A Decade of Joy

Is it just me, or does life turn a corner when you reach two decades? I have been having such different experiences since I reached a full 20 years of life, and it in turn is making me feel sort of re-born? Too much? :)

My parents gave me the sweetest birthday card, and in it they said they are so glad that they have had a decade of joy with me in their lives :) ...what about the other ten years? haha, just teasing, I'm sure they meant to say two decades. ...but maybe I should clarify with them?... :) 

My goal was to attempt again this week to work on P90X, but I have missed the past two days.. The biggest reason I am not consistent with this certain goal is because when my alarm goes off in the morning, I would rather sleep another hour, instead of getting up to exercise! ...but I set the goal for this year, so I want to be able to complete it. Even if I keep missing days, I am definitely seeing improvement in my consistency.

I am three weeks away from my concerto competition in Park City, and I am performing my concerto in the SUU Student Recital a week from tomorrow! My goal for that performance is to perform without the music. This is going to be my only legit performance of the concerto before the competition, so I need to be sure that I am as prepared as I feel I need to be, and work out the little knots for the actual competition!

I have finished the 1st book of Nephi. I am in  the 2nd chapter of 2nd Nephi, and I love reading the Book of Mormon. I also love learning about the parables of Jesus in my Institute class with Kim Peterson. He is able to help us learn and apply teachings that are things we can ALL improve on. Today we were taught about the parable in Matthew 20:1-16, "Masters of the Vineyard." We learned about the importance of being faithful, and not murmuring. The phrase Brother Peterson used was the idea of 'managing your murmuring'. He testified that he has seen changes in individuals' personalities even, simply because they worked to manage their murmuring, and the ability to choose not to murmur or complain. What a valuable lesson! I love his insights of the teachings that Jesus has for us, waiting to be discovered and bring us joy. I love learning. :)