Photography could last a lifetime

At times I don't realize the many blessings Our Heavenly Father has given me, until I start looking at old pictures. Whether if it was unexpected or expected. Everyone had those pictures, that you hate at first then with time you start loving it. With social media being so easy to access, our pictures are everywhere. Whether we approve of it or not. The memories maybe a blur, but the one thing I do know is that when I look back at those photographs there's nothing but happy memories, or what the heck was I thinking memories. Either way its amazing. We maybe ordinary people, but we may be ordinary people with extraordinary photographs one cannot replace. I may not be a professional photographer, but for what its worth its pretty good. Throughout the years, I've taken hundreds of pictures in some I've posed and in some I don't.
Our Heavenly Father loves us so much. When we feel hopeless, and we feel like we can't do it anymore, he makes sure that he puts in a memory of when you were the most happy. He promises us that if we persevere to the end, if we follow his commandments, and if we follow the promptings of the holy ghost we will one day be as happy as that memory you just thought of. He promises you, that if you do those things he will ease the burden you have upon your shoulders. The path isn't always easy, but it's worth climbing that mountain.

"We truly need him every hour, whether they be hours of sunshine or of rain."- President Thomas S. Monson, General Conference October 2013

It's important that we know that we need Our Heavenly Father, and that he know our every thought but he just needs us to pray and ask him for guidance that we won't get, unless we pray. Through the gospel, I've met so many wonderful people. I've experienced everything one wants to experience: love, faith, hope, happiness. At times, things you don't want to experience: discipline. It is important for one to experience these emotions in order to gain a great testimony of the church. I am no longer the person who relies on the missionaries to live from their testimony but I have my own. I know that if one day, I fail and I give up, I have to remember the reason why I am a member. The reason why I want to strive for more. 

" As we strive to understand, internalize, and live correct gospel principles, we will become more spiritually self-reliant. The principle of spiritual self-reliant grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church that God has granted us - agency."- Dieter F. Uchtdorf