failure

have you ever just thought about the last time you failed at something?... what ever it was did you actually fail? was it a test, a race, a job, or maybe a relationship? but did you actually fail? the way i see it the only way to truly fail at something is to be in it one hundred percent. maybe that test you failed was not a failure, but something you didn't put on the line. you say you didn't have enough time to study but is that not just an excuse for its easier not to try then to fail. I am guilty of this! if you don't put your whole heart into something it don't hurt as bad when you don't succeed. now no one is perfect and everyone fails, but how we fail will determine who we are. Micheal Jorden played each game with all his heart, and with everything on the line. during his career he missed over 9000 shots, and lost almost 300 games. he was depended on to make 26 game winning shots that he missed. "i have failed over and over and over again during my life, and that is why i succeed."-Micheal Jordan
I believe God looks for great. greatness is not only success, greatness is triumph over adversity.
If you have ever watched the greatest movies ever you know where this quote is from.. "its not about how hard you can hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward!"-Rocky
Now no one should go looking to fail, but no one should be scared of it.

"if your going to do something do it well"

NOT just another day

today i woke up late. today i had no idea what could happen. today was an adventure!
I was on twitter checking out how others start there days. i came across a post from the Rock (dwayne johnson). he was at the U doing his thing! I thought that sounded awesome! i made me a big breakfast and headed out to the to my home made gym and got down to business. pumping iron, listening to killer music, and bringing the pain!
found out i will be back flying helicopters soon, bout dang time! any ways i headed to the library to hit the books for a awesome mental workout. Rach was also there which made it all the better! later sarah got me to go to family home evening, but we must of made a wrong turn because when we arrived they looked at us like we were crazy's!... good job sarah! but it turned out good, we went on a crazy awesome hike up to the S. with Indiana jones as our guide, and sarah's little smooth talking indian friend, it was freaking entertaining to say the least! me and sarah tried running the last fifty yards, which was only a valid attempt.  she thought she had me on the way down but winners don't lose and i toke the short cut!
then the highlight of the day. basketball with ben, sarah, and Rachael! I might have a few bruises to the neck and face tomorrow, but my heck can Rachael throw down! I can't wait to play a game on her side. these three are some of the very best friends i have ever had!
But that was my day, not just another day, but a good day!

moving forward

Sometimes to move forward we have to fall down a few times!...
   If it don't hurt, if you don't feel pain, if your content, if your comfortable, if you don't find yourself on your knees praying to god for help.... your not really living life!!! 

   FIND YOUR FIGHT!

Atonement

"To atone is to suffer" suffer.... Such a terrible and horrifying word, i know because i looked up suffer to find a image for this post. what i found was unspeakable! that's when i realized there was no image or way to explain what our father and his son went through. how amazing our brother was to be the only mortal man able to survive the atonement process. he suffered for all the sins of souls to walk this world. after looking up suffer and seeing just a small window of suffering, pain and sin i don't know how its possible for any person, man or god, to endure such horrific suffering. It truly blows my mind! and to ask something like this to your son! no father could watch his own son suffer without suffering himself. so why?...  It is because it was our greatest gift of all, the gift to one day return to our father and live with eternal life. no one is perfect, which is why the atonement came to be. It happened so each and everyone of us was given the chance to repent for our sins and follow the path to eternal life. I for one will use my free agency to cherish this gift, atone for my own sins and one day benefit from the atonement.

mans best friend

Lexy..

every man has one true best friend

a friend who always is happy to see him

no matter how long he is gone

no matter who he has been with

his best friend always wants to hang out

and never will leave his side

 there through the good times and the bad

they never talk during the movies 

and never wants the remote 

this best friend never complains

but always shows excitement

 always is there 

always wants love

always loves unconditionally

crazy stuipid love...

 since my first girlfriend in high school i have dated and dated going through one relationship after another, each one a little crazier then the last, and each one ending a little worse. until i was at the bottom of the bucket. then i met her, Rachael by far the most attractive girl i had ever met! beautiful, smart, tall, athletic and just a good person, by far someone way out of my league. the real problem though was that i was seeing her best friend Brittany. Now Brittany had just got out of a very serious relationship which at first i thought was a down fall. I soon found out that her bound with her ex would be the key to my happiness. it was the morning of my twenty third birthday and Brittany had asked me to hang out later that day. now at this time i already had a crush on Rachael and not knowing but she also liked me. back to my birthday, that afternoon i was informed Rachael would also be joining us that night. when the two girls arrived at my house we began talking and playing guitar hero. about ten min after they arrived Brittany turned to Rachael and said that her ex boyfriend was at her house and that being awkward for her family she should return home to talk to him. me and Rachael both found this weird, but reluctantly Rachael drove Brittany home. well a little upset i decided not to sit home alone on my birthday so i texted Rachael and we both met up to play basketball. this is about the time i really fell for her.she was so easy to talk and open up to that i couldn't help but feel a strong bound between us. the next night i confessed my feelings for her, she thanked me for being so forthright and also reviled her feelings to me. Rachael grow up in a very religious house hold and i knew in order to date this amazing girl i could not be the reckless person i had been. its only been  a few weeks now but things are better for me then they have been in years. sometimes its not just about the things you will do for a person but about the things you won't do for someone. i have done a lot of crazy things for girls but its the girls worth not doing crazy things for that are the ones really worth holding on too!

waiting

waiting in my room for a very special person to get home. Racheal is the most amazing girl i have ever dated. she sees right through the bullshit of who i use to be and sees the person i can become. at five eleven with blond hair and beautiful blue eyes and a body of a supermodel shes also the most beautiful girl i ever dated!  so here i sit alone in my room waiting and thinking about the most amazing girl to ever walk into my life. to those concerned... i don't mind waiting, i finally found someone worth waiting for.