This is Called...Talent.

Look For It.

Trials...they happen over and over again. It may be trials with school, or a friend. It may be trials with people you love, or people you think you hate. It may be trials with a job or lack there of, or maybe with health. No matter what the trial is however, each one has something in common with the next. Each has a light, a positivity throughout it. No matter how dark and devastating things may get, there is a brightness waiting to be let free, all you have to do is find it. A lot of people have tunnel vision, that perspective where you only see one outcome. The thing about life though, there always will be an outcome, but nine times out of ten it will be the furthest from what your tunnel vision projected. When things don't work out, it is supposed to happen that way. Someone else is supposed to come into your life, or something is going to occur that this trial may prepare you for. I think if we look at it more like a lesson or an experience rather than such a hardship our lives can be completely turned around. The other day I heard someone say to another "why do you act like life is a fairy-tale?" No offense to that person but life is. Life can be a fairy-tale. Life can be that feeling when you accomplish something you never thought you would. Life can be the happiness you feel when you belt out the lyrics to your favorite song. Life is what YOU make it. It doesn't come easy, you have to work for it it. You have to look for it. You have to put your thumbs to the sky.

LIST FOR THE BUCKET

something that is on everyone's minds as the new years rolls around are goals and resolutions. a fun idea is to think of some goals/a bucket list to accomplish with some of your closest loved ones. write them out and post them where you will be reminded of them everyday! no matter what, accomplish them all!!!

1. Not say one negative thing about anyone anything for one week.
2. Visit New York all together.
3. Drop off a nice present for someone secretly once a week for a whole semester.
4. Do Baptisms in every Utah temple.
5. Run a half-marathon.
6. Watch top 25 movies of all time.
7. Visit Africa for a Humanitarian Trip.
8. Be each other's bridesmaids.
9. Road trip to California.
10. Every year do an annual trip with our husbands.

"Love is when you take someone to Applebees & buy them hot wings." --Paper Hearts

LOVE... what is it anyways? What's the difference between thinking and knowing you are in love? Love is something that you can't live with..but you can't live without it also. A great majority of the time love is not what it's perceived to be in the movies. Your true love isn't going to save you from a burning building, or write you letters for 365 days and then pull you in for a passionate make out session in the pouring rain. As much as we wish these fantasies would happen to us, we think it's safe to say they won't. However, real life love creates something different. Something no "dream boy" movie star can give us. It gives us frustration along with peace. Tears along with laughs. It gives us a sense of confidence and a sense of insecurity. No matter what it gives us, it will be the most satisfying happiness one can ever experience. The definition of love reads... 'a strong positive emotion of regard and affection'. The most key word in that definition is the word POSITIVE. Love is so rare and precious that once you have it, follow your heart and positively live in love. Strive to make your loved one smile. When in frustration serve them with kindness. Always talk about what is on your mind and never give up on the most important things in life. As beautiful as the concept of love is.. there are also the heartbreaking situations when either we love unconditionally with no love in response or a lacking bond fails to keep you two together. The kind of love that lasts are the ones with relationships that never cease to give you the butterflies every time your with or even think of the other person. One thing that the movies can show correctly is the idea that there can be happy endings. Everything will always work out how it is supposed to. Every single person that comes into your life will come in for a reason. Never settle for anything less than what you deserve. Love someone who will love you unconditionally back and never fail to believe that love is most definitely real.. and beautiful.

We saw this in our Marketing Class. It's UNREAL!

All you have to do is rock it out.

Music. It truly is an amazing gift we have. For me music is one of those things that can change my mood in an instant. I hear a song and I can't help but feel the passion the artist has for that certain song. Passion is the number one reason I love music, and sadly I think the world is lacking in passion. One thing I love about the fellow ladies behind thumbs to the sky is that nothing is ever half out. If we do something, we're going to do it with passion. We will laugh harder than anyone laughs, or dance as full out as we can. So my question to all of zero people who will probably read this is why would you ever not give it your all? No matter what you do, do it with passion. Push yourself to be better than you were yesterday. Because in the end all you have to do is rock it out. Don't hold back. Just go.

And while you're at it...puts your thumbs to the sky.

Song of the day: Let's Get Out Of Here by Les Savy Fav