Tony the tiger and more!

so the last couple days have been pretty good overall. yesterday i got the chance to go up to the washington city rec center with my mom, karlie, chris, and karlies 2 friends audry and ashley. it was alot of fun to sit with my mom and watch them play and have fun. even though i am feeling things again that i haven't in awhile it was not to bad. i got through it, thats all that matters. For all the good in this world there will all ways be hard times, trials and struggles. that doesn't mean we should give up and let those hard times over take us. In the past i have done that. when things got hard... when i couldnt make it through certain things i would tend to give in some. for those of you reading this that know me you understand that the situations i was going through were no where near "normal trials" if there even is such a thing. Sometimes we are blessed with certain gifts that can be hard at times. but the lord says in D & C section 46 verse 11. For all have not every gift given unto them; for there are many gifts, and to every man is given a gift by the spirit of god." so we all have gifts, its our job to learn what those are and how to best use them for what the lord wants us to do. another part of that verse is 9. and it says.. For verily i say unto you, they are given for the benefit of those who love ma nd kep my comandments, and him that seketh so to do; that all may be benefited that seek or that ask of me, that ask and not for a sign that they may consume it upon their lusts." whatever gifts and things we have been blessed with in this life ... its for the benefit of not only us, but those around us. so not only should we not let ourselfs get so beat up and beat down that we hide and get to the point that we cant be out and about with others to help them, but we should also not get full of ourselfs. weather we are amazing at a particular sport, or if we can do anything else really well we should not let ourselfs get caught up in pride. we need to remember where these gifts have come from, and what we are suposed to use them for. it is amazing the effect for good or for bad someone can have if they are exseptionaly skilled in some area that someone can have.