Look. Watch. Listen. There are people who need you.
Think. Feel. Ask. Someone is lonely. Your smile could just be the thing that could lift someone's spirit.
We are all connected. We share what makes us human: emotions, vulnerabilities. So reach out and lift another and your day will be that much brighter.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Everything
I am currently enrolled in the Marriott School of Business and more specifically the BYU School of Accountancy. But I could just as easily be enrolled in the Reuben J. Clark Law School or frequent the Joseph F. Smith building for Humanities or the Benson building for Microbiology.
It's simple you see, I love everything. I love learning about moles in chemistry, African bushmen in anthropology, grammar in English (please don't judge my poor grammar in these posts ;), the Tigris river in geography, stalagmites in geology, the Electron Transport Chain in biology, vectors in physics, exponential equations in mathematics, different eras in history, the subjunctive in Spanish - the list goes on!
I love learning and once I learn something I love it even more because it becomes a part of me. Everything that I have learned has enriched my life. Just this past Saturday, I visited the BYU Museum of Art to view the Carl Bloch exhibit. On one particular painting, I noticed some deep red in the lower right hand corner of the canvas. In the foreground of the painting was the Savior suffering in Gethsemane and along side him was an angel supporting left arm. His body portrayed pain beyond anything I have experienced, but more than anything the brush of red helped me greater understand the intensity and gravity of his suffering. It was like a look into his soul. Brilliant.
You see, as a gain more and more knowledge on this earth, more things have meaning. Likewise, as I gain more spiritual knowledge, the result is the same. As we learn in the Bible things were created spiritually before they were created physically.
It's simple you see, I love everything. I love learning about moles in chemistry, African bushmen in anthropology, grammar in English (please don't judge my poor grammar in these posts ;), the Tigris river in geography, stalagmites in geology, the Electron Transport Chain in biology, vectors in physics, exponential equations in mathematics, different eras in history, the subjunctive in Spanish - the list goes on!
I love learning and once I learn something I love it even more because it becomes a part of me. Everything that I have learned has enriched my life. Just this past Saturday, I visited the BYU Museum of Art to view the Carl Bloch exhibit. On one particular painting, I noticed some deep red in the lower right hand corner of the canvas. In the foreground of the painting was the Savior suffering in Gethsemane and along side him was an angel supporting left arm. His body portrayed pain beyond anything I have experienced, but more than anything the brush of red helped me greater understand the intensity and gravity of his suffering. It was like a look into his soul. Brilliant.
You see, as a gain more and more knowledge on this earth, more things have meaning. Likewise, as I gain more spiritual knowledge, the result is the same. As we learn in the Bible things were created spiritually before they were created physically.
Friday, December 24, 2010
You Look so Young ...
So something you should know. I don't just look 13, I am 13.
I am ever immortalized in this age. Ask anyone. The other day, the man at the grocery was shocked when mom told him I was 21. "No way, I thought she was like 13 or 14." Don't worry sir, I still am. There is a part of me that will never grow up.
I love to sing and dance and just be silly like a 13 year old. There is something innocent and happy about just being 13. So even though every July 23, people congratulate me on completing another year of my life, I just smile and say thanks. I'm still 13 at heart. Always will be and will certainly look it for a long time.
I am ever immortalized in this age. Ask anyone. The other day, the man at the grocery was shocked when mom told him I was 21. "No way, I thought she was like 13 or 14." Don't worry sir, I still am. There is a part of me that will never grow up.
I love to sing and dance and just be silly like a 13 year old. There is something innocent and happy about just being 13. So even though every July 23, people congratulate me on completing another year of my life, I just smile and say thanks. I'm still 13 at heart. Always will be and will certainly look it for a long time.
Monday, December 20, 2010
BREAK
My business calculator is safely tucked away!
It's time for quality time with the family. Time for movie watching, book reading, and PLAYING. Lots of it. Time to just relax and eat. I'm trying to break into the 100's ;)
It's time for quality time with the family. Time for movie watching, book reading, and PLAYING. Lots of it. Time to just relax and eat. I'm trying to break into the 100's ;)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
So close, but yet not
Hello it's me and I'm blogging when I probably shouldn't be.
Financial Accounting tomorrow at 11 am sharp. Help. Lots of help. Scared, stressed ... ahhh. Wish me luck? Gosh this semester has been something else. I'm surprised I've survived. Well I almost have.
One more week. Yeah, only the hardest week of the semester.
Financial Accounting tomorrow at 11 am sharp. Help. Lots of help. Scared, stressed ... ahhh. Wish me luck? Gosh this semester has been something else. I'm surprised I've survived. Well I almost have.
One more week. Yeah, only the hardest week of the semester.
Friday, November 19, 2010
See the World through Open Eyes
Open your eyes wider. Can't you see how bright things are? Possibilities.
You are never lost when you can see the temple. It makes things bright - always.
Yesterday, I got a call from New York City. An invitation. I accept.
Love,
Amy Melissa Hansen
You are never lost when you can see the temple. It makes things bright - always.
Yesterday, I got a call from New York City. An invitation. I accept.
Love,
Amy Melissa Hansen
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
ENJOY
ENJOY. This is what I write at the top of my planner every week. Be grateful. I am grateful for the challenges and struggles I am facing because they mean I am being streched. Yes, at times it is painful, but when I look back all I can be is grateful.
"Wow, I did it. I've come so far!" I am changing. I am growing. My character is being build. Yes, I am still Amy Hansen, but I am a better one. That is the goal of this life.
And so every week at the top of my planner I write ENJOY. It reminds me to be smile and be grateful for the times when I feel lost and completely overwhelmed. The Junior Core changes you into a better you, so ENJOY :)
"Wow, I did it. I've come so far!" I am changing. I am growing. My character is being build. Yes, I am still Amy Hansen, but I am a better one. That is the goal of this life.
And so every week at the top of my planner I write ENJOY. It reminds me to be smile and be grateful for the times when I feel lost and completely overwhelmed. The Junior Core changes you into a better you, so ENJOY :)
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