Starting Over

I'm changing my blog name.

I started blogging when I was fourteen or fifteen (I think) for a Young Women's project. It was something I always wanted to do because I love reading my mom's blog. And I have an obsession with journaling and writing, and a blog is like a public journal that I can use to share what I think and what I feel in a way that people actually can understand. I'm really really bad at articulating my feelings into spoken words. Just ask my husband.

Ash and I working on another Young Women's project.

When I started my blog I didn't know what I wanted from my life. I didn't know what my purpose or passion was. Oh, I knew the purpose of life was to become like Heavenly Father and gain exaltation and live with our families forever. I still know that without a doubt. But I didn't know what my purpose was. I think everyone has their own calling in life if you will. My mom's is to be actively doing good things. That's why she's a human doing and not a human being.

It feels a little presumptuous to say that I've found my calling in life. There's a good chance it will change. But this is something that I feel strongly about, something I believe I will always feel strongly about.

The new name is Mind Over Matter.

I know. It's not very original. Everyone's heard that phrase at some point in their life I'm sure. But the phrase is significant to me because of the message it teaches: That we have the power to change anything in our lives. Our minds are infinitely more powerful than our bodies in determining how we feel, what we care about, what's important, what really matters. And yes, the phrase usually means the mind can control the body, but I think it goes deeper than that.

It means, regardless of what happens to us or around us or within us, we can decide what really matters.

You determine your reality. You are powerful.