Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

I found myself pretty melancholy yesterday as I finally had time to breathe this week. 😔 It’s been a very busy & stressful week for me. Life and responsibilities I have had have pulled me every direction, leaving me drained, emotional, and ragged. 😵‍💫 Today as I finally had time to stop, be still, & breathe, the tears just came. I found myself crying. That’s usually what happens when life gets a little bit too hard to handle. I completely break down. I know this life is supposed to be challenging. I know it’s supposed to be hard. I know it’s supposed to be “for our good” & the hard times are supposed to help make us strong. I also know that when the hard times come, and they will, they give us an opportunity to get down on our knees and ask for God’s help. When life is going good, at times we forget to do that as much. We think we can do it all by ourselves, and we do. But you know what? We can’t do it alone. We need God in our lives so desperately.  I don’t claim to kno

 I had some time this morning as I was waiting for my oil change to walk to the temple. ♥️ The temple has been my refuge this last year, especially while it’s been closed. Crazy how we can still find peace when it’s closed. I have found myself just driving over and sitting in the parking lot or sitting on the bench outside. I feel so much peace when I’m here. ☀️🥺 It’s been a place where I can commune with God. I know He is listening and  that no matter what is happening in my life, God is aware of me. I feel His love and know that He is guiding me on this journey called life. 🙏🏻  As I sat on the bench this morning, reading out of a book called “Look up my soul, the diving promise of hope” by Gerald Lund, this poem written by Samuel Smiles stuck out to me: “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us… Hope sweetens the memory of experiences well loved. It tempers our troubles to our growth and our strength. It befriends us in dark h

 “With each step I am more certain Everything will turn out fine I have confidence The world can all be mine They'll have to agree I have confidence in me”🎵 This song 👆🏻 has been in my head a lot the last couple weeks, and when I stopped to think about it, I asked myself if I really did have confidence in myself... I talk a lot about body positivity and self confidence- it’s something I’m passionate about! And I would also consider myself a pretty confident person. I love talking about and inspiring others to have that same confidence. 👏🏻 Being comfortable in your OWN skin is what it’s all about right? 🥰  In a world telling you to be something else, to look a certain way, to wear certain things, and do or don’t do certain things, being yourself is ALL that matters! 🤩 But sometimes I don’t feel confident. 😕When I look at pictures of myself, UGLY words come to my mind and I start to feel down. 😔 I know I shouldn’t say those things to myself, but sometimes I do.  But it got m