This morning, i was actually ready for seminary (an early morning Bible class that I attend). I'm fully awake, and I feel HAPPY. That's the only word I can use to describe how I feel right now. Happy, and at peace, which is weird because I don't remember the last time I've ever felt at peace. While I was waiting for Dad, I decided to go wait outside. I unlocked the truck, threw my stuff in, and then did something that I haven't done in a while- to just slow down and sit on the tailgate. I also did something else that I've actually neglected to do in forever- which is saying my morning prayers. Another feeling I was experiencing this morning was GRATITUDE. Which is funny because like two weeks ago, our Sunday lessons were on gratitude.
Being out there on the tailgate, praying, and then looking up at the stars afterwards...I would give anything to have shared that experience with someone, but I guess it wouldn't have been so special if there had been someone else. I probably wouldn't have said my morning prayer either.
There's something I want to add about when I was praying- I didn't realize I had been doing it out loud, and when I did, I just continued, not caring if anyone thought I was crazy.
After concluding my prayer, I continued to just sit on the tailgate, and looked at the stars. As I was stargazing, I noticed how quiet it was, except the soft rustling at a nearby neighbor's house, and the crickets making their symphony of chirps. The thought that flashed through my mind was one of those moments in cheesy movies where there's silence (awkward maybe) and then there's crickets chirping in the background. I thought about a truck out in the middle of nowhere-- nighttime, stars, romantic. Something I started thinking about-- which surprised me because I usually don't think things like this-- but I started noticing at how stars really do "twinkle", or blink. But then I thought about what if the blinking means there's something passing in front of it?, like what Mr. Polda (my totally awesome Astronomy teacher) was saying.
On the way to seminary, I was still calm, and I even told my Dad I wanted it to be quiet when he tried to turn on the radio. In seminary, I actually volunteered to erase the scripture mastery, and I wrote on the board, and fully participated. It was great- I feel like how I was the first day of school. Today should be good. :)
Being out there on the tailgate, praying, and then looking up at the stars afterwards...I would give anything to have shared that experience with someone, but I guess it wouldn't have been so special if there had been someone else. I probably wouldn't have said my morning prayer either.
There's something I want to add about when I was praying- I didn't realize I had been doing it out loud, and when I did, I just continued, not caring if anyone thought I was crazy.
After concluding my prayer, I continued to just sit on the tailgate, and looked at the stars. As I was stargazing, I noticed how quiet it was, except the soft rustling at a nearby neighbor's house, and the crickets making their symphony of chirps. The thought that flashed through my mind was one of those moments in cheesy movies where there's silence (awkward maybe) and then there's crickets chirping in the background. I thought about a truck out in the middle of nowhere-- nighttime, stars, romantic. Something I started thinking about-- which surprised me because I usually don't think things like this-- but I started noticing at how stars really do "twinkle", or blink. But then I thought about what if the blinking means there's something passing in front of it?, like what Mr. Polda (my totally awesome Astronomy teacher) was saying.
On the way to seminary, I was still calm, and I even told my Dad I wanted it to be quiet when he tried to turn on the radio. In seminary, I actually volunteered to erase the scripture mastery, and I wrote on the board, and fully participated. It was great- I feel like how I was the first day of school. Today should be good. :)