Resolution in Real Life

A resolution is a firm decision to do or to not do something, that is, until you put the words "New Year's" in front of it. With the addition of those two words, our ability to make resolutions is strictly limited to the first day of the year. 1 day out of 365 days in the year that we can make a change in our lives and that is it. (As someone who likes math, that is only a .27% chance for change! Personally, I don't feel comfortable or satisfied with that offer.)

This is wrong.

This is what may be responsible for so many of our failed goals. (It is.) When people slip up on their New Year's Resolutions (sometimes in January, sometimes in June) they feel as though they have automatically failed and this slip up sends the resolution flying out the window, maybe to be invited back inside next January 1st, but certainly not now and certainly not until then.

We are conditioned to wait until January 1st to make changes.
Well, exercise  sucks!!!(usually)

Too often as humans, we feel the need for change in our lives, but we will sit around with less than what we want, waiting around for January 1st, the magical day that we can choose to become happy. I am here to tell you (and to remind myself) that you don't need to wait for January 1st's permission to take control of your life! January 1st just wants a big entrance, fireworks, parties, the whole shebang. January 1st wants to take the glory for helping you make good changes. "Look at me everybody! The party has arrived! Today only! You may now choose a resolution for the year! You are so welcome!"

Stop waiting for permission! You don't need to answer to January 1st! 

And in the case that January 1st comes around
and you don't want to make a resolution,
you have that power too!

Do not wait around to make changes. The only thing that will change with waiting is time. More time living miserably, less time to live without the problem on your back. Less time to enjoy the people you love. Less time to live problem-free! Don't always be waiting for January to make changes. You are a strong, independent person and you don't need January 1st to complete you.

She says it well.

June or December, tomorrow or today, make the choice to make a change. 

❤ Kate

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I just happen to belong to the best family in eternity. I am not sure how I got so lucky, or what I did to deserve such a blessing, but I am eternally grateful for this gift.

A family that runs together, stays together!

Family. There is something about the word that just makes my heart glow and my face smile. My family is: my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brother, even my grandparents, my aunts, my uncles, my cousins. Each one is part of a unit that I also belong to. We are stuck together by the strongest of bonds, both seen and unseen. 

What a beautiful welcome!

There is ALWAYS room for more.

I was asked this question: Why families?
and it really got me thinking. Life would be so incredibly different without them. There would be nothing that could replace them. Nothing could come close to that automatic support group. Who could I tell everything to? Who could I always be myself around? Where could I love and be loved so unconditionally? 

Right before they left me at college. I guess that was love...

Families are one of my favorite blessings. I have decided that my Heavenly Father has given me a family for my very own so that I could have a little glimpse of the love that he feels for me. He loves me(his daughter)more than I can possibly imagine, and yet, I love my family so much, I can feel the immense love that my parents have for me, and I can understand. I know I will feel boundless love for a family of my own one day.

Here they are, supporting me at graduation!

So take a little time to make sure your family knows how much you love them and appreciate them for all that they do for you. Give them your time and your love in return. And best of all: Remember that you never have to be without them.

❤ Kate

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life happens everyday

"if we're really honest with ourselves, our plans usually don't work out as we had hoped. So instead of asking our young people "What are your plans? What do you plan to do with your life?" Maybe we should tell them this: Plan to be surprised." -Dan in Real Life

Life- the capacity we have for growth and change. This is the basis of what our existence entails, yet it is easily forgotten in the complexities we create for ourselves.

So many things can (and do) go wrong in life that I often forget about all the wonderful things that could go so perfectly right. At this time in my life, there has been so much stress put on having my whole life mapped out to the very last detail. It would be very relieving to be able to take those "plans", toss them out the window, and let life lead me where I am meant to go. Really, I don't have to worry about it all on my own. I am not stumbling blindly in the dark. There is a greater purpose for me that I have yet to discover and if I try to take control of my life, I may just miss out on what would give me the most joy. 

Instead of planning for perfection, which would hinder me from living the life I have, I plan now to live in the moment, without the stress of tomorrow casting its dark cloud above my head. I plan to ask my Heavenly Father for some directions on this journey I have undertaken. I plan to find happiness in every day of my life. Instead of putting restrictions on my life, I plan to open it up to limitless possibility. I plan to be surprised.

❤ Kate