Meeting new people

Today I decided to do something different and out of my comfort zone. My husband Heath, and I went to the mall to talk to random strangers about random things. I know silly right? This is not something that just comes natural to me. But I did it today! In an organic way I started a conversation with two people at the mall. Maybe not a huge accomplishment to some but for me it's huge progress towards loving people more. I want to get to know people; who they are, where try come from; Whatever walk of life. And not to try and mentor them though everyone needs a mentor, but just to give them a minute where life is about them. I accomplished that today. These are my action steps for next time so that I can keep progressing in this venture: start with a compliment, ask them something about themselves, and make sure I get their name. 

Here's my story…in a very small nutshell.

I LOVE my life! It is an absolute blessing. I can say that because it wasn't always the case. My husband and I have been married for 10 years! He is the ABSOLUTE love of my life. But there was a time I hated him. But what's harder than that is there was a time I felt absolutely nothing for him or anyone else really besides my children. I was numb. Our marriage had almost crumbled because of infidelity on both sides. I don't tell you this to gain sympathy or open myself up for judgement and ridicule. I tell you because my husband and I, and family for that matter, are a wonderful success story. We decided to dedicate our lives to the Lord and to each other, all be it a little late, our story is truly a miracle. I know many of you are probably wondering how we made it? It's honestly unheard of in today's society right? We decided divorce was NOT an option and we committed to change and let powers beyond this world take over in the healing process. We committed to change. Change is such a gift. This amazingly terrible journey and the change I have, and continue to experience has helped me to become a better person. I feel everyday now. I know what it's like to live in a world where you feel like an outsider looking in on your body. As if someone else is living your life, and with that becomes an absence of pain and heartache but also love and joy. I choose to feel everyday now. I choose to love and to lean on my higher power, always understanding I am human; an imperfect individual constantly needing forgiveness and to forgive others. Our mission now is to change the world, which I know sounds like a Mission: Impossible, but I have tools to help others find hope, healing, and freedom. I've done it and choose to continue doing it and now it is time for me to help others. In whatever capacity they need it. The only thing necessary is and open mind and a willing heart. Change is possible. It is a gift. I love the life I have now and the blessings of my wonderful family. My wonderful children are a beacon of light. I hope to emulate that light to others on your journey, however dark and times, you can create your own light along the way. Live to love; Love to live.

Another note

I promise to be updating my blog soon with my story etc. I haven't had my computer for a couple days and I can't edit my profile from my phone. At least I don't know how to. It's coming though. And it may surprise some of you!! Stay tuned.....

Love

I learned some amazing things yesterday about Love and the Atonement. This is technically my Sunday post so it will be a spiritual one. The Atonement, Christ suffering for our sins, is many things. It is Forgiveness, Love, Empathy, Charity, Sacrafice, and the carrying out of the Plan of Salvation. I have a great message. I know this message is great. But am I always sharing my great message? No. I will admit it that I worry what people will think of me. Not on a sense that I want everyone to like me but more in the sense that I don't want to hear that people don't like me. This was profound to me today and I choose to be different. I will boldly share my message of hope healing and freedom everywhere I go! Not because it's easy, nor because I want attention etc. I share it because I have received my own personal revelation that I should and that I need to be unstoppable with my message. Isiah 50: 5-7, The Lord hath opened mine ear and I was neither rebellious, not turned away back.

I have my back to the smiters,  and my checks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame, and from spitting. 

For The Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 

This is what I think of when I think unstoppable. Being so clear that nothing will shake you away from what you are meant to do. You just have to decide, "Yes! I will be that way!" My decision is made. I know my purpose and as I build my identity that purpose is fulfilled. 

So how do I build my identity? Well the simple truth is to start by loving people. I heard a quote one time by a man named David Stirling, he said, "treat everyone like they are going through the biggest trial of their life and chances are, you're probably right." 

Love is kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, selflessness, charity. Sounds a lot like the Atonement to me. I choose to love others. I am not perfect but the choices I make today are to love the people and be unstoppable!! Who's with me?! 

On a somewhat different not I'm posting a picture of something I love! My children cuddled up with their little cousin watching a movie. My heart felt so warm watching them do this last night. There was so much love captured in this moment. Thank you for letting me share. And as always, love to live, live to love! 

Coming Back!

Ok so it has been a REALLY long time since I have posted anything. My life has been dramatically changing and I've just decided i have a lot to say. But where do I even start. I feel like my battle of where so start is like trying to get caught up on years of scrapbooking or journal writing. So instead of going way way back I'm just going to start writing about the future and what I choose for it. I choose to have an incredible future where things in my life happen and they happen for the very best. Where I wake up every morning so grateful to have another day to live and laugh. Another day to find hope, healing and freedom. This blog started as a way to deal with so much pain and repentance after coming out of such a traffic experience with my relationship with my husband. On the brink of divorce we chose to fight for our love, our life. We continue that fight everyday. I am greater now because of my trial. I know who I am an where I'm going. I'm excited for my journey and so happy to take you all along with me. Live to love, love to live! And laugh all along the way! Here's is my freedom pose taken inside of H&M this evening. Yes I got weird looks but it raised my energy and when my energy is high I'm a beacon of light to those around me. I have a feeling you are too. Perhaps it's time to raise your energy, what do you think? I'm finding If I raise my energy by raising my body language even for a second I feel more powerful. Thank you for taking the time to follow my journey. There will be so much more to come. I will write all about the details of my story in my about me section. It's my prayer to connect on whatever level I can with those open to change an finding hope healing and freedom in their lives. I pray that is you. Thank you!!

Mollie 

So my first post ever with this blog I am happy about doing. I was super nervous oddly enough because it's hard to put yourself out there and show vulnerability. It turned out ok though considering I have no one following my blog. And that's ok for me right now. I still trying to decide if I even have anything worth saying.  I started reading a book today by Elaine S Dalton call "Return to Virtue". I'm really excited about it since I have great reason in my life right now to learn and understand virtue and returning to it. I want to understand and appreciate the heart and what I have to give because of who I am and not what I look like. I understand it a little and definitely know of it's importance but I want to greatly understand it. So I can really respect myself in that way. I think my whole life I've allowed looks to play a more important role than they should. Now I'm not obsessed with looks I'm really not. I will go to the grocery store in my grungies and I have plenty of "I don't care days". But do I REALLY understand that m body is a temple? I get it. I understand some things about it. But where does my testimony lie with it? I'll keep you posted, or rather keep myself up to date at this point, on that as I am really excited to learn about this.

Do we ever real know how we are going to get through a challenge in life? If we knew the outcome of a trial would it make a difference in how we get through it? Well I can say this I don't think we would learn as much as we do when we have to rely on the Lord to get us though it. See I know that's the key. I've been taught that my whole life but it's just like anything once we REALLY learn it for ourselves it's like hearing it for the first time. I started this blog, which is separate than my other blog about my family and whatever else because sometimes you just need to write. At least I do. I've always wanted to write but I don't find the time to do it. I'm honestly fine with no one reading this. I'm not doing it for that. I simply know that sometimes we need to share. Even if it's only with ourselves. I've entitled this blog "My Life...Defying Gravity" because it's suiting for how so much of this life is beating the things that would weigh us down. That and I'm a HUGE fan of the Broadway Show Wicked. But it's looking for hope where there seems to be none. Being victors instead of victims. We all go through trials and probably are all going through something really hard right now. In fact if you thought about it it probably wouldn't take very long to come up with something weighing on your mind. I know it doesn't for me. But the beauty and power of the Atonement gives that relief needed. Knowing you can take all things to the Lord is a better aid than anything else that impairs your reality for a time. This is kind of a scary thing for me to post something so vulnerable but I feel like it's a great thing to face something and come out on top. Defy Gravity... :)