Friday, January 29, 2010
Today I Feel Especially Poor...
"If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy."
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Dr. Seuss is SO Smart!
"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than YOU."
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
I love Dr. Seuss!
Feelings
It's Cloudy Today, Yet Still....
It's so BEAUTIFUL! I love to think of how blessed I am to live where I am. At anytime! Whether it's Hawaii or good ol' Idaho, or wherever I end up next, I am so blessed.
092. For the Beauty of the Earth
Text: Folliot S. PierpointMusic: Conrad Kocher; Arr. by W.H. Monk
1. For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
2. For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
3. For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony,
linking sense to sound and sight;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
4. For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
5. For thy church, that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
6. For thyself, best Gift Divine,
to the world so freely given,
for that great, great love of thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heaven:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
Just do it!
LIMITLESS
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Happiness
Joy
-President Ezra Taft Benson, Ensign, May 1979, 33-34
I Think I Can, I Think I Can!
Rollo the Clown: When your feet are dragging on the ground stand up and face whatever you're afraid of!
Rollo the Clown: When pandemonium is all around...
Missy: That's when you find out what it is you're made of.
Rollo the Clown: If you will just believe it's true then there is nothing you can't do. There's not a mountain that you can't climb. There's not a river you can't make it over. There's no tomorrow that you can't find if you try! I know you're gonna make it! Nothing can stop you now!
Tillie the Little Engine: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!
Don't Give Up!
“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Families Can Be Together Forever
"The eternal nature of our body and our spirit is a question often pondered by those who live in mortality. All people who will ever live on earth are members of a human family and are eternal children of God, our loving Heavenly Father. After birth and tasting of death in mortality, all will be resurrected because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God the Father. Depending on our individual obedience to the laws, ordinances, and commandments of God, each mortal can have the blessing of attaining eternal life; that is, returning to live in the presence of their Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, having eternal increase for all the eternities to come. Through making and keeping the sacred covenants found in the temple ordinances, individuals can return to the presence of God and will be reunited with their families eternally." -Robert D. Hales, “The Eternal Family,” Ensign, Nov 1996, 64
Monday, January 25, 2010
Still.....LOVE
I hope everyone had a BRIGHT sunny day!
Love of our Father
Trials
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God.”
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Love
- Gordon B. Hinckley, “The Marriage That Endures,” Ensign, May 1974, 22
Friday, January 22, 2010
Forgiveness
-Gordon B. Hinckley
Forgiveness can be hard. REALLY hard. But it such a necessary part of the entire Salvation process. It can seem so unjust what others do to you or anyone else, but keeping ill feelings towards another only hurts yourself. It makes your life turn upside down, or at least a little tipsy. And who doesn't want peace in their life? In order to have that peace, we have to learn to humble ourselves and forgive. It can be so difficult. I know that I have had to learn that the hard way, many times around. But now I have peace. I trust that I will be be happy because God promises that I will have peace and feel such great happiness if I forgive. By forgiving, I am trying to be more like my Savior Jesus Christ. And above everything else that happens in my life, being like Him is most important.
"Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way. The great Atonement was the supreme act of forgiveness. The magnitude of that Atonement is beyond our ability to completely understand. I know only that it happened, and that it was for me and for you. The suffering was so great, the agony so intense, that none of us can comprehend it when the Savior offered Himself as a ransom for the sins of all mankind.
It is through Him that we gain forgiveness. It is through Him that there comes the certain promise that all mankind will be granted the blessings of salvation, with resurrection from the dead. It is through Him and His great overarching sacrifice that we are offered the opportunity through obedience of exaltation and eternal life. May God help us to be a little kinder, showing forth greater forbearance, to be more forgiving, more willing to walk the second mile, to reach down and lift up those who may have sinned but have brought forth the fruits of repentance, to lay aside old grudges and nurture them no more."
Miracles
"Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives." -Deepak Chopra
I've been thinking about all the wonderful things that happen just when I need them to happen. What a miracle! Miracles happen all over the world every day. Heavenly Father is constantly showing His hand in our lives by amazing blessings and miracles. I am so grateful for all that He has done in my life. I constantly feel His love.
We Are Happy
-Claudio R. M. Costa, “Fun and Happiness,” Liahona, Nov 2002, 92–94
Thursday, January 21, 2010
There is Sunshine in my Soul!
There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today
Joyfully
1. There is sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.
[Chorus]
Oh, there’s sunshine, blessed sunshine
When the peaceful happy moments roll.
When Jesus shows his smiling face,
There is sunshine in the soul.
2. There is music in my soul today,
A carol to my King,
And Jesus listening can hear
The songs I cannot sing.
3. There is springtime in my soul today,
For when the Lord is near,
The dove of peace sings in my heart,
The flow’rs of grace appear.
4. There is gladness in my soul today,
And hope and praise and love,
For blessings which he gives me now,
For joys “laid up” above.
Text: Eliza E. Hewitt, 1851–1920
Music: John R. Sweney, 1837–1899
For the last few weeks, this song has been going over and over in my mind. I find myself singing it all throughout the day. I have been thinking about all the things I hear every day that are so sad, and I realized that sometimes I just need to find a little sunshine. I have decided that I am going to search for a story, a talk, a thought, a quote, to share that just might brighten someone's day. Happiness is a wonderful thing.