i wish i could have an out of body experience right now.

if i could have an out of body experience right now i would do one of the following:

1. run around in a field of flowers and be able to smell all of the my favorite flowers.
2. spin around singing my favorite songs with close friends with el capitan (random, i know).
3. be floating in the beautiful crystal clear waters of maui.
4. get a massage. i have never had a real one... someday when i make it big (ha, yeah right).
5. visit memphis.
6. wake up to the smell of bacon, eggs, and many delicious breakfast treats from my dad.

these are a few of the random events i would love to do/be apart of right now if i could. instead i am sitting here in a comfy chair, with a cup of green tea in hand, snuggled up in a brookstone blanket, while writing a paper on the museum of tolerance that i went to today in LA (which is why i am so mentally drained). the museum was educational but it was nothing i have not heard before. i went to the holocaust exhibit, which i was dreading, and all i could do was shake my head. what else can you do while hearing about people's stories and the events that led up to the six million Jews being killed? the museum did a good job at presenting issues of today and issues pertaining to the past that involve hate. the one statement that i felt the museum was trying to present was "do not hate one another but try to understand one another." the museum made that clear, but they did not make it clear of how to do that. jesus made it clear. he said love one another as you love yourselves. he said to deny ourselves to take up our crosses. he said that we need to decrease and he needs to increase. he said that god has authority over satan.  he said that we are living in the kingdom of here and now. true love, forgiveness, and reconciliation is obtained through jesus. god's heart pours out justice and peace. its the very heart of god to see people love one another. yet people throughout history continually deny the most loving message of all. people love evil. people love to hate and to think of reasons why not to like one another. i wonder what it would look like if people truly saw each other in the image of god. what would it look like if i walked around trader joes saying in my head "she is made in the image of god," "he is made in the image of god," "that baby is made in the image of god." i think i would treat people a lot differently. i remember doing this one evening at an ice cream shop near ucla. i had a good ten minute session of "wow this is how god wants us to see one another."

anyways...
in recent news:

1. i have a job for senior year! i will be one of the secretary for Associated Students/Student Missionary Union. PTL. 
2. rachel, melissa, christina and i got an apartment for next year :) 
3. i am going camping (my favorite thing ever) with lots of lovely and fun people from friday-sunday at crystal cove. i am stoked.
4. this week is jam packed with papers, events, and lots of meet and greets.
5. my mom is in mexico with her bf- maybe fiance soon! i am still shocked by the fact that she could be getting married sometime in the near future. strange.

pray for: summer internship, rejuvenation, and time to pour into others.