On reflection, not such a boring week after all!
I've been studying my next Relief Society lesson which is President Monson's talk, "Consider the Blessings" from this past October's General Conference. I've loved testing his challenge: "...if we will take a step back and consider the blessings in our lives, including seemingly small, sometimes overlooked blessings, we can find greater happiness."
This paragraph from his talk is absolutely true in my life this week. "As I have reviewed the past [week], I have made some discoveries. One is that countless experiences I have had were not necessarily those one would consider extraordinary. In fact, at the time they transpired, they often seemed unremarkable and even ordinary. And yet, in retrospect, they enriched and blessed lives---not the least of which was my own."
I thought this was a pretty ordinary week. Then I looked back at the pictures I took and the individual events which occurred and I realized it was a really wonderful, event-filled week.
Jane and Paul played cello duets on Sunday evening while I read by the fire.
14" of fresh snow monday morning and blue sky and fresh air for the first time IN A LONG TIME!
Marta, Paul's friend from Spain, spends and afternoon and evening with us. She give us an excuse to visit the Heywoods later that night.
Paul's first dance date day-time activity. Breakfast... but not enough to get full.
Paul and Eliza off to Sweethearts Dance
Experimenting with sweet and sour tofu. Two thumbs up from Jane and me. Dad was an awesome sport!
The RS/YW meeting today was one hour of music. Inspiring songs were sung by different classes, groups and duets composed of YW! They were absolutely wonderful. Imaging the song below sung by Kennedy McDonald and Julia Daines. They were even better than the original artist!
finale: Thoughts on LOVE (because it's February, sillies)
"True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well being of ones companion." Gordon B. Hinckley
"Our joy now and forever is inextricably tied to our capacity to love."John H. Groberg
"May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love."
--Thomas S. Monson
--Thomas S. Monson
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