What a Crazy Week!

Last week, I had lots of meetings, lots of extra things and it was a wonderful week!

I got to take my kids here.  OK!  I absolutely loved it!  We had out own little house there.  It snowed and it was just like Christmas.  What a great opportunity!  And why did we go?  I got called to be a guest speaker at the UAFCS conference.  I got to talk about making a difference.

I loved it!  It was amazing!  I loved getting to know all the FCS teachers and professionals out there.  I learned so much from them.  And had a fabulous time.

So, I learned a few things while I was away.
1.  Don't forget your computer cord, if you have to present.  :)
2.  If you forget your cord, save your presentation often.

It all turned out okay.  I got to save it all.  So, that was a blessing.

I also, learned that often times life comes at us and when we are prepared it's easy to be flexible.  I believe in change.  I love change.  I love changes in seasons, changes in my furniture, etc.  And, have always felt that I was fairly flexible.  I was just reminded of how important it is to be flexible!  And it's okay that things don't always work out to the plan.  Remember this post, when I felt like my plans don't always work out my way.  Well, that is true.  But, whose to say, my way was best anyhow!

Ask the Lord, "what can I learn from my situation?"

Oh Lord, What can I learn from my situation?

-Patience, Love, tenderness, nourturing????

-Management? Maybe I need to learn to be more organize?

-What does the Lord want me to learn? Think about Elder Uchdorf’s talk – Two Principles during these Economic times.  I think that may be it.  

How I admire men, women, and children who know how to work! How the Lord loves the laborer! He said, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,”1 and “The laborer is worthy of his hire.”2 He also gave a promise: “Thrust in your sickle with all your soul, and your sins are forgiven you.”3 Those who are unafraid to roll up their sleeves and lose themselves in the pursuit of worthwhile goals are a blessing to their families, communities, nations, and to the Church.

Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility.

President Thomas S. Monson put it this way: “It is not enough to want to make the effort and to say we’ll make the effort. … It’s in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals. If we constantly put our goals off, we will never see them fulfilled.

The Prophet Joseph taught, “Knowledge does away with darkness, [anxiety], and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is.”10

Education is not so much the filling of a bucket as the lighting of a fire.

I am grateful for President Uchdorf.  I think he is an amazing apostle.  I am grateful for the lessons he teaches to me.  I think he is a tender mercy in my life.  Just like many of the other apostles.

I am going to ask, what can I do with this situation?

Do you mean – that there is something I can do?

Yes – in most situations I am in, there is something I can do.