"Come What May, We Love It": I'm thankful for . . .

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I'm thankful for . . .

Our GRATITUDE TREE . . .

Times are really, REALLY hard for everyone right now. I haven't been posting for quite a while because we've been going thru some difficult times ourselves. I just haven't felt like taking pictures, and I've been extremely busy.
Anyway, last night I decided to focus on the good in our lives, especially since this is the week of Thanksgiving. I read a short story from The Friend, which our family can relate to very well right now. As I read, the girls and Lehi each colored six fall leaves, and wrote something on each one for which they are grateful. (I did mine later.) Then we hung them on our "Grateful Tree." It was simple, but it felt good to remember some of the many blessings in our lives--our Savior, the atonement, family, cousins, brownies, freedom, and many more!
Our Grateful Tree is now sitting in our entryway, to remind us of our blessings--on those difficult days when everything seems messed up!

1 comment:

Jerlyn said...: Hang in there, Darce! I sure hope things turn around for you soon. You are such an amazing person. I look up to you so much! Love you!; November 25, 2009 at 10:36 AM

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
--Marianne Williamson

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Ten Axioms to Guide My Life

1. It's not the obstacle that counts, but how you overcome it.
2. Pursue your goals with all your heart, might, mind, and strength. You are doomed to failure if you pursue them in a vacillating manner.
3. From a tiny spark can come a large fire.
4. Our greatest strengths can become our greatest weaknesses.
5. Failure is one of the greatest teachers if we have the faith to learn from it.
6. It is not how you start the race or where you are during the race. It is how you cross the finish line that matters.
7. "If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage."
8. You cannot learn the Lord's will without exercising your agency and becoming accountable for your decisions.
9. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
10. The temple of God is the greatest university.
--taken from Elder Robert D. Hales