Playlist No Longer Does Embedding

And this is how I feel about it.

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RAGE.

The Reason Behind It All

The Quest

In forest glad and yonder glen
There sat a rooster and clucking hen
And no one knew how hungry then
They were for one small biscut

Some say they traveled far and wide
Searching every countryside
And all day long they clucked and cried
For one small measly biscut

They looked in every farmer's barn
The signaled aliens with some yarn
But all the aliens had was carn
And maybe a fat cow or two

And oh! The poultry wailed and wept!
For sixty days they never slept!
And in their hearts they always kept
The thought of that lovely biscut

So while their journey carried them far
From Santa's lair to Farmer Joe's car
From ocean depths to an Irish bar
They never found that biscut

And so if you're ever asked by Pete
Why a chicken did cross the street
You now know what carried their feet:
The quest to find a biscut.

Summer Goals 2012

So I am pretty terrible at making goals. I'm just gonna say that right now (or at least carrying them out). But there is something to be said about making them, that's for sure! The way I see it, if you make goals (and more importantly write them down), then you have something to work for. If you write them down, you will remember them easier, and you will actually have something to do and work on instead of laying around the house all day like a bum (which I have been a culprit of many times...).

So for the summer of 2012, I have decided to make some goals. Woot woot! And I have also decided to post them on this blog so that the readers of said blog can check up on me and tell me to get my rear in gear to work on my goals! So here goes:

1. Read my scriptures and pray every night.
2. Go on a walk at least once a week.
3. Work more hours. (More hours = more mula!)
4. Write an EP and put it on iTunes. (I'll inform ya'll if that happens so you can go check it out!) :)
5. Write on my blog at least once every two weeks.
6. Write in my journal at least once every two weeks.
7. Hang out with my friends. (EASY!)
8. Finish The Hobbit.
9. Spend more time with my parents.
10. Become a dragon.

So there you have it! My 10 goals for the summer of 2012! Farewell fellow blog readers, and enjoy your summers! :D

P.S. I will complete goal 10, if any of you were doubters.

As Long As You Love Me

Whilst working today, I was driving down to Sandy for an errand and a song came on the radio. (I know, crazy. I was listening to the radio!) At first, it just sounded like your average radio song. But then I heard some of the snare beats and I thought to myself (no joke), This has got to be a boy band. The only two boy bands that I know of though are 1) The Backstreet Boys and 2) One Direction. Both girl magnets, for their own respective eras, of course.

But anyway, back to the song, I later found out the name of the song after it ended and that it was by the Backstreet Boys (oh snap, I am good!). It was called "As long as you love me." I didn't really pay much attention to the verses though as much as I did to the chorus. And as I listened, I think I had a little mini revelation. I know it sounds weird, seeing as I was listening to the Backstreet Boys, but if you were to hear the chorus of the song, you might understand what I am talking about.

Anyway, the reason I say it was a mini revelation was because it came as more of a thought. An idea that just formed in my mind as I payed attention to the lyrics of the chorus. Of course, the song was talking about girls (because that's all boy bands ever sing about), but in my mind for whatever reason, I took the meaning differently. I took it as though Heavenly Father were saying these words to us as his children. Here's the chorus:

I don't care who you are

Where you're from

What you did

As long as you love me

Who you are

Where you're from

Don't care what you did

As long as you love me

I know that Heavenly Father is like that. He doesn't care what we've done, he doesn't care where we're from. Who we are are his children. And he will always forgive us if we love him and desire to return to his presence.

So anyway, I just thought that I should share that little mini thought I had today whilst driving to Sandy. Enjoy your day!

P.S. If you go and listen to the song, you'll find that the verses definitely sound like the boy band singing to a girl. That's why I only used the chorus. It's because the chorus is the only thing that stuck out to me. The rest just sounds like mainstream pop-garbage. :)

Anti-Climactic

Lamentations


I wish I had something to say on this fine Sunday.
Something to pull at your hearts,
Or have you sail away.

A piece of writing that may be frightening to think.
Something that sends you dreaming,
Maybe swimming in the sink.

Or possibly crawling with ants a-hauling some food.
Creation in the star-lit sky,
Just something to lighten the mood.

There never was a day so fine to play as new ones.
To find just the right things,
And join all together with loved ones.

Yes, I wish. Oh how I wish I had something to say!

. . .

But I don't. So go away.

~Trevor Howell

Pass it On

You are loved.

Born to be King

As I was lost in my daydreams today, I stumbled upon an old story I remembered hearing a while ago. I remember loving the message of this story, and so I thought that I would share it.

The King's Son

Sometime between the time of 1774 and 1793 A.D., King Louis XVI of France was taken from his throne and imprisoned. The captors of the King then kidnapped his son, the prince, and took him to a community far away from his father's kingdom. They knew that if they could destroy him morally, he would never realize the potential for greatness that he, as the King's son, contained. 

After arriving in the community with the prince, they immediately exposed him to all of the filthy and vile things of life. They exposed him to foods of richness that would make him a slave to appetite. They exposed him to all sorts of coarse language that they used constantly while around him. They exposed him to immoral and lusting women. They exposed him to dishonor and distrust. They exposed him to virtually everything that would drag a human soul as low as it could possibly slip. 

This continued for six months. 

Finally after intensive temptation one day, his captors questioned him. Why would he not give in to all of the things that they were offering him? To this, the young prince replied, "I cannot, for I was born to be King."

Ever since I have heard this story, I have been inspired. In this life, we too face intensive temptation. Some days perhaps more than others, but we have still been told that as the youth, we are being raised in enemy territory. One question to ask to yourself following this story is this: What would have been the outcome had I been in the prince's place? I honestly don't know what my answer would be, and that scares me. I am definitely glad that I was not in his place! But listening with our spiritual ears, this story holds true for every single person on the earth. We may not be in a position to inherit a kingdom here on earth, but without a doubt we have an opportunity to prove to ourselves and to God here in our lives if we are worthy to receive one.

Speaking of Kings, in the Book of Mormon as you may recall, one of the sons of Mosiah, Ammon, went to preach to the Lamanites. Upon entering their city, he was bound and taken before the king. As was the Lamanites' custom, any Nephite captured and brought to the Lamanite king was to be done with as the king so chose. When the king questioned Ammon as to what he was doing in their land, Ammon replied that he wanted to serve the king. The king was so pleased with this statement that he offered Ammon a wife from any of his daughters (wow!). Ammon refused, and said he just wanted to serve the king. And so, Ammon, himself being an heir to the Nephite throne, became a shepherd and watched the flocks with the king's other servants. (Alma 17: 20-25)

There are many lessons we can learn from this story, but the thing I caught from it this time was humility. Ammon as a prince obviously knew humility and service. How do you think this story could have been different had Ammon had answered the king's question with this instead, "I am here to preach the word of God  and repentance to you and your people." Of course, this was the truth! But Ammon knew that if he said that, he would most likely be cast out or killed. So instead, Ammon chose to be patient and wait for his chance to preach by serving the king.

Anyway, this post is getting pretty lengthy, and I don't want to be teaching a second Sunday School lesson today. I only wanted to share a story that I remembered whilst pondering. So go have a great day, and remember: 

Boys: You were born to be a King.

Girls: You were born to be a Queen.

Everyone: You are a child of God.