way back when

the other day i was walking back from campus, so i called jessica to have a little chat. i asked her what she was doing that day and she told me that the girls (girls being my 3 little nieces) were having fun coloring all morning. when the thought came to my head. sometimes i wish life was back to the simplicity it was when i was a little tike. when the hardest decision i had to make was what mickey mouse shirt i wanted to wear, or what picture in my disney coloring book i should color? i have found myself lately faced with a massive amount of decisions that i need to make that are going to determine how my life is in the future. it has been hard because up till this point life has been mapped out for me (for the most part), but now is the time when i have to make life changing decisions. then a friend showed me this talk and it helped me out tremendously. it is called 'Life's Greatest Decisions' by President Thomas S. Monson. i am really grateful for the inspired words of the prophet. after i read this it made me realize that all the decisions i have made thus far, if you think about it, are equally as important as the decisions that i am making now, they just don't carry quite the same everlasting effect. they have also prepared me as much as possible to make the right decisions for the future. granted it still wont be easy, but it is much better to look at it with this perspective.

sorry for this little spill of thoughts, but that's just what has been on my mind lately, and that's what blogs are for right?