The Lord's Hand in the Simple Life of A College Student

So when I first got back to Utah I was super excited to see the guy that I had been dating for the past two months only to find out that he had a different plan for life that did not involve me. At least not in a dating since... After a weekend of crying and a couple cartons of ice cream i learned SO much! (I know how sad is it that I spent one of my weekends crying over some boy that found another girl, but then I started to see a lot in my life that I did not see before.)

I mean when this happened I had friends all around me that were willing to drop any plans that they had to comfort the destressed Brittany. One came over every night and tried to keep my mind off it, another one came over and played in the snow with me. And still another one came and made me breakfast...can you be more blessed than that? I realized that I was still loved even though I felt rejected... I mean the next week was hard, but on Tuesday Elder Holland came to BYU and spoke. Now i know that I should not have favorites, but he is SERIOUSLY one of my favorites, after all he told me I was cute and admirable. Anyways he gave a talk about transitions and the past and the future. And i know that this talk was written for me! I mean EVERY word that was said ment something to me, it was amazing. His big point was to forgive myself, which i really needed to do, cause i was blaming myself for everything that was going on. I kept on thinking that if I had only changed or done something different, that we would still be together.

But now I realize that that is a STUPID thing to think...i mean he should like me for who i am and what I do. And it was really good to hear it from someone that i consider someone my hero. So i realized that I needed to move on and to forgive myself and just make new friends. SO that is one of Brittany's new goals this semester...to make a bunch of friends and just become good friends with everyone! Goal number two is to become a better communicator and to just say what I mean...so now i have to work on that one! Third I have decided that I am going to run a marathon this year...I know super crazy, but I know that it will GREAT for me!

But I have been thinking about the Lord's hand in my life and how he sends people into my life when i need them the most. And I realize that sometimes i have to give them up, but someone will come along that I need! And they will help me though what i need the most and you know, the guy that sticks around through it all will be the one that i marry. But that is a while down the road, after all i am only 19... But i know that Heavenly Father LOVES me and watches my daily walk cause he influences every step that i take! So i know that as long as I am doing what he wants, that i will be where he needs me the most! Anyways that was just a bit into my life and the AMAZING experiences that I have already had this year!