Well, here I am at the end of my 365 Happy Days of Summer Journey! I cannot believe that it has been a year ( a little more since some of the days I skipped:/) since I decided to try and see if I could post something that was happy to me for a whole year.
... Rewind one year...
I was on Facebook and saw a #100HappyDays challenge and I thought, "How Cool!!!" I totally am going to try that because everyone could use a little happiness in their life! So off I went on my journey... 100 days later, and I felt so strongly that I shouldn't stop. My sister, Amber, told me not to stop and I told her "If I do this, you need to like every single picture so I don't feel silly overwhelming people with my pictures.. At least there will be one person who likes my photos everyday!" And off I went on my #365HappyDaysofSummer journey.
Let me tell you, this year has been one heck of a journey. Throughout this year, I have learned how much I love being an Aunt to my nephew, I have learned how much I love doing bridal hair and that I have grown a lot as a bridal hairstylist, I have seen how much love I have for my family, friends, and food. :) I have learned how much I LOVE Zumba.
One thing that people do know during this time, is that I learned to love someone with all my heart. And people may or may not know that I went through the hardest break-up I have ever gone through in my life. I have been on the highest of highs and the extreme lowest of lows where I thought I just couldn't go on another moment. Heartbreaks are the worst. During this time, I was told, "Why don't you just stop doing your Happy Days? Don't you think it will be hard to do them while you're going through this?" My answer?
"I can't stop doing it now! I feel like this is the only thing that will get me through it. The only thing that will help me to truly look for something happy that is going on in my life while I am just soooo sad."
And... It helped. Immensely. My life has been completely changed. The things I thought I wanted at the beginning of this journey, have changed. I have grown.
I have grown to LOVE my Savior, Jesus Christ, through this journey, He has become my Rock. He has become my everything. Through my journey, I have gained a new love for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have learned that while I am on this earth. I will never retire from praising His name and sharing the love He has for us. I have learned that through Jesus Christ every heartache can be healed through His time.
This journey has seen me decide to go back to school to become an elementary school teacher. A career that I have dreamed of ever since I was a little girl. This journey has seen me move down to Orem, Utah. A place I had absolutely no desire to live because I thought that it had nothing to offer me. Oh Boy, Was I ever wrong. Orem, Utah, and the people that live here, have everything to offer me. I have so much I can learn from the people I am around.
As I look back on this journey, I can see how the Lord's hand was, perfectly, in every detail. Gently leading and guiding me to where I am today.
Now that this chapter has closed, I look forward to the future with a perfect brightness of hope. Knowing that with the Savior, I can do all things. I am coming to know of my Savior, Jesus Christ. He is not only my Savior and Redeemer. He is my older brother. Because of His atoning sacrifice, I can return to live with Him.
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