feelin' good

Today was pleasant. You know, the kind of pleasant where nothing is fabulously incredible, but everything there is, good or bad, is beautiful and happy.

I woke up this morning feeling a little sad and a little lonely-- for no good reason. I didn't want to wake up and go to summer school, I didn't want to be friendly or kind, and I just felt kinda icky about myself. Negativity was filling me up and boy, I didn't like it. I was sick of feeling that way.

I got down on my knees and asked Heavenly Father to help me be happy {and to help me to not fall asleep in summer school, but that's a daily thing}. I asked for peace, for comfort, and for the spirit. And almost immediately my morning turned around. I was all smiles, singing in the shower again.

Although today wasn't perfect, it might as well have been. I felt happy. Because let's get real. Summer school is boring. Ten hours is a long time. It is {insanely} freezing in my classes. It makes me super sleepy and I am pretty sure my brain shuts off after school, making nighttime a super lazy, I-don't-want-to-do-anything time.

But after I said a prayer asking for a lil' change of heart, I started to feel Heavenly Father's arms around me as he told me that everything would be okay and that He loved me. He opened my eyes to so many blessings that I have and things that seem hard, but are really happy, wonderful things in my life. Like summer school.

I have amazing teachers that love their job.
I get to learn about this incredible country I get to live in.
I am have really fun friends in my classes.
{old and new}
I have a reason to get up and ready before 6 pm every day.
I understand my AP government summer assignment better now.
I am meeting some incredible human beings... angels, I say!

Had I not experienced that mini-icky-ness this morning, I am not sure if I would have ever recognized how truly blessed I am to be where I am and to be doing what I am doing. He truly does answer our prayers. :)

Without darkness, there is no light.