Peace: Its there...

I really want to go to the beach sometime again soon. It feels as if all the peace in my life has drained away...there's always something going on. Sotball games, practices, big projects, tests, family problems...but if I could just have a day to get away from that all, and rejuvenate from the chaos, it would serve me great pleasure. I understand that those times are rare in this busy world, but I believe that everyone deserves a little peace. Peace is what i want later in my life. I have wished to escape my hectic life as much as a hundred or more times and live a peacful life already. I can't wait to become an independent person, not in a bad way...as many teenagers think of freedom and independence. From my point of view, freedom comes with responsibility, or else to me, it won't even feel like freedom. Without responsibility or guidance, I would just feel out of place and life wouldn't be in order. I couldn't go along with my life that way. Eventually too much freedom will turn into something worse. I don't know, as long as my rant goes, sometimes, it's hard for people to understand what I mean. I just know that I wouldn't mind sitting on the soft beach sand with a tank and shorts on, listening to the sound of the waves crash on the shore, and feeling the wind blow right through me, and hearing it blow all the objects around me and also humming to myself as that all goes on. Many people think of peace in different ways. I think of it like that. With no noise or computers, no cars driving around. Just the pure sound of nature. That's how it started in the beginning. But then it changed. We changed, and that can not be taken back, as far as I know...

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  1. melindaMay 3, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    This would be a great talk to read sweetie! It was a talk given by President Uchtdorf last Oct conferencce. It's titled "Of things that matter most." Here are few quotes from the talk, and the link to the entire talk. love you.

    "If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like rejoicing, then perhaps now is a good time to refocus on what matters most."

    "There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions."

    “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

    "When we look at the foundational principles of the plan of happiness, the plan of salvation, we can recognize and appreciate in its plainness and simplicity the elegance and beauty of our Heavenly Father’s wisdom. Then, turning our ways to His ways is the beginning of our wisdom.

    Psalms: “Be still, and know that I am God.”

    "Let us simplify our lives a little. Let us make the changes necessary to refocus our lives on the sublime beauty of the simple, humble path of Christian discipleship—the path that leads always toward a life of meaning, gladness, and peace."


    http://lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng&query=busy+lives

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  2. melindaMay 3, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    It's a long talk. But you can also listen to it if you prefer. Just copy and paste the link.

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