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I know I'm slacking on the honeymoon updates, but I'll get them done soon. I wanted to put out a few of my favorite quotes. Sometimes, a bit of inspiration is just what I need and what better place to put it than my blog.

"In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things will always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out." - President Gordon B. Hinckley

"In all living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." - President Gordon B. Hinckley

"If we refuse to take reasonable risks, we may in effect be refusing to progress and that is what life is all about. This is where faith comes in. We do what is right and let the consequences follow. God will help us, I know that for sure. If we protect ourselves from too many things, we may protect ourselves right out of the celestial kingdom." -Elder John H. Groberg

"True relationships among people point to God. They are like prayers in the world. Sometimes the hands that pray are fully touching, sometimes there is distance between them. They always move to and from each other, but they never lose touch. They keep praying to the One who brought them together." -Henri Nouwen

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.

Everyone can create. You don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty.

Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty—and I am not talking about the process of cleaning the rooms of your teenage children.

You might say, “I’m not the creative type. When I sing, I’m always half a tone above or below the note. I cannot draw a line without a ruler. And the only practical use for my homemade bread is as a paperweight or as a doorstop.”

If that is how you feel, think again, and remember that you are spirit daughters of the most creative Being in the universe. Isn’t it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by an endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God? Think about it—your spirit body is a masterpiece, created with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination." - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf