A New Year ?

As that clock struck midnight and the all fireworks goes off, I was shocked at how fast time had flown by. I don't mean that week, day, hour or minute but in this last year. It feels like it is too soon for this new year to already be here. Looking back at 2010, I was shocked at how much has happened, changed and are things working out. The beginning of the year I was eager to be moving away to go to school and not be living at home. (I am sure all of us felt that way for the first year of college or moved away from home). I could make new and more friends, try hard in my classes, and discover more about myself. Little did I realize, it would still be a hard journey ahead of me to find what I wanted and needed to find.

I enjoyed everything at BYU-Idaho and had a good time but wasn't truly happy. So many little dramas and confusion with friends but thankfully never with roommates. I learned who I could trust, turned to, talk with, to have a good time and to be myself more. It wasn't long until that "ah-Ha!" moment hit me when a lot of things made sense. Life was clear and bright again. I understood events, situations that happened in the past and why. I understood and felt myself once again with my great best friend (Johnny) right beside me encouraging me to do the right thing. Life fully made sense again. Even in the darkest moments, there is always going to be a light to direct you.

I built stronger relationships in my family and with friends. I learned that I was perfect the way I am because I wouldn't be me if I wasn't and that everyone likes me for who I truly am. It has been interesting that I have been getting a lot more compliments on who I am now compared to a year ago.

As this new year is rolling in, I decided to not make resolutions but to continue on the things that I know I need to work on with a goal in mind that doesn't have a deadline. I know that I will mess up a few times, but I know I will keep trying. I decided that I am going to take life as it comes and how it comes.

Happy New Year to everyone!