45. Great granddaughter's baptism, and "What you think of you"
This afternoon we drove about 45 minutes north to go to the baptism of our oldest great granddaughter, Aiyona. It was really a wonderful feeling to see her be baptized, and to see the wonderful example she is to her 2 younger sisters. One of the quotes that the bishop made there was really worth remembering. He mentioned that she had had problems already in her life (her parents were divorced), but he said "Life is fair, in the eternal perspective." That is a comforting thought I want to always keep, when it seems life gives us more problems than we deserve.
This is our darling Aiyona, when she was 9 months old.
It has been a busy day baking bread to take to my visiting teaching ladies for Christmas, and getting ready for Christmas. I can honestly say we don't do elaborate things at Christmas, at this time in our lives, either with money or time. I know we spent many years raising our own children, and trying to make sure our many children had a similar Christmas -- and hoping none of them were disappointed on Christmas morning. And yet we didn't have a large salary, and I was a stay at home Mom. I used to make a new dress for all of the old dolls that our girls still played with, and then some got a new doll -- if they wanted one. I'm sure we had average Christmases. Other Christmas stories are entries: # 21 and # 24 (In December, 2013)
We did go at 12:15 to a concert by some dear friends of ours. It consisted of original Christmas carols and songs, and the difficult thing is that the talented and very educated musician friend of ours who wrote the carols, and conducted the choir, is in the early stages of altzheimers. He is such a kind man and a gentleman. Life is very unpredictable. Both he and his wife are trying to do the best they can with him losing his position as head of the music department in our local university. She is working at the college, but he now stays home. We're hoping learning to index will help him and give his memory some stimulation.
As some more thoughts to think about I am writing the talk that was given on August 21, 2011 in the Spoken Word during the Tabernacle Choir broadcast:
"Life, in this world, can be hard on anyone. We hear and see things that are discouraging, even disheartening, and at times we may feel dismayed about the state of the world and the condition of our own. lives. Yes, life can be hard.
But within us, deep down in our heart of hearts, resides a sense of robust hope and sweet expectation that can lift us out of life's fog to see clearly who we are and our capacities. We lift the fog every time we count our blessings, every time we are kind toward others, every time we seriously ponder life's purposes. We lift life's fog as we paus to listen ot our heart.
Each one of us is here for a reason, a purpose that may sometimes get lost in life's heartaches and disappointments. Who are you really? Why are you here at this time and this place? What can you do to make a difference in someone's life? How can you truly look into your heart?
"What you think of you is what finally matters," wrote one observer. "When you look in the bathroom mirror in the morning, the court is open for business. And you are the jury and the judge on the case."
Thinking of yourself as someone capable and worthy of good things sets positive change into motion. Quietly, your heart begins to change. You then begin to see and think and feel that your life can be good -- despite life's heartaches. Listen to that small voice in your heart that whispers to you the power to change, the potential for happiness, and the peace of mind that comes from knowing that what you think of you matters."
This is the darling great granddaughter Aiyona, at 5 months old.
It has been a busy day baking bread to take to my visiting teaching ladies for Christmas, and getting ready for Christmas. I can honestly say we don't do elaborate things at Christmas, at this time in our lives, either with money or time. I know we spent many years raising our own children, and trying to make sure our many children had a similar Christmas -- and hoping none of them were disappointed on Christmas morning. And yet we didn't have a large salary, and I was a stay at home Mom. I used to make a new dress for all of the old dolls that our girls still played with, and then some got a new doll -- if they wanted one. I'm sure we had average Christmases. Other Christmas stories are entries: # 21 and # 24 (In December, 2013)
We did go at 12:15 to a concert by some dear friends of ours. It consisted of original Christmas carols and songs, and the difficult thing is that the talented and very educated musician friend of ours who wrote the carols, and conducted the choir, is in the early stages of altzheimers. He is such a kind man and a gentleman. Life is very unpredictable. Both he and his wife are trying to do the best they can with him losing his position as head of the music department in our local university. She is working at the college, but he now stays home. We're hoping learning to index will help him and give his memory some stimulation.
As some more thoughts to think about I am writing the talk that was given on August 21, 2011 in the Spoken Word during the Tabernacle Choir broadcast:
"Life, in this world, can be hard on anyone. We hear and see things that are discouraging, even disheartening, and at times we may feel dismayed about the state of the world and the condition of our own. lives. Yes, life can be hard.
But within us, deep down in our heart of hearts, resides a sense of robust hope and sweet expectation that can lift us out of life's fog to see clearly who we are and our capacities. We lift the fog every time we count our blessings, every time we are kind toward others, every time we seriously ponder life's purposes. We lift life's fog as we paus to listen ot our heart.
Each one of us is here for a reason, a purpose that may sometimes get lost in life's heartaches and disappointments. Who are you really? Why are you here at this time and this place? What can you do to make a difference in someone's life? How can you truly look into your heart?
"What you think of you is what finally matters," wrote one observer. "When you look in the bathroom mirror in the morning, the court is open for business. And you are the jury and the judge on the case."
Thinking of yourself as someone capable and worthy of good things sets positive change into motion. Quietly, your heart begins to change. You then begin to see and think and feel that your life can be good -- despite life's heartaches. Listen to that small voice in your heart that whispers to you the power to change, the potential for happiness, and the peace of mind that comes from knowing that what you think of you matters."
This is the darling great granddaughter Aiyona, at 5 months old.
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