You've Got A Friend In Me

Give me a moment here to quote...High School Musical. I guess I knew this day would come.

We're all in this together

Cheesy? Sure.
Overused? Maybe.
True? Incredibly.

This weekend I have had it expressed to me time and time again that we can't make it though this life alone. Sometimes it is lonely, sometimes it straight up stinks, but there is always someone there for me. Whether that is a friend, family, stranger, Heavenly Father...someone is always there! Of course this isn't easy to remember when i'm in the middle of self despair or some other random girl emotion i'm feeling at the time. But man it's so true!

This LDS General Conference was just what I needed. Talk about a reality check! Why do I think about myself so much??

Why do I care what I wear every day? It's not like anyone even notices me on a campus of 30,000+ especially all the boys that won't ask on dates (too soon for the dating jokes?)

Why do I care what I eat for breakfast? Cereal is cereal when you eat it for every meal.

Why do I think about my weekends when I just know it will be the same as the one before?

I need to forget myself and get to work on putting my gospel beliefs into action. We are not here to survive this world alone, we are here to help other people. Not just help them live, or get by, but make them LOVE life. We are all here to be happy and that happens through the help of our friends.

President Eyring said that sympathy is our God given gift, and when we feel it we need to turn it into ACTION. It got me thinkin...how many times in a day do I feel sympathy for someone? Probably a lot if I really think about it!

Like when I see that poor person on campus getting drenched in the rain, why do I not just give them my umbrella, I like the rain!
When I see someone staring at me eating my lunch like the poor college students we are....well maybe I can offer a pretzel.

Dumb, easy, simple, sympathy turned to action. I mean, I can do that right?!

So that is my challenge to myself. I will think of everyone as my friend. I mean, we are all brothers and sisters on this earth anyway right? So why not lighten their load, lift up the hands that hang down, let them know that they are not alone, AND TURN MY SYMPATHY INTO ACTION.

I've got to seize these opportunities that I have to serve. I know how much a kind word or action helps my day, why would I EVER think to deny that for someone else?

I think this will be a good motto as I enter finals time. It will be a way to get out of my stressful self and remember the important things out there. I have the best friends in the world. Now I need to BE the best friend in the world....to everyone I see.