....really LIVING. Being ALIVE? Are you getting the most out of Every. Second. of the day? Not really. You're just going about the motions of life, rushing, you have next to no time, doing things because you have to, you're so busy, but....you're not getting much out of life.
2) The other kind where your life is filled with balance. Of course it's not perfect. (in my opinion, perfect shouldn't be a word because nothing is perfect *rolls eyes*) but there is meaning in your life. You're not just doing things because you have to. You're not just going about motions of life. You are ALIVE. You are truly LIVING. Your life is filled (maybe even busy) with the things you want to be doing, the things that will make you a better person (school, exercise, etc), you have to do hard things but it's WORTH IT. You're busy but HAPPY. Sure, you're not always happy (no one wants to be a barbie or a ken doll. Jus' sayin'), but life is like that, you have ups and downs, but it's all WORTH IT.

Make life meaningful. Make every second count. Take chances. Just do it. Embrace the ups and downs.

When I look back on my life, I want to be able to say, "It was WORTH IT."

I dunno if that made sense. I guess it's kinda hard to put into words the things I think up in my thinker-uper.

I'm trying to be the good kind of busy. Fill my life with meaningful things. Keep busy with good things so that I'm not just wandering around munching on food and wasting time on electronics. I'm trying to fill my time with lots of exercise, time for family, time for learning, time for work, and so much more. Will it be easy? Heck no.

But since I'm starting up summer classes with Williamsburg next week, I don't want my life to be crazy hectic like it was last semester, and I don't want it to fly past and at the end of the day wonder what I did and where all my time went, and I STILL WANT A SUMMER! So I'm doing some serious balancing of my life. It's great. :)