Too Amazing not to Share

Jesus’s Parables, Teachings, and thoughts on Jesus Christ our Savior: How I can make my life Better.
 “Love one another, as I have loved you.”
It was said that it is the most Majestic Manifestation of pure love ever to be demonstrated in this world.
I love myself as Jesus Loves Me.
I find myself in Service to Others.
I love like Jesus.


1. I feel my Savior's love
In all the world around me.
His Spirit warms my soul
Through ev'rything I see.

2. I feel my Savior's love;
Its gentleness enfolds me,
And when I kneel to pray,
My heart is filled with peace.

3. I feel my Savior's love
And know that he will bless me.
I offer him my heart;
My shepherd he will be.

4. I'll share my Savior's love
by serving others freely.
In serving I am blessed.
In giving I receive.
Chorus:
He knows I will follow him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Savior's love,
The love he freely gives me.

Passion for life and the future.

The weekend of my 21st birthday was awesome! I got some whiskey and drank with a good friend and sang and rejoiced in both mine and my friends passion. I taught her son how to longboard and take good care of a longboard. They enjoyed not only longboarding but also fighting lightsaber battles. Good times, good times.

Starting Now, I'm Starting Over

To understand what someone else is going through. What kind of sentiment is that? Empathy, how do I get more of it. Just live a different life? Change all of my core beliefs? So confusing and frustrating yet there are so many simple ideas that are supposed to change my entire life for the better. Decisions on a moment to moment basis. All the anguish I have ever felt in my life washed away by a single compliment I give another person. Or when my neighbor offers me a ride to the Trax Station on my way to work. Are these acts of service? I always felt so. I don't really know that much about acting on behalf of other people.

I lost my phone after my computer broke for about a month. During that time I realized that I needed something to organize my thoughts. I used an R2-D2 Star Wars notebook I got from a secret santa exchange with my family at Sharon and Dan's house, and an insurance pad that my mom gave me to write down all my thoughts in. Positive affirmations seem to make such a huge difference. Even though most of them I thought of, they seem as though they come from a greater place. Some part of my mind that is more in tune with the secrets of the universe. 

I went to a Young Singles Adult ward's Family Home Evening for the second time on Monday 8/1/16. The person in charge of the spiritual lesson used a quote from C.S. Lewis. 

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”

It is hard to remember to treat other's with sincerity but I think it makes it easier if you think of all other people as immortal beings. I don't really know what I think. Like I said in another post of mine I don't know if there is an after life. Even so I can still treat others with respect while still employing my playful ridiculous personality. It's hard to remember that all people are created as equals but I think this quote can help everyone, If not especially me, to remember that acting with a lack of seriousness and respect for all life is simply a waste of time. 

I would act frivolously and expect others to pick up my slack. It wasted their time and it wasted mine because I couldn't do the things I wanted to get done. Even then I would end up blaming them for my short comings. I really want to begin to treat others with respect, instead of only thinking about my self at all times. There are no normal people. I love you if you are reading this. If you aren't, I love you just the same. You just may not know it yet. ;)

Embraced and Comforted

Beautiful music and soothing piano pieces are one of the things that make me feel safe. As long as I could remember I would sing for no other reason than it helped me through all of the horrible and unstable mistakes me and my family made. I could just forget the world around me and really feel what I wanted to feel, instead of what the world wanted me to.

Predestination

There is no ideal me in 10 years, or even 10 seconds. What ever happens to me happens, and I will try to accept it with open arms. I love life, and I love my life. The hardest part is dealing with all the disappointment and doubt that comes from the assumptions I have had my entire life. I assumed that I am the way I am and that the majority of my character, and my identity would stay the same. In fact the exact opposite occurred. The majority of my being, who I am on a fundamental level, changed drastically. It feels like this back and forth battle, at one point I am completely at peace and I feel as though I can finally love myself for who I am. Then something happens/ I learn something new, or I just completely change my mind about someone or something. At that point I feel as though I have to start from the beginning of my emotional health and take a second look at my life. I feel as though I have to second guess myself.

I am destined to get to a point where I can honestly say that, whatever happens I will still love myself. That is something I can look forward to and work towards.

I don't have any advice

I am not all knowing, I am not some great and powerful creature. Why do I have the authority to judge other people. Even in the slightest. Why should I even think about comparing myself to other people because which ever way you spin it. I am judging them. I am saying, look, you are better than me. Or, hey I am better than you. When in reality I am me and you are you.

My Beliefs

I believe that there is the same chance that Buddha or Zeus exists as there is a chance that the god head exists. Which is weird because for 12 years of my life the people I know and have known have told me other wise. The mind is a powerful tool and can be molded to believe anything.

But Jared! That means there is not after life! What does that mean? Well, doesn't really mean anything, it just means that after we die the world keeps spinning. Our body decomposes and we become soil. Personally I don't mind, I just think its a better reason to learn how to live in the moment and become a better person over all. Because after all, we only have so many Sunday mornings!