Life Goes On

Throughout my life I have found myself to get hung up on the small details, and over react towards things that I cannot change. Continually, I have realized that life goes on. While things may or may not happen in my life, I need to realize that life is not going to stop and wait for me to get my act together. Life continues moving with or without me.

It is easy to blame situations on problems on other people and not take the credit ourselves. In the long run though, we are essentially responsible for our choices and in turn the consequences of those choices. And that is the beauty of life. Sorry, I feel like I talked about this in a previous blog post, but lately I have just been fascinated by choices.

Today, as I listened to conference you could say I was shocked. As I listened to the announcement of President Monson, my jaw literally dropped. Looking back on my life there is no way that I would have been ready to serve a mission at age 19. I was always so impressed with those young men I knew that chose to serve the lord. There are so many decisions I have to make in the upcoming months. While this announcement has changed a lot of girl’s plans, I feel it is not going to change my timeline.

Going to Africa, is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I am still going to purse. Upon my return home, I then plan on making a final decision on a mission. I do not want to rule anything out at this moment in my life. I am so happy and grateful though for more young men and young women to have the opportunity to serve at a younger age. I feel there are many who love the gospel and realize its value at this age; this will allow them to go out. And still allows others more time to prepare and serve the lord in their own time. God loves his children, it’s a fact.

Ashley P