"Every Little Thing...Is Gonna Be Alright"

Hey y'all!

I found myself wondering more this week; wondering about life, wondering about family, and wondering about friends. I found myself getting lost and wondering where life is at. I also found myself questioning where I am at currently in my life; if this is really where I'm supposed to be at this time.

I'm sure we've all had these thoughts before and have wondered what is next for us. Then, on Friday, an event occurred in my life that helped me to understand more of why I am here and the things I need to learn.

No, I'm not engaged nor even close to it so don't think that or anything of the like is the event. Yesterday was Involvapalooza. (This is a picture of the event.) At Brigham Young University, the school I attend, all of the clubs on campus have the opportunity to showcase their club with a booth, to try and let others know about the club and how they can join. I was so excited for this event to happen on campus, as I got to help out with the A Cappella booth this year! With a little public relations and advertising experience, I looked forward to the opportunity to help our club be known a little more.

Well, despite my hopes and excitement, we ended up not getting a booth with Involvapalooza. We were away from the rest of the booths due to some unexpected things that came up. Needless to say, I was not very happy. I didn't have the best attitude knowing I could have done something more for the club. The entire time I was wishing I was with the other hundreds of people at the event rather than where I was.

I know now that attitude is what makes things what they are. If one has a bad attitude at a party, they're not going to enjoy the time. If one has a positive attitude during a hard time, the effect will be more than what it would've been had the attitude been pessimistic.

I learned that I am here for a reason and although I'm not completely positive on what that entails, I know that if I have a good attitude, it will be better than what it could have ended up as. With what I've learned, I'm going to start an attitude journal. At EFY (Especially for Youth), we talked about this sometimes but I never thought of having one for myself. In this journal, I will record my attitude on certain days and document why my attitude was the way it was that day. With this, I hope to have an optimistic and positive attitude more often.

I have to remember: "Every little thing is gonna be alright..." -Bob Marley

A sister in my mission posted this blog about self-worth and our importance. I thought it was quite pertinent to this blog so here's the link to her blog post:  http://bit.ly/1iYVY8O

Until next time,

Shalae