66. Today I am grateful for my co-workers

On Friday at work we had an all day meeting for those who work in the family support division. I enjoy the team building part of these meetings which sometimes includes baking something. Friday’s meeting, our activity was writing what we appreciate about our co-workers and the reading out what others said about us. It was a nice warm-fuzzy experience. I am really grateful for my co-workers and supervisor who are all great examples of compassion, knowledge and experience. They have been a tremendous help to me and have helped me to feel accepted as part of their team.

65. Today I am grateful to be at church on time

Since moving into my new place I came to the realization that we hadn’t gotten to church before the opening hymn began. I always like to get to places early or at least on time, particularly church on Sunday. One of my roommates and I take turns driving to church and today was my turn so I decided that I needed to let my roommates know that it is important for me to be at church early and gave them a time that we were leaving. It just meant a little more effort in getting ready on time with 3 girls and one shower. We ended up leaving one minute past that time and getting to church before the meeting began. I enjoyed listening to the prelude music before and not being stressed about being late for church. Hopefully this will be a continuing trend. J

64. Today I am grateful for inspiring sports stories

I really do enjoy playing sports, but I am not very athletic when it comes to playing team sports. When I am playing a sport with a group of people I often wish we can break off into two teams: One for the good people and one for the not-so-good people. Then I wouldn’t have to feel bad for helping my team loose. However, I do really enjoy inspiring movies about sports teams or athletes. Maybe I can work towards becoming one of those people. Hahaha.

Here is a real-life example of an inspiring athlete that I found circulating facebook today.

63. Today I am grateful to be a princess

On Monday, I wrote about my sister and how she lives up to her name. Well my name means (Sara) Princess- (Jayne) God is Gracious. I have always loved princesses, fairy tales and “happily ever after” movies. I am sure that I have spent most of my Halloweens dressed up as a princess, which includes tonight at the YSA Halloween dance. I don’t consider myself a “princess” in the way it is referred to describe someone’s personality. However, I do see myself as a princess of God who expects me to do great things. I believe that we can expect to at the end of lives say “... and I lived happily ever after”. I also touched on this idea in this post. I would encourage you to watch the “Happily Ever After” music video. It is so cute and if you didn’t see yourself as a princess before watching this video, I hope you will after.

Because God is gracious, I am his princess.   

62. Today I am grateful for a hug from a child

Today at work the children had their dress up day to celebrate Halloween. Part of the celebration included trick-or-treating around the building. I came out of my office to see the children in their costumes. One of the little girls broke away from the rest of the group and ran up to me to give me a hug. It was so sweet! It is nice to feel loved and hugs are good for helping someone feel loved.

61. Today I am Grateful to be a Visiting Teacher

I love the Visit Teaching program! This is a program that is run through the Relief Society organization (Women’s group) of the church. Each woman is assigned a companion and usually 2 or 3 women to visit with. We are expected to visit with them in their homes once a month whenever possible. During this visit we get to know the girls we are assigned a bit better, find out if there is anything they need help with and share a spiritual message. With recent ward (congregation) boundary changes and lots of new people in the ward there was a major reorganizing of the visit teaching routes. I was excited to get my route and learn who I was assigned to visit with. I know one of the girls pretty well but my companion and another girl we visit I don’t know very well. I am looking forward to getting to know these girls more! This program is a wonderful way to see that the temporal and spiritual needs of the Relief Society members are met.

60. Today I am grateful for the Northern Lights

Last night was the first time I saw the Northern Lights, which I also learned are called Aurora Borealis. It was beautiful and I am grateful to have taken some time to take in the beauty of the Northern Lights. Here is a photo I found on the weather network.