My New Life

 I've been so focused on my own frustrations and hardships that it is shocking to "look up" and see that others have trials that I could not handle, and they are thriving and growing. I am so grateful for repentance and new days. I feel like I keep messing up in the same areas, over and over again. How blessed I am to know that I can decide to have a "new life" every minute of every day. One minute I'm angry because the toys are all over the place just after a clean up. But take a deep breath and it's a new minute, we get down on the floor and play.

I love this article written by President Faust about change. It was very empowering for me to read these words:

"Each one of us has been given the power to change his or her life. As part of the Lord’s great plan of happiness, we have individual agency to make decisions. We can decide to do better and to be better. In some ways all of us need to change; that is, some of us need to be more kind at home, less selfish, better listeners, and more considerate in the way we treat others....Each new day that dawns can be a new day for us to begin to change. We can change our environment. We can change our lives by substituting new habits for old. We can mold our character and future by purer thoughts and nobler actions. As someone once put it, “The possibility of change is always there, with its hidden promise of peace, happiness, and a better way of life.”"

I watched this video and was very touched by her story and her faith.

What an amazing Mother and woman.