AH! So excited :D Nothing beats running through snow in flip flops, blowing your nose every five minutes, checking out of school before finals, and setting up your first Christmas tree! Work has gotten ten times busier in the last week or two which makes my day go by so much faster. We have hot chocolate and cookies every Monday, Friday and Saturday night as well as authors and singers and artists galore. People go to see the lights on Temple Square and pop over to have some fun and do a little Christmas shopping. Good times.
We got a new dress code at work, so I get to wear color now! Unfortunately that didn't include the allowing of flip flops, but that's okay, I get to wear them to class on Thursdays like today. I've decided that flip flops are the best to wear all year round. Summer naturally, but little do people know that winter finds flip flops quite useful as well. Sure your toes get a little chilly, but when considered, during the summer your toes get a little toasty. Just like during summer when you wear your flip flops so that sand can get out easily, during winter you wear flip flops so the snow gets out easily. Not to mention, during the winter when you wear your boots, they get wet and take hours to dry. Put on a pair of flip flops and take them off when they're wet, they dry in minutes. Flip flops were the best invention ever!
Anyway, I had a Biology test I crammed for this morning because I decided to be a slacker and try to get everything done today (and guess what... here I am blogging lol) Needless to say I'm so done with this semester. Dustin is too. We've both gone trunky and just want to go to Georgia. Well, I probably ought to do the piles of homework I have. (Hooray for 8-12 page papers!!)
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Gratitude
This week has all seemed to say, "Katie, be grateful that you have what you do!" I feel like I've been complaining an inordinate amount as of late, and its a good thing that I got smacked upside the head today in church.
Thanksgiving was wonderful, and I just have to say that I'm so grateful that I have such a wonderful family and such wonderful in-laws and such wonderful friends. I am grateful that my husband does the driving in this snowy weather rather than myself (maybe it is a good thing I have issues driving clutch!)
On more than one occasion I have wished for more in the past few weeks, especially with work. I am grateful I have a job. I am grateful that my employers are so flexible with my school schedule. I am grateful I don't have to work on Sundays. I am grateful that I get to feel the Spirit daily and help others do the same. I am grateful that I get to be an instrument of God in helping others find the consolation and inspiration they seek while at work.
Much of my current stress has come from looking at what I am lacking rather than what I have. I keep saying "I'll be happy when..." Dustin has a job, I make more money, or school is over rather than saying "I'm happy now because..." Dustin is focusing on getting an education, I have a job and am eligible for grants and loans, and I'm gaining the knowledge the Lord wants me to receive.
There is a man who frequently comes in to work by the name of Bob. Bob is in a motorized wheel chair because he was hit by a car just after he finished high school. He spent two and a half years in three different hospitals re-learning how to speak, how to move, and how to live with a brain stem injury. Shortly after he was released from the hospital, he was crossing the road when another car hit him, and he was sent back to the hospital. Not only does he live in constant pain, he's happy about it. He once told me he knew he wasn't meant to come to this world just to study about disabilities, he came to have one. He is grateful for the life he has and for the knowledge of the gospel. Despite all the things he lacks, he still focuses on what he has.
I hope I can more frequently show the gratitude I feel for all the blessings God has given me. I hope that I can remember to focus on what I have rather than what I lack and stop saying that I'll be happen when. Thank you to wonderful Relief Society lessons and visiting teachers who helped me realize the blessings that come from an attitude of gratitude.
Thanksgiving was wonderful, and I just have to say that I'm so grateful that I have such a wonderful family and such wonderful in-laws and such wonderful friends. I am grateful that my husband does the driving in this snowy weather rather than myself (maybe it is a good thing I have issues driving clutch!)
On more than one occasion I have wished for more in the past few weeks, especially with work. I am grateful I have a job. I am grateful that my employers are so flexible with my school schedule. I am grateful I don't have to work on Sundays. I am grateful that I get to feel the Spirit daily and help others do the same. I am grateful that I get to be an instrument of God in helping others find the consolation and inspiration they seek while at work.
Much of my current stress has come from looking at what I am lacking rather than what I have. I keep saying "I'll be happy when..." Dustin has a job, I make more money, or school is over rather than saying "I'm happy now because..." Dustin is focusing on getting an education, I have a job and am eligible for grants and loans, and I'm gaining the knowledge the Lord wants me to receive.
There is a man who frequently comes in to work by the name of Bob. Bob is in a motorized wheel chair because he was hit by a car just after he finished high school. He spent two and a half years in three different hospitals re-learning how to speak, how to move, and how to live with a brain stem injury. Shortly after he was released from the hospital, he was crossing the road when another car hit him, and he was sent back to the hospital. Not only does he live in constant pain, he's happy about it. He once told me he knew he wasn't meant to come to this world just to study about disabilities, he came to have one. He is grateful for the life he has and for the knowledge of the gospel. Despite all the things he lacks, he still focuses on what he has.
I hope I can more frequently show the gratitude I feel for all the blessings God has given me. I hope that I can remember to focus on what I have rather than what I lack and stop saying that I'll be happen when. Thank you to wonderful Relief Society lessons and visiting teachers who helped me realize the blessings that come from an attitude of gratitude.
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