True love.

Everyone wants to believe that someone in the world loves us. Everyone in the world wants to find their significant other to spend the rest of their lives with. Nobody wants to be alone. Solitude could be your best-friend but it could also be your worst enemy. Everyone wants to have that storybook ending, with butterflies, white doves, love birds, and a theme song.

In all fairy tales, the main character goes through a lot just to find true love, or they wait until the potion runs off and they need true loves kiss to break the spell. If it was only that easy, for our prince charming to come barging down our door and sweep us away. Taking them to a land far far away, and making a run down town a better one by your presence. No one knows who they are or where they come from, all they know is that they're suddenly new neighbors. In all fairy tales, the main character wishes upon a star or they have fairy godmothers whom grant them they're every wish. With every little pleasure comes a consequence.  Now with that background I will go into a deeper story.

One night laying in bed, I started to doze off; I didn't if I was thinking or I got a response to one frequently asked question. Searching for love and guidance, in this instance I found myself crying asking myself "Why? What's the reason I hurt so much?". After so many nights of me asking that question, and crying myself to sleep I finally knew why. I hurt for so long, I didn't realize that my youth was already at its' peak. I pushed my cousins away, I didn't know why they stopped talking to me but the one thing that I knew was that if I could help I would. Not so long ago I took a huge step, I found the one thing I was longing for (guidance), since I've had love all along. Then something extraordinary happened to one of my cousins, and I'm so grateful that she gets to experience what every woman wants to at a young age. I'm not ashamed, I'm happy because I remember sitting at night, chatting it up with her. She would always tell me "The first child that I will have will be a boy", well she got that done. It's wonderful, I'm proud to be called her cousin, although sometimes I don't show it.

I wouldn't change a thing about this milestone for her, and  I wouldn't chance a thing for me. Now, how could this be a chance to true love? Well, she gets to experience motherhood and I get a chance to experience how great and wonderful God is.

His love for you is so great that He has granted you this earthly life as a precious gift of "once upon a time," complete with your own true story of adventure, trial, and opportunities for greatness, nobility, courage, and love. And, most glorious of all, He offers you a gift beyond price and comprehension. Heavenly Father offers to you the greatest gift of all-eternal life-and the opportunity and infinite blessing of your own "happily ever after."

-Dieter Ucthdorf 

  

Are you READY!

Many people reference "Chains being broken" to breaking free from a dark entity. Others reference it to a direct link to something powerful and glorious.

In my perspective, it means letting go of the things or people who harmed me or wronged me. This doesn't mean  that I don't have any connection with them. This only means that I matter to me. The other day, my old friend asked me "Why is it that you smile all the time?"

Why do I Smile?

• I'm blessed.
• I'm alive.
• I have all the love in the world.
• I know my priorities, and I have moral values

I could continue with all these answers, but the one that's missing is a huge part of me. I know why I'm here on earth. I serve a purpose. You serve a purpose. I know without a doubt that we are sent here on earth to deal with pain, heartaches, love, pleasure, and even temptations. Although, when pain and heartaches come to play, it feels like we're never getting out of that zone; it's a never ending agony. But when love and pleasure takes over, we feel wanted and useful; it feels surprisingly spontaneous. From temptations there's a choice whether we take it or leave it. All the trials and tribulations come from temptations. We gain and lose from that.

The feeling when you break free from a harmful relationship, is the best feeling ever. Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, rejoicing because you feel brand new. Endless happiness and Eternal bliss is only found  in one place. It's found beneath His feet. It's found in His kingdom.

We deserve the very best, but we must earn it! So if I ask you, Are your chains broken? Are you ready for eternal bliss? 

We must seek and find the right path.

   

Loving thy neighbor starts with you.

Loving thy neighbor? what a strange way to start right? Well throughout my life I was taught to be sympathetic with everyone, to give everyone a chance. To always choose the right thing; but it isn't easy to always love and understand. Sometimes all you want to do is scream at them, tell them off. We are always judging and criticizing  depending on what they have on or just how they seem to be. We suddenly think we know who they are just by talking to them once, instantly we start saying "oh whats with that person" or "that person is so awkward". We don't give them a chance to introduce themselves to us.

After all we are only human, we all make mistakes. Even if we act like we're perfect we're not, but we do like to think no one could live up to our standards. We don't want to settle for less. Okay, lets be honest. Is settling for less really the issue? Is seeking and finding actually a high mountain to climb? Or are we too "scared" to show ourselves to the world?

Well, lets get the cat out of the bag. For me, searching and finding is a concept, I never actually thought of until someone gave me that challenge. Looking in a mirror, seeing who I've become and looking at what happened to the person I used to be. Comparing every single thing, from asking so many deep questions to asking the simplest question. "Are you happy?"

Loving thy neighbor starts with loving yourself. Finding who you truly are. Doing some soul searching. Setting goals. Enduring to the end.

So next time you stand in front of a mirror ask yourself "Are you happy?" and be honest, be true, and be you.