Brittany: Thanksgiving Blessings

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Thanksgiving Blessings

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday to spend with family and reflect upon the many blessings that we have in our lives. Here is a list of a few of the things that I am most grateful for:

My family

Good friends

Job

I have all the things that I need and more.

Good health

Prophets and Apostles

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

United States of America

Freedom

Life is hard, but it is good. I am truly blessed and I am grateful for all of the blessings that I have.

3 comments:

PaD said...: I missed you getting to come down for Thanksgiving. We had a real quiet day. I ended up with what feels like strep and a sinus infection so have been laying low the last 2 days.; November 24, 2007 at 12:58 PM
patsy said...: Brittany- it was so fun to be with you on Thanksgiving! lets for sure get together when you get off track! love you pj; November 24, 2007 at 4:58 PM
Marissa Marie said...: that's a cute thanksgiving graphic...yay for holidays!; November 26, 2007 at 8:40 AM

Inspiring Quotes

"We cannot help others feel God's love when we are: irritated, critical, discouraged, annoyed, self-absorbed, angry, indignant, or filled with self-pity, hostility, or bitterness."
"Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting." Mother Teresa
"When we risk sharing our real feelings, we develop relationships of understanding and trust. For we cannot really care or be cared for love or be loved, understand or be understood, unless we are willing to open our treasures of time, substances, and self." Lloyd Newell
"We need to meditate more. We're so busy doing little things. We need to meditate more." President McKay
"The life which is unexamined is not worth living." Plato
"In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become something. . . . The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan by which we can become what children of God are supposed to become. . . . Charity is something one becomes." Elder Oaks
"If I could have one thing happen for every woman . . . it would be that they would feel the love of the Lord in their lives daily." Bonnie Parkin
"'Be not faithless, but believing.' Believe in yourselves. Believe in your capacity to do some good in this world. God sent us here for a purpose, and that was to improve the world in which we live. The wonderful thing is that we can do it." President Hinckley
"Thanks be to God that He guages the offerings and sacrifices of His children by the standard of their physical ability and honest intent rather than by the gradation of His exalted station. . . . Our need to serve God is incalculably greater than His need for our service."
"True doctrine understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior." President Packer