Newsflash

Last night, my roommate, Neoma, and I indulged ourselves in a “single ladies” themed night as our other roommates frolicked about with persons of the opposite gender. We began by doing our homework, but the real party started when we warmed up the oven, baked us some pizza rolls and dished ourselves an extra-healthy portion of Brownie and Nut icecream from the creamery. We learned all about “the perfect man” in none other than the classic Hillary Duff chick flick, “The Perfect Man.”

For me, it was just a fluffy chick flick (that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it) until Hillary Duff’s wise love interest said this,

“Newsflash: EVERYONE’S SCARED. That’s no reason to run away.”

It hit me. In an odd sort of way, I have lived by this quote the last week or two. Until recently, I hated college social life. I always wanted to go home, and never really had any reason to stay in Provo except that I should stay in Provo. My very wise mother finally told me “You can’t live like you are stuck there. You have to live like you chose to be there, because you did.” I realized that each weekend I went home to Salt Lake, I was running away. I wasn’t physically stuck in Provo, but my mentality was stuck in a fearful, discouraged state. It was easy to runaway, so I did.

Each time we are faced with a challenge, we mustn’t stay still. We have to act. I know that we will never be placed in a demanding situation where we don’t have the strength to get out. The only way to conquer a challenge is to face it head on. We have all sorts of weapons to help us – laughter, smiles, faith, friends, family, chocolate, etc.

I am officially unstuck. I have enjoyed meeting new people and look forward to meeting more. I took the initiative to be myself and reach out. Instead of declining all of my offers to socialize at BYU, I accepted and embraced every one (despite my desperate need to do homework). Now that I have become unstuck, I hope I can help unstuck others. I am known for speaking my mind. So although I am usually the only one expressing my discouraged attitudes, I know there are others out there that feel the same way. This goes out to you. This blog also goes out to all y’all that helped me conquer this challenge. Thank You.

And that’s what Jenny thinks.