Today I decide to be wealthy.
After yesterday's rant, I feel better. I went to Sacrament Meeting, and enjoyed being there, knowing that if I have another job that requires week-end work, that it will be a while before I'd be able to be there again. I love being in Sacrament Meeting, and being able to take the Sacrament, and to sit with my husband, and know that my children are also at Sacrament Meeting, wherever they are. I like feeling the fellowship around me, and to know that I'm part of something that goes back to other times, and other places, including sitting with my grandmother in her ward's meetings, and how happy she was that I was with her, and how proud she was of me.
In Relief Society, I went ahead and signed up for cookie donations for the blood drive and to have the missionaries over for dinner on February's Fast Sunday. I'll make something ahead, like macaroni and cheese, and have some broccoli to go with it. Linda Rau and I decided to go visiting teaching tomorrow. I paid tithing. And I just stayed in the moment. I didn't worry, but I did pray that I'll be able to pay off my medical bills. I didn't feel stressed or panicky when I prayed it.
I saw Wendy after church, and thanked her for her Sacrament talk last year, and how I tried what she suggested, and the good results I got from following her direction. She was happy for me, and glad that it helped me.
We had pot roast for dinner. It was from the Bishop's Storehouse, in December or November. I'm glad to have food in the house, and to have a house to eat and sleep in. I feel wealthy.
Later tonight, my middle daughter called and told me about her not-so-great time at school. She's a senior in a ward full of freshmen, and everyone is a bit disorganized, so she hasn't been able to work with a committee. She has a rather negative attitude about the people around her, that everyone is "dumb." Unfortunately, she's had the attitude for a long time.
I'm reminded of a book I read when I was a bit older that she is now. It was "The World's Greatest Salesman," by Og Mandino. There was one part that sort of stuck with me, probably about the only one I used, and that was to think, "I love you," to people when I met them. Don't say it, just think it.
I've got to figure a way to suggest it to her, so she'll want to try it.
I'm going to send her cards, too, while she's there, to encourage her. I've talked to her about seeing a counselor, but she's heard other counselors gossip about the people they're supposed to be helping, so she's not going to, as she doesn't want that to happen to her.
I haven't worked on my books today, or on my computer area. There is still time in this day to do something good.
Today I decide to be wealthy.
After yesterday's rant, I feel better. I went to Sacrament Meeting, and enjoyed being there, knowing that if I have another job that requires week-end work, that it will be a while before I'd be able to be there again. I love being in Sacrament Meeting, and being able to take the Sacrament, and to sit with my husband, and know that my children are also at Sacrament Meeting, wherever they are. I like feeling the fellowship around me, and to know that I'm part of something that goes back to other times, and other places, including sitting with my grandmother in her ward's meetings, and how happy she was that I was with her, and how proud she was of me.
In Relief Society, I went ahead and signed up for cookie donations for the blood drive and to have the missionaries over for dinner on February's Fast Sunday. I'll make something ahead, like macaroni and cheese, and have some broccoli to go with it. Linda Rau and I decided to go visiting teaching tomorrow. I paid tithing. And I just stayed in the moment. I didn't worry, but I did pray that I'll be able to pay off my medical bills. I didn't feel stressed or panicky when I prayed it.
I saw Wendy after church, and thanked her for her Sacrament talk last year, and how I tried what she suggested, and the good results I got from following her direction. She was happy for me, and glad that it helped me.
We had pot roast for dinner. It was from the Bishop's Storehouse, in December or November. I'm glad to have food in the house, and to have a house to eat and sleep in. I feel wealthy.
Later tonight, my middle daughter called and told me about her not-so-great time at school. She's a senior in a ward full of freshmen, and everyone is a bit disorganized, so she hasn't been able to work with a committee. She has a rather negative attitude about the people around her, that everyone is "dumb." Unfortunately, she's had the attitude for a long time.
I'm reminded of a book I read when I was a bit older that she is now. It was "The World's Greatest Salesman," by Og Mandino. There was one part that sort of stuck with me, probably about the only one I used, and that was to think, "I love you," to people when I met them. Don't say it, just think it.
I've got to figure a way to suggest it to her, so she'll want to try it.
I'm going to send her cards, too, while she's there, to encourage her. I've talked to her about seeing a counselor, but she's heard other counselors gossip about the people they're supposed to be helping, so she's not going to, as she doesn't want that to happen to her.
I haven't worked on my books today, or on my computer area. There is still time in this day to do something good.
Today I decide to be wealthy.
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