I want to say I LIVED.

Guys. Life is crazy!

I think I've cried every day for the past two weeks. School is just so hard! It stinks.

But life is still so good :)

My favorite song right now is this little gem:

"I Lived" by One Republic

I'm sad they don't have an actual music video for it.... 

but it's still worth the listen, I PROMISE.

The lyrics are so great.

They are pretty much my life motto right now.

"Hope when you take that jump,
You don't feel the fall.

Hope when the water rises,
You built a wall.

Hope when the crowd screams,
They're screaming your name.

Hope if everybody runs,
You choose to stay.

Hope that you fall in love,
And it hurts so bad.

The only way you can know,
You gave it all you had.

And I hope that you don't suffer,
But take the pain.

Hope when the moment comes,
You'll say....

I, I did it all,
I did it all.

I owned every second that this world could give,
I saw so many places, the things that I did.
Yeah with every broken bone,
I swear I lived.

Hope that you spend your days,
And they all add up.

And when that sun goes down,
Hope you raise your cup.

Oh, oh oh
I wish that I could witness
All your joy
And all your pain.

But until my moment comes,
I'll say....

I, I did it all,
I did it all. 

I owned every second that this world could give,
I saw so many places, the things that I did.
Yeah with every broken bone,
I swear I lived."

I want to live my life enjoying every moment.

Even the bad moments, because they always teach us something.

I don't want to live my life wishing for better things to come.

It's up to me to make my life worth living RIGHT NOW,
no matter what trials I might be going through.

{wise words}

"You are ultimately in charge of your own happiness....

Sometimes in life we become so focused on the finish line that we fail to find joy in the journey. Doesn't it seem foolish to spoil sweet and joyful experiences because we are constantly anticipating the moment when they will end?

We shouldn't wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available- all the time!

Life is not meant to be appreciated only in retrospect.

Isn't it better to see with our eyes and hearts even the small things we can be thankful for, rather than magnifying the negative?"

~President Uchtdorf, from his talk "Of Regrets and Resolutions" 

Life is good!

Choose to be happy.

Choose to LIVE.

~Manda