by Alison P | Dec 29, 2018 | Finding Happiness
Today, I had the pleasure to spend some time at a park near my home. Aside from the mosquitoes that seem to be able to find me from miles around, I had a pleasant time. There is a pond and walking trail meandering through partially wooded areas. It’s a wonderful place...
by Candace | Nov 17, 2018 | Finding Happiness
Happiness is knowing that I am a child of a loving, Heavenly Father. Happiness is knowing that my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, paid for my sins, sorrows, griefs and illnesses, and died for me that I might live again. Happiness is knowing there is a...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 15, 2018 | Finding Happiness
“It’s not my fault I’m like this. I had a bad childhood.” Today, a bad childhood often seems to be an excuse for bad behavior. Certainly, it’s important for parents to give their children good childhoods (and people who have suffered abuse during any stage of...
by Wendi P | Aug 17, 2018 | Finding Happiness
I was out enjoying a summer stroll with my husband one evening when my cell phone rang. It was from a friend I knew through church. Her doctor’s appointment that morning had brought devastating news: the 20-week-old fetus she’d been carrying was dead. My friend was...
by Julia G | Aug 2, 2018 | Finding Happiness
This post was originally published in 2008. Minor changes have been made. A couple of weeks ago, my younger sister (younger by six and a half years) got married in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. Since that day, I cannot count the number of times that I have been...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 6, 2018 | Finding Happiness
Jacob, the third prophet of the Book of Mormon, warned his people of the sin of pride. Today, we tend to praise pride as a value, but never does the Book of Mormon speak of pride as a virtue. God just doesn’t see pride the way we do today. Jacob warned: 13 And...
