Happy New Year!
2015 is going to be great. I can feel it in my bones. To start off the year, I have chosen a new word to focus on this year. GRATITUDE.
"Have we not reason to be filled with gratitude, regardless of the circumstances in which we find ourselves?"
Yes, yes. I believe we all have reasons to be grateful. So this year my focus will be on showing gratitude to not only Heavenly Father for the many marvelous things he has given and continues to give me, but I will also focus on showing gratitude to those people around me. My family, my friends, my coworkers, my leaders.
I've spent too long focusing on things I want but don't have. My attitude must change. My life is filled with greatness. I have many wonderful friends. I have a job I love. I live in a beautiful area. I have a crazy but fantastic family. I am blessed and I am thankful for it all.
This year I will be grateful in my circumstances and for my circumstances. I will be better at showing people how grateful I am to have them in my life. I will express sincere appreciation for those things that bring me happiness. I will take the time to appreciate the beauty that is around me.
I will use the inspired talk President Uchtdorf gave in the April 2014 General Conference titled, "Grateful in Any Circumstance".
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Goodbye 2014
2014 was literally the hardest year of my life. Okay, maybe I exaggerate a little, but honestly, this year was tough on me. I was tried spiritually, emotionally, physically, socially, educationally, and financially. There are probably other "ally's" I'm missing too.
Remember how I chose "courage" as my word of the year? Boy, I had no idea the real adventure heading my way.
It took courage for me to move to Provo and stay there all semester. Especially when all I wanted was to leave.
It took courage for me to attend church week after week in Arizona even though I was ignored.
It took courage for me to quit my job at Kramer Law Group, after three years of running the place.
It took courage for me to move back to Utah in November.
Courage to let others in created new friendships in my life.
Courage to say yes to one blind date led to a great evening with David Archuleta.
Elder Holland tells us that there is no higher manifestation of moral courage than is an honest declaration of faith ("Lord, I Believe'). I can attest that many times this year I needed courage to exercise faith and trust in the Lord.
As goes the quote by Mary Anne Radmacher, "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."
2014, good riddance!
Remember how I chose "courage" as my word of the year? Boy, I had no idea the real adventure heading my way.
It took courage for me to move to Provo and stay there all semester. Especially when all I wanted was to leave.
It took courage for me to attend church week after week in Arizona even though I was ignored.
It took courage for me to quit my job at Kramer Law Group, after three years of running the place.
It took courage for me to move back to Utah in November.
Courage to let others in created new friendships in my life.
Courage to say yes to one blind date led to a great evening with David Archuleta.
Elder Holland tells us that there is no higher manifestation of moral courage than is an honest declaration of faith ("Lord, I Believe'). I can attest that many times this year I needed courage to exercise faith and trust in the Lord.
As goes the quote by Mary Anne Radmacher, "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."
2014, good riddance!
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