Thanks

Every morning I wake up and pray, if I have a moment in my day I am struggling with I pray, and at the end of the day I get down on my knees and I thank the Lord for everything I was blessed with that day, including the hard times. He is my very best friend and my love for Him is deeper than any... a love that could never fade. He will always be there for me no matter what, I can trust Him, and He wants what is best for me always. It's that love you have for someone that is indescribable, that when you think about how grateful you are for them, your eyes begin to water.

Because of Christ I can be forgiven for my sins, find comfort in Him, and someday find the love of my life who I will get to spend eternity with because of the atonement. I find happiness and peace in my life through Him and I am grateful for that. Nothing brings light into my life and into my eyes like the thought of Him! So this Thanksgiving I am grateful for Christ and the example of pure love that He sets for each of us today.

OH THE 50'S

This is an article that was published in the 50's...
I hope it will bring a laugh to your day.

THE GOOD WIVES GUIDE

• Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
• Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
• Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
• Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.
• During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
• Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet.
• Be happy to see him.
• Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
• Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
• Don't greet him with complaints and problems.
• Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.
• Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
• Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
• Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
• A good wife always knows her place.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA.. Women don't really do this anymore, is that why the divorce rate has shot up???

Now remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours. All you need to do is be a robot, and life will work out. Right?

Perfection

Perfection is unattainable in this life. So why do we try so hard all the time to be perfect? And when we fail we become so extremely discouraged and mad at ourselves. Must we be so difficult on ourselves? I find myself in this situation quite often, especially lately. So I went to Jordan, my sane and intelligent confidant who told me this...

Jordan: Far too many people try and change everything about them in one day to become perfect.

Me: Well isn't that the whole point of life?

Jordan: Yeah, but you should just be 1% better each day. Find one thing you want to work on, and if you fail, then work on that the next day. People make living far more complicated and harder than in needs to be. Nobody really needs to go and "find themselves" or "create themselves"... You are already you, you have been you for eons. Stop trying to be someone you think people want you to be. Just be you.

Me:But I really don't know me anymore, I don't know who I am, or what I want.

Jordan: Yes you do. Because I know you, and I love who you are.

Me: Sigh...(thinking "you are the best thing to ever happen to my life.")

He is right ya know!! I know exactly who I am and what I want...yes, it may change over time... but for right now thats all that matters. So, each day I will find one thing I can work on and stop expecting myself to be some robot.. who wants that anyways?

What are your feelings on this subject?

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

-Mother Teresa

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

- John Ruskin

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”

Helen Keller

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."

-St. Augustine

“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.”

Ralph Marston

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things- with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope." -Corazon Aquino

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Sometimes I think...

...that I am way too hard on myself. When it gets to the point where I am more mad at myself than my parents are for doing something wrong, that is when I realize that I really am over acting. For the majority of the time I am a pretty relaxed, easy-going person. But, I have those moments when I let something get to me too much. This morning was just one of those moments...

I was driving to school singing to myself a song I had to sing today in class when in my rear view mirror a police man turned his lights on for me to pull over. Usually when I see this I panic because 1. yes I was speeding and 2. I am going to have to pay a bunch of money, and go to boring traffic school. 3. I was speeding to get to class on campus on time, and now this cop is going to make me embarrassingly late!!! But today, I was calm and relaxed... knowing I wouldn't get a ticket because I wasn't speeding at all. Once I began getting curious as to why he pulled me over, then the panic came. Now, I have always been told to be kind and calm to police men and they will most likely not give you a ticket. Well guess what, they will. So when people tell you to not cry when the cop comes up to the car, don't believe them. I have played the cry card, and it works like a charm!!! Anyways, the cop ends up giving me a ticket...for being to close to the car in front of me.

Can I just say, I was unpleasantly upset while I was walking to my class. I called my mom in a rage.... Now, most parents would be mad, but my mother just calmed me down. Told me that it was nothing to worry about, and we would take care of it. She said to be grateful that I didn't run over a kid, or get in a car wreck and to not waste my time worrying about it for one more minute. So.... I stopped myself from worrying about it. Which I am getting a lot better at then I used to be.

Two things I learned:

Worrying is a waste of time, and will get you nowhere

Sometimes all you need to keep your day from going bad is a simple phone call with mom.

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