Advice to Myself

I was reading through my old journal today, and besides noticing how dramatic I was and how much I liked boys, I was really impressed with some of the things I wrote. It is from April of my junior year, to last Christmas. So basically it covers the last year of high school on. Yes, I have funny stories and memories and such, but there was lots of like "advice" I gave myself, goals, thoughts that would come to mind about how to be better, or quotes I had come across and liked. It was good for me to read and remind myself of who I want to be, and what I have to do to get there. So, here is some advice, from me...to me. But I suppose you could take it too if you'd like. :)

Be too happy to permit troubles, and too noble for anger. Have a sense of humor. Live the gospel and all else will fall into place. Faith includes believing in his timing. Be IN the gospel- live in it, work in it, play in it, grow in it. Don't sweat the small stuff, and most of it is small stuff. Be confident about being solo, you don't have to follow others trends-confidence is everything. As long as I know I'm doing what's right I can be confident. Bring out the best in others-we all make mistakes, so who am I to judge? Be a builder and a light. You have no right to ever tear anyone else down. EVER. You cannot take another persons agency, or you are trying to fulfill Heavenly Father's plans satan's way. Let your passions shape you into the unique person you will be. Our motives need to be in the right place when we do good things, pay attention to your intentions. Let yourself be polished by the waves that will come crashing down-not if they come, but when. What is stopping you from being the YOU you want to be? Don't worry about tomorrow, live in today. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, so make it good. Don't let the world squash your enthusiam. You squish their bleakness with your spunk. Sometimes, its ok to quit, and sometimes, it's just not. Keep going with faith.
My personal favorite:
Maybe the things I worry about and fear aren't worth fretting over. Don't you think that if you are doing everything you are supposed to be doing that He is in control and He will take care of it? take care of you? In His own timing perhaps, but nonetheless things would be OK? Yes. I do believe He would.

Um, alright I have been rebuked. By myself. I think it's time for me to take my own advice and become better! I totally know what I need to do, sometimes I just forget, or get distracted by the things the world tells you will make you successful. I guess my idea of successful is different than theirs. But I like mine better. :)

work today. what a day.

Hey so this is kelly thomson. I work with him. he is boy kelly and I am girl kellie. and it's convenient that we spell it differently. Oh and we have another kellie. This is kellie cash.She is also girl kellie. So things get a little crazy sometimes as far as identification is concerned. Usually in the office when someon says "kelly/ie" we all just assume they are talking about boy kelly. He just seems to be more popular to talk to than us. Or sometimes people will say kelldawgalicious. He goes by that too. Anyway. Kelly has a blog, and on his blog he wrote a post about things he hates that people say. I totally agreed with them too. And then we started talking about it in the office, and brittany said I say "um" alot. So now I'm self conscious about saying "um". If you hear me say it, hit me. I want to stop it. Well so Kelly asked if I had updated by blog lately, and I said no. So he told me I should. and I said what should I write about? and he said I should write about things I hate, just like he did. I feel bad writing a hater blog post, but there is one thing I hate that I thought of. So this ones for you boy kelly.

I hate kobe bryant. a lot. I'm not even gonna put his picture up just so no one sees it and gets the wrong idea that I like him.

Thanks kelly. I feel better now. hope you enjoy this post. in fact. you should write a comment about it! :) I love comments.

Favorites.

Sometimes, I have some things that are my favorites. I'm at work right now staring out the fabulous new windows that we recently acquired, and thought about writing these favorites down. They are in no particular order, just a whole conglomeration of great things. In fact, Kelsey Celeste Jones, I might even make a toast to these things...:)

• Stars
• Sunsets
• Daisies
• Mountains
• Cute rocks, not the ugly ones, but you know what I mean, you've seen em, the ones that make you say "oh how cute!"
• Freshly painted fingernails
• New socks, especially when you wear them on a hardwood floor
  
• A perfectly placed witty comment. Not sarcasm as much, but irony- it's so much funnier.
• When the underdog team makes a victorious win. For example, Boise vs. Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
• Right after you shower after playing hard outside all day, and your skin feels hot cause you got sunburned. Does that make sense? I love that.
• When a long standing prayer is answered in a way you didn't expect. It just shows the Lord has such a hand in your life.
• Finishing something you have worked really hard on. Especially something that you were that close to giving up on, but you persevered.
  
• Opening a brand new jar of peanut butter or sour cream and it's perfectly smooth on top, and then sticking a spoon in it and squishing it. That's fun.
• The sound of a tennis ball hitting a racket.
• A good nap
• When people play with your hair
• Freckles
• Doing better on a test that you expected.
• When snow is falling outside and it's silent and white and peaceful.
• A good water fight
• Working with Kelly Thomson. Sorry everyone else, he is just really fun to work with. Who else will make up fake vacations to the Himalayas with me in between calls?
  
• Wrestling with someone and laughing the whole time
• Finding a unique connection with someone, either something you both really love, or something you both can't stand.
• People.
  
• The school supplies aisle, especially when it's the mid-July. It makes you get excited for school again!
• When something tricky works out in a way you didn't expect.
  
• A random text that makes your day.
  
• Running into old friends
• Fresh paint
• A fresh start
• Emilie Laura Jackie Lucille Wright
  
• When you are running you and you just feel awesome, like you could go forever.
• Warm homemade bread
• Other people's birthdays
• Kids
• Using a brand new pen
• Finding a scripture that is just perfect for you right at that moment
• Those moments when you actually realize, like it just clicks in your head and your heart, how much Heavenly Father cares for you, and how much He is aware of you, and your life.
  

There is so much more, but that is what's coming to my mind right now. Gah, I love life. And every single thing in it.