Reflections of a True Millennial

     Up.      Up is the word of progression, the word that shows things are moving along nicely. It's a simple two-letter word, but has a whole array of connotations. The notion of moving up creates a sense of advancement, a sense of becoming something new. Up is used in the common term "growing up."      All of us grow up a little bit from day to day and from year to year. It's difficult to see any progression from day to day, but as the days string together to form weeks and months we begin to inch a little taller and enrich our minds more and more. Just from looking at the past school year in comparison to this school year, I can see a change in myself from the quiet new kid to the rambunctious sophomore that I am. And starting off as the "quiet Mormon" and becoming a bit louder, people wonder if I'm being "corrupted?" But another friend pointed out, it's not corruption, it's just growing up.      As we grow up,...

Here's a topic that you might be interested in: you. Because as a human being, your mind is almost defaulted to think about yourself first. To care about someone else often takes a conscious effort on our part, but for some people we automatically think about them first. If they've had a rough day, we let them tell their story. If they need help with something, it's like second nature to give them a hand. Those are the people we love. This past Tuesday we celebrated one of the most over-commercialized holidays of the year: Valentine's Day. But behind all the candy and gigantic stuffed teddy bears is the real reason for February 14th. It's a day to celebrate the people we love, not just your significant other, but your dearest friends and family members. It is times with these people, times like February 14th, where the desire to serve and love others is pretty strong. But what about all the rest of the time? What about those days where you are the one having a bad d...