Take a Spiritual Time Out

Take a Spiritual Time Out

“When life is chaotic, take a spiritual time-out with God.” Good-hearted people want to do good continually. Good-hearted people want to give all that they have. But when good-hearted people get tired, when their spirit is depleted, the giving can run them dry. If...
Limitations

Limitations

The richness of the human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. —Helen Keller My dad used to say that you have to experience the bad days to appreciate the good ones. I think Dad and Helen Keller were onto...
Trials and Strength

Trials and Strength

A woman is like a tea bag: You never know her strength until you drop her in hot water. —Nancy Reagan I come from a long line of strong women. I grew up hearing the story of my third great grandmother Ingeborg Mortensen Jensen, a handcart pioneer who joined The Church...
Not Overwhelmed

Not Overwhelmed

Everyone has heard the vernacular “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” which means it is difficult to make someone change the way they do things that they have been doing that way for a long time. Or, said another way, it is impossible, or almost...
Weighing my Blessings

Weighing my Blessings

I have officially decided not to count my blessings this year. For Thanksgiving we frequently put a paper tree on the wall and add leaves listing the things we are grateful for. We like colorful leaves; frequently purple and pink and blue. I generally like to post a...
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