december thoughts

Last month when I was in AZ  I had a conversation with Angie about the temple.  She said her stake pres. had given a talk and asked everyone to think about how they used their time.  Do you have time to watch tv?  Do you have time to excersie? To get on Facebook?  To read a book?  To go shopping?  Then you have time to go to the temple.  This really hit me.  So I decided to start going to the temple once a week.  I go to a 5:30am session.  It's the best thing I've done in years.  It has already started to change my life. My heart.  My spirit.  I can't say enough how much I'm thankful for the gospel.  After the heart wrenching events of the school shooting in Connecticut I can't stop thinking about my children.  About how your life can change in a split second.  And then you no longer have you had, or your normal will never be again.  These two things have made me re-evaluate what really is important. Our relationships with people, especially our families.  It's what is valuable above all else.  It's what we'll have beyond this earthly life.  We have one chance on this earth.  One life.  What will I do with it?  Will I spend it worrying about how much money we make, how big our house is, how much chocolate I can eat, what other people think of me, or what how my roots look.  :) I've been trying to take a moment when I'm driving or at home to really SEE the earth.  The small moments that occur between kids as they come out of school. Humans interacting.  Helping, loving, serving, caring.

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