I feel like I need to make a special tribute to the end of my summer. It was fabulous. Simply fabulous. Some parts were hard, but that's life, right? Looking back, I definitely learned so much about me, about life, about other people, relationships of all kinds... the list keeps growing.
I don't think I can put into words the events of the past few months have had on my life... but I heard this song during a tribute to Olympians on NBC a few weeks ago and it made me cry. I felt like this song sums up my life and my thinking... my past and my future hopes and dreams... what I know to be true.
One of my favorite quotes from President Hinckley is: “It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. … If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers” (Jordan Utah South regional conference, priesthood session, 1 Mar. 1997).
I repeat that to myself over and over!!!! But, this song had a serious impact on me as well... what if my hopes and dreams really do come true??
"What IF it all goes right" by Melissa Lawson
What if that road that you're taking's a dead end
What if love leaves you all jaded and broken
What if that limb breaks you're climbing out on
Yeah, what if it all goes wrong
But, what if it all goes right
What if it all works out
What if the stars line up
and good luck rains down
What if you chase your dreams
and it changes your whole life
Yeah, what if it all goes right
What if that road is a beautiful slow drive
what if that love ends up lasting a life time
what if that limb holds you, oak tree strong
what if this time nothing goes wrong
What if it all goes right
What if it all works out
What if the stars line up
and good luck rains down
What if you chase your dreams
and it changes your whole life
Yeah, what if it all goes right
What if you climb to the mountain top
and touch the sky
grab a cloud as it passes by
you might fall you might fall
but then again you might fly
What if it all goes right
What if it all works out
What if the stars line up
and good luck rains down
What if you chase your dreams
and it changes your whole life
Yeah, what if it all goes right
Summer, thank you for all you taught me.
1 comment:
My sister is an aspiring actress in LA and many a time she's been told that the chances of her making it are slim. She says to that, "What if Sandra Bullock had listened to the people who told her that?" So many times we don't go after our dreams and goals for fear of failure...but what if we didn't fail? We will never know unless we try and if things don't work out exactly as we planned, I still think that is far far from failure...not trying would be failing.
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