Nelson Mendela

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

On My Honor

"On my honor I will try, there's a duty to be done and I say I, there's a reason here, and a reason above. My honor is to try and my duty is to love. People don't need to know my name..."

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. ~John Donne

Thank you to everyone who donated. It really means a lot to me, mostly because a support system is a good feeling. I hope that you feel a support system where ever you are. And if you don't, be that support system to someone else.

Especially after going to africa, I noticed how a strong support system causes unity, causes is not the right word but maybe a combination of directly linking, leading to... I love that idea- unity because most of the time unity deepens relationships, and deeper relationships lead to a full feeling life, which tends to lead to happiness.      Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.  ~Kenyan Proverb
 Lately I've been thinking about unity with God. 

"Every person on the earth today lived at one time in heavenly realms. We walked with our Heavenly Father. We knew Him. We heard His voice. We loved Him. And although we were eager to enter mortality and continue our progression, we must have regretted the separation that would accompany it. We must have sorrowed that a veil would cover our eyes and the bright memories of our lives would be cloaked in the forgetfulness of mortality. How we must have yearned to stay close to our Father in Heaven. How we must have covenanted to ever reach after Him and commune with Him.

Undoubtedly our separation from our Heavenly Father was softened when He promised that as we sought after Him in prayer, He would reach toward us." -Elder Wirthlin