Create Bold New Paths

Todays Focus: BE BOLD & CREATE NEW PATHS

There have been times in my life where it was easy to be bold, those times happened when I knew without a doubt what I was standing for. When our confidence in life waivers I find it's harder to find that courage to be bold.

This summer I had the most amazing opportunity to work as an EFY counselor. EFY is a youth camp for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Youth ages 14 to 18 come for a week to be spiritually uplifted, strengthen their testimony of the gospel, meet kids who are striving for the same things in life, and realize that living the gospel is cool. I went to EFY every summer from when I was 14 to 17 and had "Being a Counselor" on the top of my bucket list.

Going into my first week as a counselor, no matter how much I had looked forward to the opportunity, I was terrified. I was scared that my kids wouldn't like me, that I would say the wrong things, that I wouldn't click with anyone, or that I down right wouldn't be able do it. But, the Lord prepares us for the tasks that are put in front of us, I know that without a doubt. The second I walked on to campus, terrified and all, I knew that was where I needed to be.

The next month flew by, I cannot think of a time in my life where I learned so much. I learned what it really meant to love, and love everyone. I learned how to rely completely on our Heavenly Father and to do and say the things we are prompted to. And, I learned that with His help, I can do hard things!

I was bold.

Since then, it's been back to the real world. Real worries, cares, concerns instantly found their way into my mind. I am a college graduate without a plan in the world and this scares me. I don't know exactly where I need to be or what I need to be doing, none of the plans or ideas have given me that "Ahah" moment.

But I realized that maybe that moment wont come until I legitimately take that step in the dark or that leap off a cliff. I realize I need to move.

Literally.

So I'm being bold and creating a new path for myself... by moving to Utah next week. I know, I know. Utah is never somewhere I thought I would be going. Paris, Venice, Bangladesh sound more like it but this is a means to an end.

Heres the plan: Fly into Utah on Tuesday, Stay with aunt and uncle until the 1st, Rock my second interview with this job I really want in SLC (while using public transportation due to not having a car...yet), Move into my new apartment in Provo, Become the best of buds with my new roomies, If I get the job I'll do a happy dance and eat tons of ice cream, If I don't get the job I'll skip the happy dance and eat tons of ice cream anyways... and then job hunt in Provo, Save up mucho bucks, Either buy a car/move into SLC/or travel to unknown lands.

And there you have it. Wish me luck!