Wow!... Is this not an answer to my prayers??!... I was pondering on my past (and I mean the past 7 years) thinking of what to write. So much has happened that I haven't written down. You always hear, that the first 2 yrs of marriage are the hardest! Well, ours couldn't have been better!! It was wonderful... I've got the BEST husband in the world! But, we all have our times when life gets tough! Our trials have been difficult of course, but very different and in my opinion... uncommon. Of course living in Utah didn't help ours much, surrounded among young families.
So, I'm sitting here thinking and decided to grab President Hinckley's book, "Stand a little Taller". I turned to the thought and scripture for today. To my surprise, what do I get... Shared Burdens! This is what I read......
"Look above your trials. Try to forget your own pain as you work to alleviate the pain of others. Mingle together with your brothers and sisters in the gospel. We need others to talk with and to share our feelings and faith. Cultivate friends. Begin by being a good friend to others. Share your burdens with the Lord." WOW!!! I don't think I could've been given better advice than that right now! ... "Be willing to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light."
I am eternally grateful to my family for their love! When my heart aches for children I can also turn to them for comfort!! Oh what joy their lil' ones bring to my life!... if they only knew! Maybe through my tears, heart ache and burdens I can lift anothers and help them to see the light!
Though of the day was:
"Be you best self. Your own constant self-improvement will become as a polar star to those with whom you associate. They will remember longer what they saw in you than what they heard from you. Your attitude, your point of view can make such a tremendous difference."
