Week 1

This week has been a wonderful week of learning and progression. My favorite part about this week has just been realizing how precious life is. How every moment we are living is a gift and we need to treat it that way. As I had the time to think about my bucket list and what matters most to me it made me realize how much I worry about things that really don't matter. When it comes down to it there are only a certain amount of things that I truly care about. Watching the 'Live like you are dying' video reminded me of those things. We need to do the things that we love and live for the little moments.

I also enjoyed reading 'The Ministry of Business' chapters 1-3. It is such a unique thing that we can study about business in a more spiritual matter. It really comes down to following the spirit, putting first things first (God), and reaching for our dreams. I am so grateful to have a loving heavenly father and to be apart of a school that allows me to bring me back to what it is all about. It has also been helping me to realize how I can better help my husband in his business endeavors. I realize more and more how much we are a team and how much everything each of us does affects one another. 

There is a man that  to me was the epitome of really living life to the fullest. I was able to read about him this week. His name is Randy Pausch, he was a wonderful man. This man was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams not because of his cancer but because he learned to not focus on the can'ts in his life but only the can do's. He never wanted to focus on the fact that he had cancer because that wasn't what really defined him. He had dreams and followed through with those dreams.

I feel that dreaming is an important part of life. I truly believe that it is a type of hope that we hold within ourselves that drives the things that we do. As soon as we lose those dreams and hopes we lose who we are and that sweet and \joy that we had so easily found with our flying imagination as kids. 

One of the things that has always been a dream of mine has been becoming a musician. I have always loved to sing and perform. My little girl imagination always had a picture in my mind of creating music that would influence others and make them happy. I know that this dream is possible. I have already seen glimpses as I have performed with the Nashville Tribute Band and sang with Alex Boye. Their feedback as musicians gave me confidence and the opportunity to see that it IS possible if I keep believing and reminding myself of those things that really matter to me.