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I shared with a congregation of people about happiness. Not because I’m feeling it, Because recently, it’s fleeting, sparse, and quiet. Did I want to share?  No. I did it anyway.  For many reasons. But most importantly, I was committing to myself. To keep trying. To keep fighting for that easy smile. Do I know how?  No. Have I figured it out?  No. But I am trying. So, instead of sharing thoughts about happiness, I shared about the loss of happiness. I shared about what I am f

I’ve never liked beginnings. But, finally, I’m starting to learn about them. Not so much about them, I guess. More so about how to start them. Beginnings don’t come every day. They come when your mind is ready for them. They come when your heart is longing for them. And they come when you are serious about them. We don’t get beginnings often. Not the fresh start, new adventure ones. Nor the unique, ear-to-ear smiling ones. No, those feel few and far between. Often, we get

Wow, it has come to an end. This is the sappy journal post about what I learned this semester. The highlight reel with short stories is on another post titled, “Chaos in bullet form: Highlights from my semester”. Onto the sap… To start, I dislike endings. And, I’ve never been a fan of beginnings… Who’s the problem here…? Not me… This semester was FULL. I experienced a great change. The change was good, but also hard. This brought new emotions that were once foreign. I started

I haven’t posted much about my mission. Honestly, I haven’t felt like I had the right words to say.  My best short effort would be that it was life life-shifting, heart-changing, realigning experience.  Complete joy.  Complete anxiety.  Complete stress.  Complete smiles.  Complete tears.  All of it.  How do you put that into words?  You don’t.  And I can’t.  The “transition” back home was very difficult for me.  I didn’t realize why until I went back to my mission and was exp