PlayLIZt: April Weeks 1, 2, and 3

I've been kind of absent lately when it comes to the PlayLIZt--sorry! I have plenty of favorites to add, so here we go. Three songs for the three weeks I missed.

1. This song comes from a friend. I don't know where Lizz Wright came from, but I love her voice. She truly sings from the soul. She has this way of making me feel calm, but filled with the depth of her music. Enjoy! :)

"Hit the Ground" by Lizz Wright

2. Okay, this song comes from one of my favorite movies I have raved and raved about. It starts out a tiny bit slow, so wait for it to build. If you've seen the movie Morning Glory you'll recognize it as the song she is running to at the end of the movie, however, no matter what you're doing I think it's a great listen. One of my favorite lines: "I'm gonna grow myself a giant afro." Enjoy! :)

"Gone in the Morning" by Newton Faulkner

3. And last, but not least, song number three is a song I can listen to over and over (of course I know this because I have). It's such a sweet song and the type of song you can listen to while doing just about anything and this song makes you smile a little because it makes you think of a "guide" in your life. Favorite line: "You're all that is love." Enjoy! :)

"The Guide" by Borne

Inspiration As of Late

In the last day or two I have felt completely inspired.
Inspired to express and create.
Inspired to be better and to do more
with my talents, with my time and my effort.

I can name two specific things that represent all of this inspiration.
The first is definitely music.
Music inspires me every single day.
It gives me hope when I have none,
and a lot of times it just makes me want to dance--and I do. :)
But more than anything, music makes me feel and I love music for that.

In a conversation I had with a friend this week
I found myself expressing these feelings just by starting to write and words coming out.
This is what I wrote (what music makes me feel):

"Music feeds the soul and speaks without words to the parts of us that no one can see."

The second inspiration I found today.
I was reading the Twitter paper of an educator.
In it was posted the video below.
Words make all the difference to me.
They have changed my life.

Sometimes It Just Doesn't Add Up

Do you sometimes feel like life just isn't adding up?
That's how I felt today.

I promise I don't live my life
taking each calculated step to, in turn,
receive some calculated result.
However, today about halfway through the day
I had this overwhelming feeling/thought
that if you "added up"
all the things I'm doing or trying to do in my life
that somehow the result (my current life)
would be different than it is today, and dare I say--BETTER.

I'm not trying to complain
and I don't think life is that bad,
but sometimes I just wonder if this is it.
Did I somehow get the equation wrong?

I know in the end
it all comes down to I don't know all the details--
the inner workings that go into creating the result that is my life.

So I'm going to trust in someone who knows BETTER.
Trust Him that no matter how skewed the equation may look,
He knows how to do the math.

Time to Unpack

When I saw this picture I kept wondering why this girl is smiling--her boxes are still packed up. I moved to Salt Lake City on Saturday. A Forerunner and Expedition later I made it to my new place. When I was in college I was lucky if I made it a whole year without moving. I've lived at my sister's place for almost 2 1/2 years, so I decided it was time for a new adventure. Don't get me wrong, leaving Bountiful hasn't been the easisest thing to do, but it was time. Anyway, now I have one day to unpack everything and get my life in order before go back to work tomorrow. It's going to be a long day. A good day, but long. So here's to new adventures and hopefully many, MANY unpacked boxes! :)

May We Have Ears to Hear

Two days ago I was reading in Matthew 13. As general conference was approaching and I wanted, more than anything, to learn more about what I need to do in my life, I couldn't help but hope I would be ready in my heart and in my mind to receive the counsel given this weekend. As I had these thoughts I read the following scripture:

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

I have the sincerest desire to have ears that hear.

May we all do what we must to have "ears that hear" as we continue to listen to our Heavenly Father's servants today and every day.  

PlayLIZt: Week 4 & 5 (Rolling in the Deep & Someone Like You)

Okay, so I've been abnormally busy lately, with what? I'm not exactly sure. However, because I've been so busy I didn't get the chance to post a song for last week's pick so I'm including two pick's this week. Interestingly enough, they are both from Adele's new CD "21."

I have liked Adele in the past, but I would now have to say that I love her! Her voice is incredible and her music is amazing. She sings with immense emotion. It's easy to go back through past relationships and relate to Adele's thoughts (through her music) on her last relationship. She is a true artist!

"Rolling in the Deep" is the type of song where you seriously can't sit still when you listen to it, and "Someone Like You," well you just gotta listen to it.

Enjoy! :)

P.S. I was going to just post the songs, but these videos are both so amazing so I had to post them.