Gratitude

This morning I was in a bad mood, the kind where life seems hard, and you don't know how you're going to deal with the pressures, and stresses of the day ahead of you.  I just wanted to climb back in bed and ignore the sink full of dirty dishes, the 10 loads of laundry waiting to be washed, the appointments and commitments I had made.  As I was in the shower mentally thinking of all I needed to do and not wanting to do any of it I thought of this quote I had recently seen from Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a leader of our church.

This was a day changer for me.  I started to think of the many things I had to be grateful for.  By the time I got out of the shower, I was feeling "true joy and great happiness".  Life didn't seem as overwhelming, in fact I realized how easy my life really is.  During this month of November, the month we celebrate Thanksgiving, I'm going to consciously look for things to be grateful for.  I'm hoping all of my siblings (I consider my in-laws siblings too) will join me and post something on this blog that they're grateful for this month.  Some might be obvious, humorous, lengthy, short or take a little more thought and be quite profound.  

I'm going to start with an obvious one:

I am grateful for these three, who fill my sink with dirty dishes, throw their muddy, grass stained clothes on my laundry piles, fill my calendar with appointments and commitments, and who fill my home with laughter, and happiness.  Life is wonderful, especially when we take the time to stop and recognize all that we have been blessed with.