I love yoda!! I have thought often on (young) Anakin and how Yoda was very wary of him because of his fears. When you look at the story you see that he had all the supports in place to make him a good Jedi except he had fear. Fear comes […]
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Living for today
Once upon a time I did not really care about anything. I was just in survival mode. How to get from one day to the next with as little damage as possible. All the fortress walls were up and I was just existing, waiting for the next day to happen, […]
Weakness
I have many weaknesses. I could relate by saying that chocolate is my weakness, this is true! However, my biggest weakness is that I have a hair trigger temper and I get very short with people, mostly my family. I get extremely focused on what I am doing and don’t […]
Choosing happiness
Nobody wakes up and tells themselves that today is going to be a disaster. They generally wake up and well, things happen!! Like you are running late or the kids are sick or somebody almost causes you to wreck your vehicle. If we can find something enjoyable in that circumstance […]
Trials and Prayers
After high school I wanted to go to college. I knew I could but didn’t have support or money to go when I was young. I did pray and expected that prayer to be answered that I would be able to do it. Instead, I had a family. Somewhere in […]
Heaven is cheering
Some days it is a struggle just to keep going. It is extremely difficult to keep the faith when everything around us is going wrong. It is infinitely easier to give up. When I was trying to find the birth parents for my friend many times I gave up. I […]
Becoming.
Tough one!! In the scriptures we are told to look to Christ and be perfected in him. It even tells us how to do that. Look to him in every thought, a process that is very painstaking. In the New Testament we are taught to acquire, faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, […]
Friends
I have always had several friends that have helped me in my journey. Most of my friends share portions of Heavenly Fathers words that I need at a particular time. I have also seen it operate through me too. We are all in this together and each friend contributes to […]
Prayer.
I have had times where I have felt like there is nobody who understands me. One of the things that I do to help myself when I feel like that is to imagine that a loving Heavenly Father is sitting in a chair. I am kneeling besides the chair with […]
Things could always be worse
Today has been a hard day emotionally for me. I struggle with my health condition and sometimes wonder why I have to deal with this. I mean it could be worse I am sure of that, and totally grateful that it isn’t, but today has me on my knees begging […]