I stole the title of this post from a friend's blog. I love the thought behind it. Today was definitely a day where the little things made it all worthwhile.
*A one year old folding her arms for the first time for family prayer.
*Same one year old learning to kiss and screech at the top of her lungs with laughter. - Yeah, gotta tone that one down eventually...
*Seeing siblings laugh together and be respectful to each other - sometimes these moments are not as frequent as I'd like, but I love seeing it when it does happen.
*Lemon for your fish.
*A song that makes you smile.
*A friend who makes you re-evaluate a mindset.
*A prayer answered.
It really is the little things! (A thanks and hug to Lindsay, who we will miss carpooling with very much.)
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
LDS.org - Ensign Article - The Library of the Lord
Came across this while browsing the lds.org site and looking for better choices in spending my time. I really feel a need to be constantly prepared for inspiration right now. (Something we refer to a lot to in the "Mormon" church as promptings, personal revelation, or the spirit, as we believe it is the "Holy Ghost", that is behind inspiration.) I need it in the calling, or assignment, that I have right now in my church, as well as in my family. I've felt this need before and have always received the help I've needed as I've made changes in my life to better be prepared to hear and follow these promptings.
Don't be so surprised - I always knew I needed help. (And professional help at that.)
LDS.org - Ensign Article - The Library of the Lord - Boyd K. Packer in a May 1990 Ensign article. (LDS church monthly publication that includes messages of various topics from modern-day prophets and apostles among others.)
Don't be so surprised - I always knew I needed help. (And professional help at that.)
LDS.org - Ensign Article - The Library of the Lord - Boyd K. Packer in a May 1990 Ensign article. (LDS church monthly publication that includes messages of various topics from modern-day prophets and apostles among others.)
Data is a little outdated =P, but a MEGA worthwhile. This changed my whole outlook on what my library should look like. What a joy and privilege to study the word of God!
Since the time of this article in 1990 many additional translations have been completed of the Book of Mormon, audio and visual resources have been made available through the church's website (which has been running for about 5 years now), and additional sites have been launched, such as mormon.org, familysearch.org, providentliving.org and mormonchannel.org, which is also a youtube channel, containing short instructional and inspirational videos called "Mormon Messages".
Currently 90 languages are represented from the lds.org website with content ranging from audio files to printable conference addresses and scriptures in those languages. As of June 2010, the Book of Mormon had been published in 107 languages.
Don't have time to keep going, but wow. What a sense of gratitude I feel right now.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Worthwhiles
Okay,
So, today has flown and I only have a moment before I need to take my child out of the soak cycle on the bathtub. Boys get so dirty.
Worthwhiles:
*Morning walks! It's been a long time since I have been able to arrange for the time to take a walk. I tried doing it with the kids, but somehow it lost it's relaxing quality when they joined me. This morning I even sang some of my favorite songs while walking, I figure they have you do it in bootcamp, so it must help with the cardio or something.
*Rosemary! I asked for and was given some rosemary today by a neighbor. I have planted two sprigs with roots in two different places and hopefully one of them will take. This is my second edible plant that I'm growing. Planting my left over green onions from the store was my first and they are doing great! Does it say something about you if all you can grow is onions??
*Language! Rebecca has found a way to communicate with me when she is hungry. I always sign and say 'food' to her when feed her. Now she takes my hand off my mouth and touches my lips with her hand - then says 'dada' - which is still her only consistent word, opens her mouth and waits in expectation for something, anything to be inserted. This makes me so happy.
*Friends! I can't find my Book of Mormon, and this has left me very sad the last couple of days. This morning I was really missing the boost of happiness that daily reading gives me. (yes, I could look up the scriptures online, but it's not the same as opening your worn, marked, loved book.) This morning, I ran into a friendly neighbor with whom I have discussed gardening on occasion and she provided not only good cheer, but also a profound spiritual directive. She's not 'mormon', but she had a firm belief in the power of positive thinking and shared her conviction with me. What a joy to have friendship. What a blessing!
So, today has flown and I only have a moment before I need to take my child out of the soak cycle on the bathtub. Boys get so dirty.
Worthwhiles:
*Morning walks! It's been a long time since I have been able to arrange for the time to take a walk. I tried doing it with the kids, but somehow it lost it's relaxing quality when they joined me. This morning I even sang some of my favorite songs while walking, I figure they have you do it in bootcamp, so it must help with the cardio or something.
*Rosemary! I asked for and was given some rosemary today by a neighbor. I have planted two sprigs with roots in two different places and hopefully one of them will take. This is my second edible plant that I'm growing. Planting my left over green onions from the store was my first and they are doing great! Does it say something about you if all you can grow is onions??
*Language! Rebecca has found a way to communicate with me when she is hungry. I always sign and say 'food' to her when feed her. Now she takes my hand off my mouth and touches my lips with her hand - then says 'dada' - which is still her only consistent word, opens her mouth and waits in expectation for something, anything to be inserted. This makes me so happy.
*Friends! I can't find my Book of Mormon, and this has left me very sad the last couple of days. This morning I was really missing the boost of happiness that daily reading gives me. (yes, I could look up the scriptures online, but it's not the same as opening your worn, marked, loved book.) This morning, I ran into a friendly neighbor with whom I have discussed gardening on occasion and she provided not only good cheer, but also a profound spiritual directive. She's not 'mormon', but she had a firm belief in the power of positive thinking and shared her conviction with me. What a joy to have friendship. What a blessing!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
In progress
Some things I'm working on:
Spanish: This is one I work on with varying degrees of effort. Like most, I took Spanish in high school. I took two years there without discovering that I am a natural linguist. But I did discover that I loved the language. I loved the way it rolled off my tongue. I loved understanding what people said around me. Understanding came much easier than speaking unfortunately, and in college I sought to rectify the gulf between the two. I took 4 years of Spanish study. I listened to the language on the radio and lulled myself to sleep listening to the scriptures in Spanish. Probably the most helpful thing was reading an English and Spanish set of scriptures side by side. I even joined a Spanish-speaking congregation for awhile to try to 'immerse' myself in the language.
Unfortunately (desafortunadamente ;P) my slow progress was reflected in my poor grades. I was so devoted to the idea, however, of becoming fluent (and, thus bringing the world one step closer together, closing the divide caused by the language barrier, saving the world!) that I actually changed my major to linguistic studies with Spanish and Arabic as my focus.
I remember just one of the many instances that I tried to actually converse, I expressed my faith to a hispanic neighbor by saying, "Yo se, que el evangelio de Cristo es verde." He didn't say much, and I didn't realize until later that I had passionately told him that the gospel of Christ was green. (To be fair, true and green are pretty close in the Spanish language.)
So, I'm still working on this one, my major is still listed as linguistic studies, and someday I know I'll cross that language barrier myself and be fluent. It might just take a long, long time. Until then, Shakira cd, here I come!
Spanish: This is one I work on with varying degrees of effort. Like most, I took Spanish in high school. I took two years there without discovering that I am a natural linguist. But I did discover that I loved the language. I loved the way it rolled off my tongue. I loved understanding what people said around me. Understanding came much easier than speaking unfortunately, and in college I sought to rectify the gulf between the two. I took 4 years of Spanish study. I listened to the language on the radio and lulled myself to sleep listening to the scriptures in Spanish. Probably the most helpful thing was reading an English and Spanish set of scriptures side by side. I even joined a Spanish-speaking congregation for awhile to try to 'immerse' myself in the language.
Unfortunately (desafortunadamente ;P) my slow progress was reflected in my poor grades. I was so devoted to the idea, however, of becoming fluent (and, thus bringing the world one step closer together, closing the divide caused by the language barrier, saving the world!) that I actually changed my major to linguistic studies with Spanish and Arabic as my focus.
I remember just one of the many instances that I tried to actually converse, I expressed my faith to a hispanic neighbor by saying, "Yo se, que el evangelio de Cristo es verde." He didn't say much, and I didn't realize until later that I had passionately told him that the gospel of Christ was green. (To be fair, true and green are pretty close in the Spanish language.)
So, I'm still working on this one, my major is still listed as linguistic studies, and someday I know I'll cross that language barrier myself and be fluent. It might just take a long, long time. Until then, Shakira cd, here I come!
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