Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on this last year of my 25 year old self. As I was going to go get my temple recommend renewed, it HIT me that on my 26th Birthday, today, it will have been 4 years since I went through the temple and received my own endowment. My personal GIFT from Heavenly Father. It’s been a crazy 4 years. I was 22 at the time, dating my first boyfriend, and in school. Life was crazy and blissful. Now, 4 years later, I’m single, still going to school, (graduating next semester) and life is still crazy and blissful. I was still wondering what to do with my life and where I was going then, just as I am now. One thing I knew though, was that God was and is aware of me. He knew what needed to happen for me to grow and become better. For me to progress and learn. Every year at Deseret book when graduation approached, we always received a bunch of these books “Oh the places you’ll go” by Dr. Seuss. Here I am, 4 years later, and I still do not have a clue so

I was walking up to school today at USU, and I  stopped on the sidewalk, where I saw this fork in the path. I got thinking about the routes we take in life. Both paths may get you to where you want, but some are better choices than others. My life has not gone the way I wanted it to, but it’s gone the was it was suppose to. I know that Heavenly Father is guiding me and that the Holy Ghost will be my constant companion, as long as I am worthy, to help me choose which path to take. It reminded me of the story that Elder Holland shared about the fork in the road. Him and his son felt that one path was the right one, only to find out that it was a dead end. “Sometimes in response to prayers, the Lord may guide us down what seems to be the wrong road—or at least a road we don’t understand—so, in due time, He can get us firmly and without question on the right road. Of course, He would never lead us down a path of sin, but He might lead us down a road of valuable experience. Sometimes in our