stand still

I find myself coming to my computer constantly with the greatest intentions to write up a post, but when I start to type, I immediately close my laptop. It's weird. I think "Nope, not tonight," and move on with another task in my day. So many people who have read my blog have sent me the kindest, most genuine messages, phone calls, texts, sharing their experiences and thanking me for mine. So of course, I want to keep inspiring people, or reminding them they aren't the only ones feeling the way they do. But lately, I haven't felt the spirit move me to write another post until tonight. 

Tonight one of the most sacred experiences of my life occurred. Sorry peeps, not getting anything more than that. But what I will share with you, is a lesson I have been taught 4584390 times, but haven't needed so desperately until this moment.

D&C 123:17

 "... Let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."

:: Do all things that lie in our power ::

Okay. This is the key to success. I know ittttt. Every. Single. Time that I live this way, I am at peace. Every time I don't, I want to rip my hair out and have little cry sessions every five seconds. Ugh, it's miserable. Think about how much power we have over our day when we realize, we can only do what we can do. 

When you study for a test, then fail. Will that letter grade determine our success in life? Ummm no.

When we think like this scripture states, and act like it as well, WE control our day. WE control our attitude. WE control what we define as success. There is no room for others to negatively influence an aspect of our life, when we have complete control over ourselves. Take initiative, as footnote 17b so lovely states.

:: Cheerfully :: 

I feel we use this word to two polar opposite extremes.  

Usually, if we are at a very happy point in our life...

We use it constantly. "How are you?!?" "I'M SO HAPPY!!!! Be positive! Do happy things! Be happy! Share happiness! Smile! Frolic through fields yelling "choose to be happy!!!"

Or when we are depressed...

"Why do we have to act cheerful? Why does God say he wants us to have joy when we don't? Why is it called the plan of happiness if we don't get happiness until we die? Cheerful is a dumb word that I just can't be because I'm just too sad."

K. 

I'm guilty.

I've done both.

But. I have a new definition. 

Simplistically Cheerful is what I'm gonna call it. 

Deciding to smile, even when it’s hard. Deciding to serve, even when it isn’t convenient. Deciding to trust yourself, even if we’ve doubted in the past. Deciding to be kind, when the situation says we shouldn’t. Deciding to be respectful, even if we really want to kick someone’s butt. Deciding to look forward with an eye of faith, even when the past has let you down.  

I really don’t believe that God is asking us in this scripture to be a perfectly positive person. I believe he wants to remind us, that it’s just all going to be okay if we keep our head up.

:: Stand Still ::

There is no greater phrase in the world. Living in this stupid chaotic world, we can’t afford not to obey this command. Taking time to breathe, is what I NEED in my day to survive. Taking time to listen to what the Lord is trying to tell me, makes all the difference in the world. Each day, our goal should be to fight to have the spirit with us. We need the spirit to guide us, teach us, prompt us, comfort us, and remind us, of what is truly important. We may even be living the Gospel of Christ and keeping the commandments, and wonder "Why am I not feeling the spirit?" Are we truly standing still?

Also, think about how a recent time you ignored a prompting. Easy example: crawling into bed… thought: “Morgan, pray!” next thought: “No. I’m tired. God knows how my day went.”

I literally just cut off comfort, peace, and revelation from entering into my life.

WHY THE CRAP WOULD I DO THAT.

AH. Sometimes I drive myself crazy. Poor God. He has to deal with me.

“Be still and know that HE is God.” He has all power and peace to provide us, will we be in a position to feel and accept it?

:: Utmost Assurance ::

Do you know what that means? THE MOST EXTREME CONFIDENCE OR PROMISE. To have complete confidence in God and what he offers, isn’t that what we are all searching for? And to think we can have it, if we just “stand still?” No more needs to be said.

Sign me up.

:: His arm to be revealed ::

Every day, I wake up searching for a tender mercy. I need Him so bad right now. Every day. I need His comfort, I need His mercy, I need His understanding, I need His promises, I need His acceptance, I need His direction, I need Him. I need a Father who understands my annoying little mind. Who understands my complicated heart.

We get to see him work miracles every day. Maybe that is why the phrase "Keep your head up" is so prevalent? When our head is down, we physically limit ourselves from seeing the tender mercies surrounding us. But the minute we choose to lift our head up, and turn towards the Heavens, we get to see the arm of the Lord work in our personal lives. Is there anything greater? Nope. 

For those of you who watched conference, this is definitely my ponderizing scripture for the week. Definitely. 

Tonight, allllllllllllllll came about because of one of the hardest trials I have ever been through in my life. Is that trial 100% gone? Nope. There will be after effects, I have to understand that, but did I learn something? Absolutely. Did it bring me closer to God? Absolutely. Do I need to dwell on it any longer? Absolutely not.

Tonight, burdens were lifted.

I felt the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

I bear witness that He is real.

That he loves. Perfectly.

That he understands.

That he is patient. All the time.

I know that if we want revelation, we need to study revelation.

Open the scriptures.

God will speak.

He will comfort.

He will provide.

Provide peace that passes all understanding.

We will no longer require constant understanding from the Lord.

 We will have a daily desire to say, “Thy will be done.”

When we stand still, our lives change in one moment.

One cheerfully simplistic moment.

Mine was tonight.

Dreamin

For the last few years I was a Recruitment Ambassador for Weber State. Not too long ago I volunteered for an event on campus for hundreds of 5th graders from elementary's all around the University to start now experiencing what college could be like for them.  I had a group of about 40 5th graders, and was able to give them a tour of the school, talk about college and their personal dreams for the future. 

Me + kids + talking +Weber is just the best thing ever. 

Anyways, after I got done encouraging them to follow their dreams, one little boy raises his hand and says, "Morgan, whats YOUR dream?"

I sat for a few seconds just silent, and found myself thinking"Do I have a dream?" 
(Thanks Child for putting me on the spot) But really, it started some good self-reflection.

I feel we all have worthy dreams. We get to a point in life where we may realize, yes! This is what I want. I want to go to this school for this degree. I want to date this type of person, at this time, and marry them at this time. I want this career. I want this trip. I want this car. I want this home, with this type of family. 

I don't believe any of those are bad desires, I actually really believe the Lord wants us to have goals and do what we can to reach them. Sometimes we may even feel the Lords approval, and feel he trusts us with that goal.

Scenario 1 

Our perfectly perfect dream we came up with, changes. It doesn't happen. It fails. We are devastated. We feel that the Lord should have stopped us or warned us that it was the wrong path. We feel we don't know how to discern the spirit and we begin to lose trust in ourselves and our gift of having Gods spirit guiding us. We may even doubt the existence of God, or the idea that He knows us and loves us. 

Scenario 2

We may not know what our dreams are. We may be stuck in a place, and feel we have no direction. We may have some good ideas, but nothing seems right. We may have a "stupor of thought." 

Scenario 1, sometimes even leads to scenario 2. <-- yeahhh that one sucks.

Our dreams can change

This week I went on an institute council retreat and we rock climbed a mountain. Literally. Real rock climbing. SCARIEST THING OF MY LIFE. But once we reached the top, we had a devotional. One of the institute teachers said this statement, and it enlightened my mind in a drastic way.

When you lose yourself, dreams change.

Hopefully that statement isn't a sad idea to us. Hopefully we aren't so stinking set on our own plans, that we forget to involve the Lord. I don't think its meant to be discouraging! I believe it is meant for us to realize bigger and better things come to those who put the Lord first. 

Humility is an attribute of Christ we all are just awful with. We think we have it down one day, and realize that just that thought means we don't haha! But every step of humility we take, realizing our own efforts and dreams may change if it's the Lords will, we become happier people. 

When we not only leave our heart open for change, but choose to stay open when our plan actually changes, that is when we take an overwhelming LEAP in our relationship with God. 

We may say we are open... "Yeah I mean this is my plan, it feels good, but whatever happens happens!" Or "whatever God wants for me I'll do!" <-- great things. 

But when the plan ACTUALLY changes, what do we start saying? 

"I can't believe this happened! Why wasn't I warned? Why did the Lord allow me to waste all of this time or effort on this degree, on this career, on this person, when that wasn't what was supposed to happen?"  <-- sound familiar? 

When our plan actually changes, is when our faith can either waver, or grow into something we never thought we could obtain. 

--------------- It's our choice.

The Lords dreams are a lot better than my own.

The second I stepped off the plane into the Spokane Washington Airport, I felt this. All dreams or plans I thought I had for myself, changed with one step. One step of truly listening to the Lord, following His will for me, and serving others, changed everything. Mine weren't bad, they were all righteous desires, the Lords were just different. And I couldn't have been more happy.

And then I got home. And it got harrddddddd again. Real hard. Some plans I couldn't have been more set on, changed drastically. And I was devastated. 

Unfortunately, I lost faith for a period of time. 

I questioned Gods knowledge of me, Morgan. 

I was confused. 

And I was sooooo inside myself.

But every small turn I made towards the Lord, and towards others around me, I realized that He had dreams for me that I hadn't even thought of. 

D&C 78:17-19

17 Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you;

18 And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.

19 And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.

What better promise could I ask of God?

I am learning, and will continue to learn the principle of being okay with your dreams changing. Give your dreams to the Lord and allow Him to make them something you never imagined. We can't let fear keep us from discovering great things. I trust that can happen for me. I don't think anything is harder than the feeling of the unknown though... But I do know, that the feeling of not having faith in God is awful. So I'm trying to choose the faith.

The more we are refined through the Saviors grace and mercy, the more applicable and perfect our dreams become for us. 

{ Serve the Lord, do good things, be good, attract good, 

think good, act good, and you will receive the good. }

Cause God is soooo good. 

                                

I can hardly wait.

Watch this.

https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/i-am-a-pioneer?lang=eng

K didn't that just make you feel so good?

So today I was having a chit chat with my lil sis.

Isn't she cute?

And we were talking about what legacy we want to leave. Or in other words, what do we want people to know us as, or remember about us when we leave this life?

Kind of a thought provoking question.

Are we someone that others love and look up to, do we even love ourselves?

I don't want to think of myself as someone who always compared herself to others. Who wished she was different. Who wished she would have been prettier, more fit, more talented, kissed more guys or had more likes on instagram posts. Who wished she was more capable, tried harder at things, or experienced more.

I want to be 100% confident in who I am as a person.  And on the other hand, I want to help others become 100% confident in who they are.

As we were talking, I began to think of the looonnnnggg list of things I don't want people to remember me by. And then the spirit slapped me in the face with a scripture someone shared with me the other day.

"...harden not your hearts any longer; for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation; and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately shall the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you."

Alma 34:31

Immediately.

That word has been popping up evvvvvverywhere the last few weeks. This being no coincidence. All of us at one point or another has felt ashamed of something. Embarrassed. We let someone we love down, or even let ourselves down. Sad that we didn't live up to our full potential.

Because of Christ, we can wipe that slate CLEAN. Yeahhhhhhh. Isn't that the best news ever?

Guys. It makes me so happy! IT REALLY CAN HAPPEN. It really can. Because the atonement of Christ is real. Because of Him, we can leave a legacy that we are proud of. If right now we are living in a way we aren't proud of, we can change it. Immediately.

As I thought of this scripture, I started thinking of things that I feel good about. Things I am proud of. Qualities I have worked hard to achieve. Strengths I have developed through work. Hope and faith I have obtained through the darkest times, and daily struggles. Tears of gratitude started rollin.  

It's amazing when we are truly committed to emulate the Savior, every tiny thought, word, or action that you create, matters. When you are really focusing on keeping covenants, it takes every ounce of energy you have to become better- because your love for the Lord is more motivating than anything ever could be. It's so hard!

But I'm gonna just say how grateful I am that we can gain confidence in ourselves, whenever we choose to open our heart and turn to the right sources. That watching our thoughts, words, and actions is totally worth it when it guarantees a good legacy.

I immediately became happy in this moment.  Sitting in a car, talking with my beautiful sister about becoming someone we are proud to be, was just a good feeling.

Tonight we both committed to do two things.

#1. Choose something to let go of. Choose a habit to give up, a person to give up, a thought to give up, anything that we don't want to hold on to, we promised to give it away.

#2. Choose one thing we want to become. Cause lets be honest, there are tons. But small changes bring about huge results right?

We both committed. And are sooooo determined to become just a little bit better tomorrow than we were today.

Whatever we want to become or want to achieve, it can happen. I am determined to wake up and tell myself:

"I can hardly wait to see what the Lord 

is going to do with me." 

 

We could all love a little bit more.

Well hello.

The news today has been quite crazy. Gay Marriage is now legal across the entire country. I'm happy! Thrilled actually.

Here is why.

Okay, so I have a sister. Hey Lin. She is gay! Crazy huh. She is married to such a beautiful human being. She has three perfectly perfect children who I want to steal because I am so obsessed with them. Jo and Lindi have got to be the most amazing mothers. There is love in their home. They are strong women. They are hilarious. They are driven. They spoilllllll their kids, and give them everything they could ever need or want in a home and family. They are madly in love. And let me tell ya somethin. They are so happy. But they truly have fought for their happiness, which I feel we all do at points in our lives.

Their stories have touched my heart like nothing else has.

But thats not what I am writing this for. I would just like it if we could all open our minds just a bit, love everyone for who they are, wish happiness upon everyone, and try to see things from a perspective that might not be our "go to."

Think of you for a second being in a position of lacking rights.

Think of receiving hatred, and inequality.

Think of a tile guy being in the middle of a project in your household, finding out your sexuality that isn't the "norm," and then picking up and leaving the job half finished. And while walking out the door, stating "Do not ever contact me again. I don't work for people like you."

Think if you went through 10 different doctors to try and find someone who agreed to help you have a child.

Think if your family was told you are ruining society.

Think of you being married and having children. Think of if your spouse were to die, knowing that your kids that your spouse birthed wouldn't legally be yours because you aren't technically married.

It's an awful thought to imagine right?

These are real situations.

But not anymore. :)

I am not trying to convince anyone at all to change their beliefs. Or change their vote on a ballot. What I am proposing, is that we think before we judge others. That we think before we make such harsh statements against someone who may be just a little "different." --No matter their situation.

Love is the most powerful feeling and action in the universe. We all came from love. We came from a father in Heaven with unconditional, perfect love for each one of His children. His entire plan is full of love.  I think we can all agree on that can't we?

We have come to this earth, with the goal of returning home. That depends on how we emulate Christ's example here in this life. I know this. And I am trying my dang hardest to love as he loves.

But I think sometimes we think we know it all!! Honestly, all I really know in my heart, is that God is in charge. He knows us perfectly. He knows our struggles, our grief, our pain, our doubt, and he is the judge. He is the one each of us should be turning to daily, asking "Are we good?" I heard from someone that I really respect, that we should ask two questions each day.

One to God "Are you and I good?" 

And another, "Are we good with ourself?"

If you can answer those questions each day with full confidence in yourself and how you are living, great. I don't feel it is our place to step in on someone else's very personal and sacred relationship with God.

We all may have different views, beliefs, standards, goals, motives, whatever the case. And I respect those who stay true to what they believe. But lets make sure we do it with complete respect for one another.

We do not all have to agree with something that may contradict what we hold dear to our hearts. But we all have the expectation from God to love others unconditionally. And love- is completely withholding judgement. It is loving someone for who they are. As we see others as sons and daughters of God, we begin to think of them in a whole new light. I know thats true. Man, I think we need to start thinking of ourselves as God would as well! We would be a lot happier of a people.

I know without a doubt, that God loves me. Regardless of any situation, action, choice, thought, deed, or word that comes out of my mouth. Positive or Negative. I know that God also loves my sister and her beautiful family. Regardless of any action, choice, thought, deed, or word.  We will be judged the same.

I have so much love and respect for so many people today and their personal journeys to finding happiness. I also have so much trust in the Lord. The things I have learned in my life regarding spirituality, I know are true. No one can take away the witness I have had of Christ being our Savior. I believe the Book of Mormon and Bible to be the word of God. I am set on the decision to get married in the temple, in His holy house.

I know a few things. But I am no where near the knowledge that I know I will gain through the eternities. If anyone has questioned, doubted, or fought with themselves over an issue, its this girl right here. But I finally came to the most peaceful conclusion, that it'll alllll work out. We all know who is in charge right? ... Lets let Him take charge then.

I do not claim my words as doctrine, nor do I expect anyone else to agree with what I have mentioned. BUT. I hope someones eyes opened just a bit. We have such a tiny tiny tiny perspective here in this earth life. Lets continue to live our lives as Christ would live. Obedient. Loving. Kind. Serving. And trusting in the good Lord who knows all.

Congratulations to so many people today, who just became a little bit happier. You are loved.

The day it all became real. Such an amazing experience I was able to be a part of.

Link to Elder Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Couldn't have been more perfectly said.

don't let him win.

Have you ever thought, 

{"I'm not sure if God is real, but I KNOW satan is."}

I would love love love to say that I have had a perfect knowledge of God my entire life, but that is just not true.

I had an epiphany. I got frustrated this morning with myself, that I wasn't where I needed to be in life. I guess a reminder that I was so imperfect, but to the point where I got down on myself. (Again, I understand my thoughts are not true, or logical, or good thoughts, but they were my thoughts.)

r.e.w.i.n.d.

I hit a small breaking point last night. I thought, why am I even praying right now when I see or feel no change? My prayer began with "Heavenly Father, right now I am only praying because I am supposed to."

Now, I have had some not just small, but great witnesses that God is real. And that He hears us. But for some reason, those experiences fade a little faster than doubt sometimes does. It feels like it takes a lot more work to keep positivity in ones life, then negativity.

Satan just makes sense to me. I have felt his lies, his deceits, his jabs to my heart, his strong desire to make me fail. I have felt his temptation, I have felt discouragement, and I have felt defeat. I know those things come from satan. I know satan is real.

So back to this morning-- my unnecessary frustration with myself. I realized who I was letting get to my mind and my heart. When I came to that realization, a loud thought entered my mind.

"Don't let him win." 

Immediately, I dropped to my knees and pleaded for forgiveness. Immediately, I had a burden lift, I gained a bit more hope than I had 1 minute prior, and a smile on my face.

"And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory... for the spirit is the same, yesterday, today and forever."

2 Nephi 2:4

 In this moment, I remembered. I remembered the grace that our Savior brings. I remembered that no matter how much we doubt, deny, or forget, both God and Jesus Christ don't forget us. They are always so lovingly welcoming us back into their open arms.  

We can't give up. We can't let someone who lies, hates us, and wants us to fail, win.

"...thou knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain."

2 Nephi 2:2

We learn constantly that there is opposition in all things. Darkness and light. Bad and good. Sadness and happiness. And we recognize that opposition is part of the plan. But do we recognize the opposite of remembering that is also so important? I feel we forget, so we can feel the joy of remembering, that surpasses the sadness of forgetting. If we all think about a time we remembered an experience, a tender mercy, isn't it such a happy moment? And that moment that we remember, builds our confidence in God. 

This morning was a happy moment.

Keep pressing forward, even when it feels pointless. I swear, God provides His tender mercies at theeeeeee most perfect moments. Those moments are perfect for our progress.

I need to remind myself, I know the ending of this war between God and satan. God wins. Light wins. Always!

 Choose the light. And trust you are on the winning side. You might just see a smile on your face, and feel for a moment, the love that the Lord has for you.

"How are you?" spoken answer: "GOOD!" Real answer: strugglin.

I honestly don't know exactly why I am doing this.

Today I prayed, and a word came to my mind. "Blog."

I want to share a thought. Or a lot of thoughts.

“How are you?”

A question we get asked 500 times a day. Usually the answer is “So good!” Or “Doing well!” Or “I’m fine, thanks for asking!”

On my mission, I had a companion who taught me a lot. Maybe too much about myself and my feelings. One day I asked her how she was feeling and she took like 57683 minutes to respond. I asked her what was taking her so long, and she said “I’m really thinking about how I am.”

BOOM. Ya know those moments where little things just hit you like a ton of bricks?

Since that moment, I really do take that question into heart. And I am honest. Its been really interesting to see how people react when I give them a not so typical answer: “I’m struggling a bit.” Or “Not good.” Or “This week I have kinda been depressed, but I am hanging in there!”

The other day I was at institute, a class that helps me get to know God, Jesus Christ, and their doctrine. We were getting to know other kids in the class, and describing ourselves. One girl stood up smiling super big at seven in the morning and said "Happy. I am always happy. Always."

My first thought "You're kidding." (No, I don't know her personally and have absolutely no right to judge her in any way shape or form) But I looked around the room, a few people agreed, but countless heads dropped. Who in that room wasn't happy, and was just reminded that they weren't?

My next thoughts included me listing every trial I, a friend, or a family member of mine was experiencing. I didn't list them to have a "pity party," but to figure out what I could do to help myself, and others through the hard things they were facing.

For those who know me, I try always to live with a positive perspective. I want to have fun. I love being adventurous, I love meeting new people, I want to gain experiences that make my life exciting and worthwhile. Laughing and making a fool out of myself is my favorite thing ever. I love life, and I live to make it worthwhile. But I sure as heck have my struggles. And I couldn't be more honest when it comes to talking about them. 

When I came home from my mission this last December, I really did consider myself happy and so full of love that my heart could burst. I came home from the hardest, yet most rewarding experience one could ever have. I served the Lord with everything I had. I loved the people I served. I sacrificed everything I could sacrifice. I just tried my best. And when I failed, I tried to get back up. This was a time in my life that I had so much confidence in not myself, but the Savior.

I came home to the absolute sweetest, most caring, supportive, crazy family this world could offer. I came home to a full ride scholarship, to a whole plan for how my life would be. I came home with a testimony. My life couldn't have been better. It still is, that great. But in reality, you can have the world at your fingertips, but the struggles you go through seem to take over every ounce of gratitude you can muster.

Being home, that confidence I gained has slowly slipped. It gets harder and harder each day in the world we live in to love ourselves, to gain a desire to be better, and to trust our Father in Heaven and His plan. In the lovely culture I am a part of, there are some freaking awesome people. But many times a pressure is created. A pressure is created to RUSH. I understand that 99% percent of those feelings are me making things a bigger deal than they really are, but I know everyone has felt it.

"How is school? Whats your major? Are you going on a mission? Are you dating anyone? Have you had a DTR? Are you in love? Do you have a wedding date set yet? When are you having kids? How many kids do you want?"  

We have alllllllll been asked those questions. Usually, they are great questions! But sometimes, they are hard when we don't know the answer. I really don't know a lot of things in my life right now.

I don't know if I am choosing the right major. I don't know when I am getting married, nor do I really care. I don't know when I am going to graduate. I don't know if I am at the right school. I don't know what I want. I don't know if I have faith some days.

"I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, 

I do not know the meaning of all things."

1 Nephi 11:17

I think many times we complicate the Nature of God. We get frustrated in His timing and His plan for us. We get frustrated with answers we receive, or get frustrated when answers aren't given. We get confused on why we go through what we do. We get confused on why something we thought was so perfect, could turn out so not. We get frustrated in ourselves, that we cannot keep up to Gods standards. We complicate the way He speaks to us. Or we feel He isn't even there.

God is perfect. 

He is all knowing. 

He knows me. And my feelings. And my thoughts. And my sadness. And my happiness.
He cares.

He is full of unconditional love.

He has a plan.

These words I repeat to myself every day. On the happiest of days, and on the hardest of days. 

God knew that I, Morgan Gardiner, and every other human being that has ever existed would feel all different emotions, even the bad ones. And that is why He so lovingly let His son experience the lowest of lows, so someone would be able to understand. Someone would get it. But not only that, He would rescue us. He saves. He heals. He changes us to be something better than we ever thought we could be. He inspires. He lifts. He loves. Even when we doubt this, I feel God is just pleading that we don't stop trying. Hope is provided by God, and I feel He so badly wants us to just keep going, and turn to Him, the true source of peace.

I have learned to embrace the days that may not be the greatest. To take them as opportunities that we get to feel a bit of what the Savior felt, and let all we experience in life bring us to our knees. Cause who better to talk to then the one who created you?

I don't know if any of this made sense. But I felt so strongly that someone needed a little reminder. That someone is probably me, but why not publicly share some realness.

This post is not trying to tell people who are honestly happy, not to be happy. DEFINITELY NOT. But I just want someone reading this to know that even if they are not happy right now, they don't have faith, they have no confidence, they are heartbroken, or they are depressed.. THAT IT IS OKAY. Tender mercies are all around. Tomorrow is another day to choose faith. 

Oh. And the next time you ask me "Morgan! How are you?" You better believe whatever comes out of my mouth is the truth. :)