Sunday Recap

Ask yourself "What did I learn in Sacrament Meeting today? In Sunday School? How about last week?" 

Do you find that you may have been distracted during these times by other things - even if looking an listening - like thinking about cleaning your house, past regrets, hopes for the future...etc??

Over Christmas break, Chelsea had the opportunity to meet with someone that helped her to realize that WE NEED TO BE IN THE PRESENT. 

We must let go of regrets and self-induced guilt, we need to stop worrying about our future - we have no control over these kinds of things and it simply drains our energy!

Think about and categorize the most important things to you in your life right now - really - what's most important.

Now, What are some things we can do to KEEP ourselves in the present?

-Be grateful for the blessings you have NOW

-remember we'll never be at THIS PARTICULAR stage in our lives again - and be grateful for it!

-Make little reminders of your blessings - note cards, quotes, whatever - and post them around the house

-Remember what's REALLY important (remember what you listed before?) and keep that in perspective!

-Remember the Lord is always with you

-Write down your feelings when you are frustrated

-Remember these moments are precious

-Get out and MOVE! 

-When you're frustrated, determine exactly why - WHAT is frustrating you?? - then outnumber the things that make you frustrated with things that you are grateful for

-try to keep things in perspective

So, how is it that we lose track of "living in the present"?

1. Through complacency

2. By being "lulled" away into other mindsets - Satan is so good at his job in leading us astray! It is not through the big things but through the little things that we are most often distracted from living in the moment.

Henry B. Eyring once said: "A morning prayer and an early search in the scriptures to know what we should do for the Lord can set the course of a day. We can know which task, of all those we might choose, matters most to God and therefore to us. I have learned such a prayer is always answered if we ask and ponder with childlike submission, ready to act without delay to perform even the most humble service."

So, with that, we would like to issue each of you a CHALLENGE: Start each morning with a PRAYER and ask the Father what truly is the most important thing you can do that day - then listen, and follow those words.

Remember these important things:

"Moments are the molecules that make up eternity" Neal A Maxwell

"It's not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living." Gordon B. Hinkley

"We would do well to slow down a little...lift up our eyes and truly see the things that matter most. Brothers and sisters, diligently doing the things that matter most will lead us to the Savior of the world."

Sisters - each of you are soooo very loved - please remember that, and remember to live with gratitude in the moment you are in!