Thanksgiving

This past week was Thanksgiving. I am so grateful to have a day where we can truly stop everything we are doing and take the time to think of what we are grateful for. I think gratitude is taken for granted. We are so busy with life and trials that instead of thinking I'm so glad I have a job or I'm glad I'm going through a learning experience we think why is this happening or I'm miserable. I know I am guilty of this but I have noticed when I pray I get into that mindset which I love. Prayer is really important to me even if I'm not consist all the time. It gives me time to really think of blessings during the day or week. I know that was a big leap but in Sunday school we talked about prayer. It was nice to go over the basics of why and how we pray. There is a girl who is learning about the gospel and I hope close to being baptized. She told us the missionaries told her prayer is like a sandwich. You have the bottom and the top so the start and end of the prayer but the middle is up to you. There are many kinds of sandwiches so there are many things you can put in your sandwich. I thought that was a really good visual and analogy.
Ok so back to Thanksgiving. By night I was a party animal but by day I spent time with my family. It was nice to see my sister who lives in Orem and just spend some time eating and cooking as a family. We also wrote our annual Christmas letter which was weird because I have done nothing with it in the past and this year I had to write about my dad. So I hope it turned out ok. It was so much fun to be around friends and just to sit around and talk and learn more about each other. One of the nights I saw Pursuit of Happiness for my first time. That movie was depressing but there was a good message to it. Hard times will come and for some people harder then others but if you preserver, don't give up, and grasp onto the tiny positive things it will get better. Will Smith kept going even though he was upset and tired and in the end all his hard work paid of. This is an amazing message that can apply to our lives now. A thought that just popped into my head is Heavenly Father doesn't gives us trials more then we can handle. That makes me happy because knowing that I know life will be hard but I will be able to overcome it and become a better person in the process.
I hope that everyone had the chance to be in the attitude of gratitude. It makes life easier and your glass will always be half full. :D Until next time remember to laugh, smile, and live.