Being Happy

This is one of the quotes I received in my email the other morning. I love this quote.

As I pondered this quote, I realized that although my life didn't turn out the way I had hoped at this point (I thought I would be married with at least one child, not single...), I have been truly blessed. I received an invitation to go to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional with some friends who had an extra ticket to be in the Conference Center in Salt Lake. These are friends who I would have never known if my life had gone the way I hoped it would have. I also have a friend in my ward who has similar goals in life (i.e. running a marathon). We are going to start running in January and train for a 5k first, then a half-marathon and then we will do a full marathon. I am excited and it will help both of us since we will have someone to do it with. Some things are just better with friends. Although my life didn't turn out like I thought it would, I have had some great company and I look forward to making new friends in my future adventures!

Thanksgiving

With today being Thanksgiving, I have so much to be thankful for. I am grateful for my family, my friends, music, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and so much more. This quote is something I have been learning lately and I hope to be able to always remember to be grateful. I have learned that when we are grateful for a few things, we begin to remember many other things we are grateful for. I have started a list that I hope to continue to add to throughout the rest of my life.

Gratitude

I just want to share a quick little thought about gratitude. We often remember to be grateful during the month of November. My challenge to myself is to remember to show my gratitude all of the time and not just during the month of November.

Thoughts

Have you ever considered how important your thoughts are? I have spent some time thinking about this. Elder Boyd K Packer in the April 2008 New Era shared some thoughts about this. 

I love how our thoughts really do determine our attitude. We can be happy if we choose to think that way. But, we can also have a "bad day" by thinking that way.

Priorities

So I've been doing  a lot of thinking lately about what I need to be doing. I found this quote and really liked it. It is so true. When I do everything I should do, everything else seems to work out for me.

How to have a happy life

Here is my first little quote. I love this one because it helps me remember that I decide if my life will be happy or not. This blog is one of my goals and I am excited that I am finally getting it started.

My Purpose

I have felt like I should share little inspirational quotes for a while.  Whenever I am having a rough time, I have found that little inspirational quotes make me feel better. Since I love to digital scrapbook, I thought I could make the quotes into something that I could display in my home. As I started, I thought I should share these with others. I hope you enjoy my quotes.

Thanks,