Luckiest

Seriously. I lucked out. No idea how in the world I got so lucky! :)

Isaac helped clean my apartment yesterday. We had a clean check, with less than a 24 hour notice, on my busiest day of the week. I got home about 10pm last night, and had to finish a project, study, and clean the oven, stove, and bathroom. Needless to say, I was thinking I was never going to sleep. But, I have the most incredible other half. While I worked on my project, he cleaned both the stove and oven. Just so that I didn't have to do it.
When my internet wouldn't work, he drove me to campus at around 11 so that I could print stuff off. He was watching a basketball game at my apartment, and I told him he could stay and watch it, but he told me he didn't want me to go by myself. He leaves his sports games willingly for me :) Which is saying a lot, that boy loves his sports.
On other news, 63 days until he is mine forever! :)

Service

It's amazing how doing a tiny bit of service can change your entire attitude. It's dead week (the week before finals week) around here, and I definitely didn't want to go to FHE tonight. Especially since they announced that we were to be going to an elderly care facility to put on a musical program, and then help them decorate some cookies. My first reaction was, seriously? I have better things to do, like study. But I go every single week, and I shouldn't not go one time just because I don't like the activity. So I went. It was easily the best decision I could've made. It was one of those heart-warming experiences that just leaves a great spirit.
There were some of the cutest people, and they were just happy to be alive. So kind and filled with love. Most of them couldn't really do much but sit there, but they were still happy. It kind of put things into perspective for me. I am so stressed out about finals coming up and doing everything just right. I just need to take advantage of my opportunity to be learning all that I am, and do my best. Stressing about it, is really going to solve nothing. I just need to get it done, and I need to be happy while doing it. There's no time like the present. I won't be young forever, so I might as well take every opportunity I can now to do everything that I want. And I might as well be happy doing it, otherwise, what would be the point?

I've taken a step back more lately and tried to serve people as much as I can, even in the simplest of ways. And each time, when I do something for someone else, I feel a small portion of the love that Heavenly Father has for each of his children. He put us all here together, so that we can learn to love each other through serving one another.
Let's make the most of this Christmas spirit, but also make this a year long thing. Serve someone everyday. It doesn't have to be a huge. Even the small things are noticed and needed.