"Ask Me How to Have the Best Life Ever"

My mind has been flooded lately with thoughts of various things. My sleep schedule has been quite scrambled as I switch back and forth from days to nights weekly for work. I'm pretty sure this is the cause of my frequent contemplation of thoughts as of late. It mostly occurs while lying awake at night on the nights I am not working, while wishing I was sleeping.

Life is so content and wonderful right now and my Eric and I are so very blessed. I give thanks for this daily. Multiple times a day.

But even while being so content, I have much on my mind about life, friends, and family.

My Eric and I were talking about two weeks ago as I was trying to make sense of being so blessed. Now this definitely isn't something I was bothered by, yet merely asking "why me?" I've had overwhelming feelings to save the world lately. I have this strong feeling that I need to be doing more, helping more people, saving more lives. I have so much, I need to give more.

As I've prayed about these feelings, I've received the strong answer that I need to share the gospel more. After all, the gospel is my source of joy, peace, happiness, and success. I've always had a strong desire to share the gospel but lately I want to proclaim my testimony with boldness to each person I pass, every individual I talk to. I want to wear a shirt that says "Ask me how to have the best life ever." I want to be a better missionary.

I was sharing with Eric the sadness I feel for those who I love and those who I don't even know who do not have this wonderful gift in their lives. I feel sad for them because I know how happy they could be. Not worldly happiness, not temporal success, but eternal, everlasting, forever joy. Wow!

The gospel and atonement of Jesus Christ is the foundation of my life. I know, without any doubt, that it is the source of all that is good, true, and right.

My testimony of prayer, tithing, and chastity have especially been strengthened lately through experiences, personal scripture study, and reflecting on my own blessings.

Prayer works. Heavenly Father is always listening.
"Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality." -President Thomas S. Monson

Paying tithing brings eternal blessings.
"To those who faithfully and honestly live the law of tithing, the Lord promises an abundance of blessings. Some of these blessings are temporal, just as tithes are temporal. But like the outward physical ordinances of baptism and the sacrament, the commandment to pay tithing requires temporal sacrifice, which ultimately yields great spiritual blessings.

The temporal and spiritual blessings of tithing are specifically tailored to us and our families, according to the Lord’s will. But to receive them, we must obey the law upon which they are predicated. 11 In the case of tithing, the Lord has said, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” -Elder Robert D. Hales

Obeying the law of Chastity will bring you eternal joy. Our bodies are temples of God and should be treated with respect. (1 Corinthians 6:19)
"Do not be misled by Satan’s lies. There is no lasting happiness in immorality. There is no joy to be found in breaking the law of chastity. Just the opposite is true. There may be momentary pleasure. For a time it may seem like everything is wonderful. But quickly the relationship will sour. Guilt and shame set in. We become fearful that our sins will be discovered. We must sneak and hide, lie and cheat. Love begins to die. Bitterness, jealousy, anger, and even hate begin to grow. All of these are the natural results of sin and transgression.

On the other hand, when we obey the law of chastity and keep ourselves morally clean, we will experience the blessings of increased love and peace, greater trust and respect for our marital partners, deeper commitment to each other, and therefore a deep and significant sense of joy and happiness.On the other hand, when we obey the law of chastity and keep ourselves morally clean, we will experience the blessings of increased love and peace, greater trust and respect for our marital partners, deeper commitment to each other, and therefore a deep and significant sense of joy and happiness." -President Ezra Taft Benson

I want to share this with the world.

So for today, I will try to be a little bit better and stand a little taller. I will be a little more gentle, kind, and patient. Today I will try and make a stranger smile. Today, I will try and change at least one life.