RNDM

Time for another round of my random rambles.

First.
I heard this quote once in institute that I really liked because I was like (whoa that is me) but I never asked the teacher for it or wrote anything down about it or remembered enough to google. Such is life.
It was by some guy, talking about this group of college students who decided that they were going to work as hard as they could at perfecting themselves by working at being a perfect person, but this man said they had the approach completely wrong. Which took me aback, because I've thought the same thing. And I don't think he meant that it was "bad" of them or anything, just that they had it backwards, and that instead they should be focused on the people around them and not themselves in order to really become perfected. Which is good news for missionaries and soon-to-be missionaries such as ourselves, because all we'll be doing is thinking of others, and I'm both excited and nervous about that.
And it's true in another way too; it's easy (usually) to sit at home and "not sin" and be a good person when you're by yourself, but the trick is being Christ-like towards others and with others and around others. So help others, everyone!

Second.
This is kind of related to the first, but it's just something about myself that's been bugging me for a reeeal long time. I feel like I have a hard time finding a good balance of personality. In other words, I feel like a lot of the time I either don't show my personality enough so I just seem like I'm a potato with nothing to say, or I show it too much and I'm kind of annoying. And like every time I have a conversation with someone I tell myself "wow, stop talking about yourself so much, it's not always about you" but then I always keep doing it. I guess life in about balance in a lot of areas, and I just have to work on this one a lot.

Third.
I'm feeling like making a list. Today's list will be entitled: "Things that I miss."

• home-cooked meals courtesy of mom. I really underestimated how lucky I was to have delicious meals every night.
• classical music. specifically playing classical music. I spent ten diligent years on the piano and six on the viola and now I only get to play hymns in institute sometimes. boo.
• the sun.
• the warm.
• the beach.
• people that are gone.
• playing tennis after school.
• school that is not out of my understanding/skill level (or maybe it's just that I worked harder once upon a time...)
• not being on the internet so much.
• reading books.
• furry animal friends whenever I wanted them.
• sundays where I didn't have to do anything but church and church stuff.
• cuddling.
• an open and never-ending pantry.
• my trampoline.
• wasting a lot of time with people I wanted to waste it with.

There's probably a lot more things, but it's now time for nappy-nap, because this is me right now: