junior

I think too much of myself sometimes.
I've been stretched too thin.
Biggest lesson I've learned this year: you just can't do everything.
I'm so lucky to have the family I have. I've been thinking a lot lately about coincidences. The more I think about them, the less I believe in them.There are some things that simply cannot be explained just my 'the whim of things'. By being stretched too thin, I have realized that I truly cannot do it by myself.

It was two days ago that I had reached my breaking point. I was supposed to be face painting to earn money for my humanitarian trip to Ecuador, but I had too much homework and too much obligations in church and for Peer Leadership Team and for DECA and my school's last football game was that night. I was the definition of overwhelmed. Instead of dealing with it all, I just went home and cried. Pathetic, right? My mom finally came home and gave me a hug and asked me what the heck I was doing. My dad finally came home and gave me a hug and laughed and offered to give me a blessing. I have never gone from such extremities in emotion before. One minute I was shaking and tired and stressed, and the next I was calm and ready to take on whatever needed to be done. I am so thankful for my dad, the gospel, and the fact that I was able to face paint, eat dinner, do two math assignments, and write a four-page paper in the space of 3 hours. For with God, nothing is impossible.