Day 101

I read a talk by Elder Oaks about being thankful. I chose that talk to read today because right now I'm having a hard time remembering all I do have, and just focusing on things that are going wrong in my life. This talk helped, because Elder Oaks reminded me of all the things I am always blessed with, like the atonement, Christ's love and Heavenly Father's love, a body, the gospel and it's teachings, etc. Many, many things that I should always remember and be grateful for. And that's not counting things in my own life that I have that other people don't.

He said in his talk that I should be grateful for my afflictions, because that helps me to stay humble and to remember Christ and become strong through him. Sometimes, ok, a lot of times it's really hard to remember that when I'm going through a hard time. Sometimes I just want to sit in a corner and pout because my life isn't going smoothly. But I need to remember that I have trials for a reason, to learn and to gain experience, and that I should be thankful for them. I can look back on other hard times I've had in my life and be grateful for those now, because I'm not going through them anymore and I can see what I learned during those times. But in the moment it is harder. So that's my goal, to remember what I have amidst the hard things going on right now.