I feel happiness and peace. My home is calm and quiet. My life includes tranquillity. I sit here in my chair listening to peaceful piano music. Much beauty is outside including blue sky. Per is baking a yummy dinner and watching TV with his Bluetooth headphones. I can tell that Fluffy feels perfectly content. In […]
What made Snow White fairest in all the land? She determined being happy, facing her trials, and looking at her life optimistically: basically, she was good. The best way to live life is with happiness, courage and optimism. (I ignore the lie that says happiness is childish.) Everyone is free to live their life however […]
Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and this repeated in my mind: “Dogs of war and men of hate.” Anger leads to a sad place and countless amounts of people are on that path. Many people are mad and unforgiving these days, and they have no mercy; there’s no desire […]
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” I love this […]
This thought was in my mind today when I woke up: “Only listening to the Lord is following the impressions in your heart without doubt and with complete trust.” I’m reminded of when my son, Andrew, was on his mission and he and his companion needed to visit someone in the hospital but they didn’t […]
This morning I awoke with this thought in my mind: Mother in heaven is holiness exemplified. The idea occurred to me that she isn’t seen and is totally not of the world. Then it occurred to me that I forsake the world’s corruption to embrace God’s holiness. It’s not that I forsake the beauty of […]
I love this journal entry that I wrote almost thirteen years ago and wanted to share it with you today: August 27, 2006 “By small and simple things are great things brought to pass” (Alma 37:6) That statement has been in my mind since yesterday, after I read it in Alma. It’s the little things […]
My greatest hope is that everything I say or blog about helps someone. I absolutely loved what Jeffrey R. Holland said about when we face trials, or challenges, or burdens, or feel sad or even broken. He gave a talk called Broken Things to Mend and his words were very heartfelt and encouraging. My utmost […]
My favorite General Conference talk is Stand in Holy Places by President Thomas S. Monson. I’ve watched this talk on YouTube several times and it hit me especially profoundly today. God’s Holy Spirit is undeniably felt as President Monson speaks. I’ve said this before but I love the end when President Monson looks right at […]