If you don't stand for something then you fall for anything.

"If you don't stand for something then you fall for anything." I heard someone say that quote the other night and it really stood out to me. It got me thinking about the experience that I had over at the Solid Rock Cafe when they had a meeting with some of their church members who were once LDS but have left the church because they have been born again. They had said some things about the LDS church that was hard for me to hear. For the next few days I had to process what was said and I started to doubt that I had a testimony. When I heard if you don't stand for something then you fall for anything that got me thinkingthat I need to find out where the church stands in my life because if I don't figure out where it stands then I am going to fall for anything that other people say about the LDS church. I need to find my testimony again and establish a good relationship with the Lord. I need to figure out where the church stands in my life or else I am going to fall for about anything. I don't want to be one of those people who will fall for about anything.I think that quote goes with anything that is going on in your life whether it is your religion, or something else like animal cruelty, the environment, or something that is worth fighting for. Just find something to stand for or you will fall for about anything.

What I think about my sisters

I am the youngest of five daughters. When we were all younger and living with my parents, I think that I had a decent relationship with my sisters. I am sure that I annoyed them and there were times when they have annoyed me (sometimes they still do). But isn't that a part of sibling life? I always wanted to hang out with Miranda and her friends or with Melissa and her friends because I thought that they were so cool. There were times when Miranda would let me hang out with them but then I remember when there were a few times when I wanted to tag along but Miranda had told me that I couldn't come. Stacey was the motherly sister. I remember one time my chore was to vacuum the living room and I wanted to go out to play with my friends but I couldn't go out until my chore was done. I hurriedly vacuumed and I did a u shaped vaccuum and I left. Stacey called me back and asked me what was wrong with the vacuuming in the living room. She made me vacuum the living room over again until she thought that it was good enough. I remember when Megan was working at Zuka Juice and she was the manager. She would let us come in with her when she had to do her managerial job and she would make us drinks or let us just hang out until she was done. She would even bring home Einstein bagels home when Einstien Employees had extra bagels from the day. There is a whole point in why I am writing this. Now that we all are grown up, all of my sisters are married and have kids and I am single, we are all in different stages in our lives. It seems like all of my sisters are in the same stage abd I am just a few stages behind them because I am not married and I don't have children. Our relationships are different from when we were younger and living at home with our parents. We all have some kind of relationship with eachother but it seems like my four older sisters have a stronger relationship with eachother than they do with me. I always feel like I am outside of the loop. I have always felt like I have made the effort to try to have a better relationship with my sisters but I feel like my efforts are in vain. So when we have gotten together as a family I have stopped trying to participate in conversations and I would go read or spend time with my nieces and nephews. I have just stopped trying. About four and half years ago Melissa started to make an effort. We would spend some time with eachother. It would be either at her house or doing something together like working on her bows. She eventually told me that she didn't feel like she had a good relationship with me, so she had prayed to God to see what she could do to have a better relationship with me. She had gotten the idea that she should try to be more like a friend to me than a sister. There are times when Melissa is more like a sister but I do know that she means well. We are friends. Out of all the sisters, Melissa is the one that I could turn to and actually talk to her. For the first time I was actually able to tell her how I felt the other day and it felt good. Of course I chose the sister who I could talk to the easiest. Now I need to tell my other sisters how I feel. I just need to figure out how to say it nicely and not get offended with what is going to be said.