The biggest opportunity of life. . is living itself . . . .

Tonight I've had a lot of things to reflect on, While Talking with my Cousin who is going on a Mission and So Faithfully Reading my Patriarchal Blessing and Reflecting on my past and where my life is going I thought now was finally a point in my life I have come to that I can grip onto what is my gratitude.

I am almost 21 but I wanted to share an experience that has been most completely life changing. 3 Years ago in a dark questioning time of my life I really struggled knowing who I was. Before College and at the very beginning of my Senior Year I made some decisions that I look back and am so grateful to my Father in Heaven for bringing me past.

Suicide was my option. Was my light, was my Dark, was my Plan. September of 2010 when I spent so much time in a life that was so dark and dreary, I planned to Kill Myself. I was so graciasly stopped by a very Humble Soul and she knows who she is. Since then, I have faced many trials but none of them will ever compare to the blessings that have shined into my life.

That would have been the most awful mistake I would have ever made. I have met so many amazing people, I have gone through so much, met so many amazing people, lived and found relationships with my family that thrive but nothing will compare to the Love and Comfort and Blessings I have found and the Friend I have found in my Father in Heaven and in My Savior and the faith I have in the Atonement.

I can firmly stand going into 2014, moving 4 years later and for the first time in my life i can finally see the biggest light. . . .

This gets better. The Biggest Blessing and Strength I have learned in this life, is that God will NEVER leave you. No matter who you are, what you believe, what you struggle with, if you turn your Faith to God and to those you love and remember the best thing I have heard.

D&C 121: 7 - My Son, peace by unto thy soul; thine adversity and thin afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8- And if thou enure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.

There is so much truth in these scriptures. I want to thank all those who have stayed with me, my family, my friends and all those people who have walked with me through the years and still do, for the faith you have brought me and the strength you have empowered me with but, and most importantly I thank my Father in Heaven and my Savior for bringing me up and above my trials and into a place where I know with everything in me.  This world and this life is the biggest, most amazing blessing we have. Enjoy it.

I love you all.

Alyssa