One of Those Days..

Friday night I held a Relief Society Activity at my apartment. It was a typical girls night including the finger painting, stuffing your face full of chocolate that you will regret in the morning, watching a cheesy chick flick and of course talking about all the cute boys in the ward. As the girls night concluded I couldn't help but think about all these girls and everything that they are going through. Some were trying to find the balance between work and school, getting rejected by who they thought was "the perfect guy", or attempting to figure out their future, some others were dealing with bigger issues, a family that is falling apart or a health issue that they will struggle with for the rest of their lives.

As I was thinking about each of the girls a scene from the movie we watched came to my mind. It comes from, Pride and Prejudice (The mormon version). Kitty and Lydia forced Elizabeth and Jane to go to the grocery store with them. You could say Elizabeth and Jane were having "one of those days". A day when you just need a good cry and need to be left alone. At the end of the grocery store encounter Lydia turns to Jane and Elizabeth and says, "Why don't we just put up a big neon sign that says, "Men, run for your lives! Menstruating monsters approaching!"

Some of my girls I know feel like they are seriously carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. How are they ever supposed to feel like they can have "one of those days" when even in movies girls get made fun of for having a bad day? ITS OKAY TO HAVE A BAD DAY! Its okay to have a day when you just need to sit down and cry or when you need to just stay inside and eat everything in the fridge and that is OKAY!

One of my favorite quotes says, "It doesn't matter how many times you fall down it just matters how many times you get back in the race." So take "one of those days". Don't put on any make up, don't do your hair, stay home and watch every chick flick ever made and then once you have finished your cry, pick yourself back up and go conquer the world. Have your bad day but don't let it keep you down. Take that good cry and now put it to work.