Broken Promises

I am forever telling myself, "Alli, you must blog at LEAST once a week to keep a log of what is happening in your life." I usually get 3 day in and then I completly quit and return 6-9 months later. I wish I had the will and the time to post more but to be frank I don't. So... tonight I am just going to talk to you and share what has been on my mind for the past few months.

This year has been CRAZY so far! I have applied to 6 colleges and have been accepted in to 3 (my 3 least favorite), I have presented my culminating project so I can graduate, My brother got married the day after my birthday, took care of a mechanical baby for a week, and so much more. Within all of the chaos it has been really hard for me to stay positive and kind. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited to go and try new things. But I am also a very independent girl so I am having a hard time with my parents getting in my business with college decisions. I need to remember that they are just excited for me and they cannot wait to hear my decision.

I have also been having trouble keeping the Lord in my decision. I know that he has a plan for me and it is my obligation to peruse it. I pray all the time for his guidance for where he wants me to go. I feel overwhelmed sometimes but I then remind myself that the Lord will not give me more than I can handle. And I also need to take in to account, "When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other..." - Ecclesiastes 7:14. I need to appreciate every second of a good day because it is a blessing! And with the bad days I need to learn from them and thank God for them too.

Sorry this blog is all over the place and it has a buttload of grammatical errors. I was typing so fast what ever came to my mind.

Love you guys with stars on,
All-i Rose

Pike Place

God's beauty is all around us! I fail to admire it and take it in. My pastor preached last Sunday on the key to happiness. His sermon boiled down to this, "If you give God credit and thanks for all of His creations and blessings you will be happier." This is because you will take time to admire the world that he has created and all of the little things. Mark talked about artists and photographers. He explained how they are great examples of happy people because they take time to appreciate and glorify God's creation. They can pick out ordinary things that us normal people would pass over. This last week I ventured down to Seattle's Pikes Place Market to take picture. I wanted to focus on lines, food and create a few self-portraits. This is what I came up with. These pictures are just small examples of the Lord's beauty.