I'm really good at dreaming.

If you know me well, you know that I am a very vivid dreamer. 

Last night I had a dream that I married Leonardo Dicaprio. 

My fantasies from when I was between the ages of 9-14 have come back to haunt me (I was legit CRAZY about Leo for a time in my life... I'm only slightly ashamed, but not really). And for one night I don't think I minded. But I did wake up laughing because of the ridiculousness. 

Of course the Leo in my dreams looked like the one on the left. I loved that mushroom haircut. 

Mmhmm, yes please.

The Cure for an Achey Heart

It's been a funny week. My heart is achey and there have been a lot of ups and downs. Last night I went down to Salt Lake and saw my girl Ingrid Michaelson sing it up. Definitely one of the top 3 best concerts I've ever been to. I think she is better live than on her recordings, so she has earned some brownie points and a special place in this girls achey heart. And that heart was a lot less achey last night for sure, in fact it was the best medicine for it. So thank you Ingrid for a really awesome time and for giving this girl something else to feel for a while. 

 

Sacrifice Brings Forth the Blessings of Heaven

... that has been the phrase that has been running through my head tonight. Making sacrifices can be hard. Sacrifice is the opposite of selfishness. I try not to be a selfish person. But I find as I get older that I am selfish in different ways than my teenage self was. I have let go of the petty high school selfishness that comes with the territory of being at that age, but with that comes different things to be greedy about. If you're not careful, the things you are selfish about when you're older can be more self-destructive.

   So I think I'm coming to understand the importance of sacrifice more and more. I've had to make a few sacrifices lately. Some have definitely been harder than others and if it has been for people I love then I am happy to do it and it leads to a greater desire to make those kinds of decisions. I'm not saying we have to be martyrs and give up all the things we've ever desired. It's been a learning experience for me that when we choose to make sacrifices that we've been asked to make we are blessed ten-fold in other ways. Exercising our agency to make sacrifices and then doing so out of love makes the difference.

    Making a sacrifice out of obedience is a gift, making a sacrifice out of love is power.