It's all about LOVE.

I have to say I do my deepest thinking as I am walking from one end of campus to another.

And today, I was thinking about what it is that drives everything that I do.  

What founds my standards.  

What encourages me to get up in the morning. 

What causes me to act the way I do.

What was that fundamental aspect that drives my life?

And I think I've figured it out.

It all comes down to LOVE.

I love people.  I love meeting new people, interacting with them, sharing with them, serving them. 

I love my family.  I live my life the way I do so that I can spend eternity with them. 

I love my husband.  Each day, I find new things about him that I helplessly love.  And he motivates me to be better.

I love my Church.  I am an LDS member because I have felt God's love for me, and I love Him. I don't obey the commandments because I have to.  I obey them because I love Him.

I love the sun on my face.

I love eating food.  Delicious food.

I love crawling in to warm sheets.

I love saying my prayers, and know that someone is listening.

I love that feeling when you realize that you have answered someone else's prayers.

I love the feel of sand in between my toes.

I love to smile.  Smile so big that eyes squint and my upper lip curls up.

I love to LOVE.

And so, I get up in the morning because I love life.  Every little bit of it.  Even the bugs, the clouds, the pimples, the pudges, the assignments, the endless hours of work. 

 I just love life.

What do YOU love?

(And yes, as I was writing this post Ewan McGregor's "All You Need is Love" was playing in my head.)