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‎"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle

Often times an individual can detect healthy positive progression based upon the amount of discomfort, challenges, and pain they may be currently experiencing.

For example. When you have acne and are using an effective acne treatment, in order to know if the treatment is working properly you will feel a slight sting upon the protruding red dotted surface of your skin.

Similarly, a sure sign of growth and strength when it comes to exercising would be the slight ache you feel in your muscles after a good run.

Such examples serve as a reminder to all those out there who feel like the walk of a trial simply leads you back to your starting destination unchanged. This can not ever be. Ever. Individually, we are always changing and if we are doing all that we can do in order to be living a happy life and yet are experiencing grief from trials then rest assured that the realization of the positive growth and progression will come.

This summer I have had the great opportunity to have the time to look at my life and to recognize that out of moments of pain came the most beautiful forms of change. A jungle piece begins to understand that the beauty and success of life lies within the daily moments that clutter the canvas of ones reality of inner change. I personally get too caught up in the "to-do's" of life and often forget what i am becoming.This summer has given me the opportunity to experience the great outdoors with clarity of mind and focus of identity. It is my hope that I may once again enter the "provo bubble" with an appreciation for life in its patchwork of random moments and laughs and to not get caught up in the never ending "to-do" list of every well accomplished success BYU student.

Wish me luck.