Also, it is a shining beacon of light right in the middle of Cache Valley.
Anyone who has spent time in Logan can tell you that.
I went there tonight with my elders quorum.
I've been trying to go very regularly, weekly if I can. That's my goal at least.
I LOVE it, it makes my day. Every time.
If its been awhile since you've been to the temple, I would recommend going.
Your life will automatically get better.
And if you go with a desire to feel better about life decisions, looking for answers, like I did, and you go with faith, I promise they you will be blessed with what you need.
Shout out to my family in St. George, wish I could be there! Hope you have a great time!
Until next time..."for the temple is the House of God, a place of love and beauty"
It consists of looking at every person you pass (or most people, if its really busy) and just by looking at them for a few seconds, coming up with a sincere compliment that you would give them if you had the chance.
Sometimes its hard because they pass so quick,
Sometimes I try to make it harder by coming up with something deeper than a common one-layered compliment. For example: "Hey I like your shoes." would instead be more like, "Hey I really like your shoes, they go with your shirt and it makes you look really confident."
Another example: I saw a girl with a diamond headband and a shiny necklace and I thought, "Your headband is really beautiful the way it sparkles in the sun and that and your necklace really make you stand out."
I don't know why or how I started doing this. It started a few days ago and it was only today that I really consciously realized what I was doing.
I noticed that it really put me in a better mood because whenever I see someone I think something positive about them, and that makes me happier. I think I will continue to do it.
Until next time...I really like your comment below, it lets me know you are an awesome person.
Despite the sad nature of the music video, I am in love with this song. It's my new favorite song, I listen to it everyday. I know its a little odd that a 21-year old college guy would consider this his favorite song, but I guess it all boils down to this:
Deep down, I'm a hopeless romantic.
This is Urban Dictionary's definition of "hopeless romantic":
"This person is in love with love. They believe in fairy tales and love. They're not to be confused as stalkers or creepy because that's not what a hopeless romantic is. All hopeless romantics are idealists, the sentimental dreamers, the imaginative and the fanciful when you get to know them. They often live with rose colored glasses on. They make love look like an art form with all the romantic things they do for their special someone"
Yeah I know, I don't look it, and I certainly don't act it, but its true.
I told you at the beginning that I would get personal at times. Well this is me getting personal. I'm not one to talk to just anybody about my romantic life and feelings, let alone post it on the Internets for the world to see.
But putting all that aside, lets get real personal.
I'll be honest with you. There are A LOT of awesome girls up here at USU. I've never been around so many. Some times its literally more than I can handle and I just have to ignore all of them, because there are simply too many. And that's not just around campus, but here at Old Farm, where I live. HECK even in my ward I feel surrounded! (Which is probably due to our 3 to 1 girl to guy ratio...) It literally took my roommates and I a few days to calm down when we moved in before we got our heads straight. That's no lie my friends.
But now we're thinking clearer (most of us...) and starting to really become friends with a lot of different girls. And we're not just hormonal guys meeting as many a we can because of some male instinct thing to find a mate (most of us...), speaking for myself, I feel like I'm genuinely enjoying getting to know closely so many great and respectable young women. It really has changed my perspective. I don't feel so much like a "wife-hunter" RM anymore. More like a guy putting a puzzle together. Some pieces help build the corners and the edges, some help fill in the middle. I'm looking for that one perfect piece to complete that one hard part, but while I do it, I fill in other parts of the puzzle. And that's great too.
Only sometimes I do feel like its an all sky puzzle, with zero clouds for reference, and I lost the box anyway so I'd never know. Yep, just looking for that piece.
I'm no Romeo, no Casanova, but I know that someday it'll happen, if I do my part. I'll find that one special puzzle piece that completes the puzzle, I'll find my eternal companion. I don't know how soon it'll be, but I sure will have a great time along the way, filling in my puzzle.
Do you have several hours? Just wondering. Today I decided that as I'm starting out on this blog, one of the first things I should do is let you know how I feel about the most important thing in my life, nay, what makes up my life, period.
I am an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have been since birth. My parents are, and their parents are, and so on until some really awesome guy (or girl. or both) decided to join the church back in its first years. So all I've know my whole life has been the church.
Needless to say, after years of following my parents, which I thank them for (thanks Mom and Dad!), I gained a testimony of my own. I was pretty young when I started trying too. I was about 12 or 13 when I read the Book of Mormon for the first time. I prayed and fasted about it seriously a couple years later, and by sixteen I was in. I was 100% committed, true blue, dyed to the wool. The rest of my testimony on different parts of the Gospel of Jesus Christ came bit by bit, or line upon line, but the base was there. I had no desire to deviate. "To where?" I would think. There simply was no other way of life for me.
I won't turn this into an autobiography, I just want you to know much a part of my life the Gospel is. My Father in Heaven has been very patient with me and has granted me this testimony through blessing and trail, triumph and failure. And I know I'm still going too. Yes, the journey is far from over. But I know who leads me, so I have no fear.
So my friends, it's all true. Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer, this is His Church and Gospel. He speaks to us today through His prophet, Thomas S. Monson, who I have a witness is a prophet of God. I know the Book of Mormon is His word, and I love it, it is my favorite book. Every day I thank God for the blessing of temples. I love to see them, I love be there, I love to talk about them. How sad my life would be without their far-reaching blessings in my life.
The list goes on. I love the Gospel. I know I may not always exude an exalted glow, but I want you all to remember that Cameron James Decker believes in Jesus Christ and His Gospel.
I know this post is long, but we're lucky we got away with as short as it was. If you're reading up to this point, thank you for your time and attention, I appreciate it. Until next time, shalom.
Ever have the desire to just write? I do. I don't know why, but sometimes I just need to say stuff. Usually I just say it to myself. Alone. Yes, that means I talk to myself. A LOT. Is that weird?
So here we are. Me writing, you reading...isn't it great? I hope we do this often.
My writings might be pretty personal so consider yourself in luck, because you might find out things about me that you never would if you weren't reading here.
