#ldsface2face with the Piano guys

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For those of you who didn't know, there was a broadcast on this past Tuesday with the Piano Guys. And if you've never heard of the Piano Guys, I'm sorry, but we can't be friends. JUST KIDDING! But honestly, you have to go look their music up. Or even better, watch the broadcast here. They are so talented, and they don't just play the piano, they also play the cello amongst other intruments. I love their albums.

For mutual (a church youth activity held every week) this past Tuesday, all the Young Women met together to watch the broadcast. It was so fun, and there were so many yummy treats! One of the leaders made this delicious popcorn that had melted vanilla almond bark on it with Halloween-colored sprinkles. I seriously had AT LEAST 15 cups full of it. Along with a lot of M&Ms. No shame.

Anyways, the broadcast was great! Even though a lot of the girls were loud and I couldn't hear very well. In fact I had to sit basically on top of the TV to hear. I can't express how much happier I've been this past week. It's crazy! That broadcast had some things I really needed to hear, too. I just find it truly amazing how these talented guys have totally given up their wills to God. It's so inspiring! And the love they expressed for their wives, dang. Goals.

They also played a new arrangement towards the end of the interviews, which was absolutely gorgeous. The Spirit was so strong and watching them play is wonderful. I swear I can see the happiness and light emanating from them. It is incredible. I really want to see them live one day.

A few specific points that stuck out to be were:

• Our differences are supposed to be celebrated, not calculated. We should try and not be jealous of others' talents, but embrace them. Congratulate them. We can all contribute to this world in one way or the other, and we were all blessed with gifts.
• We should pray for opportunities to use these said gifts that God has given us in order to make a difference in someone's life.
• ANY negative thoughts are not virtuous thoughts. This surprised me, I hadn't even thought about it. But yeah, thinking badly about yourself is no bueno.
• God is ALWAYS there for you. No matter what. And if we give our will and life to Him, we will get so much more out of our lives and we could ever do alone.

They also promised that reading the scriptures in the morning makes such a difference and will start your day off "wonderfully." And this may sound weird, but during the broadcast I got the prompting to clean my room. Something about "cleanliness is next to Godliness." Also, I suddenly have the strange urge to become an amazing piano player, preferably overnight. Crazy!

But I guess I know what I will be working on this weekend...

5 things that got me through the week ...

Hello wonderful readers! It's been a while. Holy cow.

School has been so gosh-dang hectic. It's crazy. I feel like every day I'm just going through the same motions.

I don't either baby ... I don't either.

But yeah, it feels like the same thing. Wake up. Go to seminary. Go to school. Barely see my friends. Stress over grades. Go home. Do homework. Sleep (for like 4 hours). Repeat.

And I repeat this process until the solace that is the temporary weekend approaches.

So I apologize for my two (and a half?) week hiatus. I'm trying to do better, especially since I am (kinda?) getting the hang of things. It is a process.

For this post, I am making a list of the FIVE things that got me through this week. Without these things, I might have just passed out and died from exhaustion and feeling like poop in the middle of the hallway at school.

- Love Myself by Hailee Steinfeld. The lyrics to this song and the upbeat sound totally set my mood of a good, happy day multiple times. I highly suggest giving it a listen. They are so positive and the message tells you to LOVE YOURSELF. You don't need anybody else. You can make the choice to love yourself.

- Breyer's Blasts! Oreo Cookies & Cream Chocolate Ice Cream. This stuff. Wow. This stuff is the definition of heaven wrapped into a big spoonful of chocolatey goodness. I may or may not have stocked up on three gallons of it. But shhhh ... I won't tell if you won't.

- Joshua 1:9. This scripture was part of a devotional we had in seminary (a Bible Study class in the morning before school) and it hit me hard. Like, I'm not sure I've felt like that while reading a scripture except maybe one time before. "The Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." He is always going to be there for me. And you. And everyone. I really needed that reminder.

Not my image, but if you can read that link ^^

- Curly hair. I curled my hair on Thursday, which is a rare thing because it requires me getting up even earlier in order to do it. And I also have this secret recipe for curling my hair that gives me these big, bouncy, Southern-girl looking curls. Full of volume. And I love it. I wore my hair like that on Thursday and I got sooooooo many compliments. It made me feel so good! Someone even called me a super-model. I don't know about you, but when I'm feeling confident and then someone compliments me? It's just a good day.

And finally ... Kurtis Cutler's vlogs on Youtube! Kurtis is a fellow classmate at school, and he is so great. Watching his vlogs reminds me that I'm not the only one getting barely any sleep, doing a bunch of homework every night, and just wanting to kick back and chill. He is so funny and sarcastic too, and his video-editing skills are great.

And those are my top 5 things that got me through this past week! If you like these types of posts, give me a comment so I know! Maybe this will become a weekly thing. 

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