Life.

"To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else."-Elder Bednar

   My friend shared this quote today and it really struck me. This past week has been great, but there have been little moments when I have been frustrated with people and feeling like everyone was against me. I like the people that I got upset with, but I kept feeling like they were doing it on purpose. I felt like I was the butt of the jokes and everyone was included except me. I kept smiling and acting like everything was ok, but I was really annoyed with it. Whatever was going on, I chose to get upset by it and let it effect my view on those people. I didn't want to be naive and push it out of my mind incase I got hurt, but I didn't need to work it up into some big thing in my mind. 
   There's about one week left of school and I'm sad to see it end, but excited to have a break. It won't be that exciting of a break because I hopefully will be working the whole time. I hope I can get enough money to at least pay for tuition... I don't understand why life has to be so expensive. Everything costs, and we need everything. But, I'm so grateful for tithing and that it reduces the cost of my tuition by so much. I have no idea how I would be able to go to college if it cost $22,000; I can barely manage $2,000. 
   Life in general is good. School is going well and I sort of have a social life. It's just hard sometimes... it's difficult that when it comes down to it, I'm alone here. I know I have people and my Father in Heaven, but I'm lacking someone who is here for me. Someone who'll listen to my random ramblings and not judge or try to make it about them. I am a really good listener and people always come to me when they need to talk, but I'm not good at going to others. I keep it all in and then even more frustrated. Sometimes, I just want a hug and someone to tell me that I'm doing the best I can. 
   I'm making it sound like things aren't good, but they really are. I am very happy with things. There's still room for improvement, but I can honestly say that this semester has been incredible. I hope next semester is just as wonderful, or even more spectacular. 
   Life is what you make of it. You can take everything that happens to you and assume that it's here to benefit you, or bring you down.