Day 57

Wow.  It's been a very long time since I've posted on this blog!  To be honest, I felt like something was missing during the period when I didn't write on here.  Last semester things seemed to be going so well, and I realized that it was because I was actively looking for all the blessings around me.  When you do that, your attitude, behavior, and spirituality changes, and you become happier.  The world seems a little brighter and trials don't seem as difficult.

So, you must be wondering...what caused me to begin posting again?  Well, this past Sunday Becca taught a lesson about how we ourselves control our lives; we can choose to be happy, choose to be grumpy, or choose to feel angry or sad.  One way that we can improve our outlook on life is by being more grateful.  In her lesson Becca talked about someone who gave her a click counter and told her that if she was ever feeling discouraged or unhappy she should use the counter and click it for each good thing that happened that day.  After actively looking for blessings, she ended up feeling much better.  Later that night I was texting one of my friends who goes to school in Washington.  When I asked her how she was doing she said that she's been feeling lonely lately and things haven't been going real well.  Right after she said that, I thought about the lesson we had in Relief Society and immediately I felt that I should send her a click counter.  I know that as she looks for and notices all the good things in her life, the bad things won't seem so bad anymore.  The counter hasn't come in the mail yet, but I am so grateful that Becca taught that lesson and that through it I will be able to help a friend.  I even bought one for myself because I myself have recently been struggling to be as happy as I was before.  Hopefully writing on this blog every day and using the click counter will help me.  I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and for teachers who are in tune with the spirit, who give me much needed counsel and critical times in my life.

There is so much to be grateful for!  Today the sun is even shining :) AND OH MY GOODNESS IT'S 50 DEGREES.  This is a true miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!