Life Through My Eyes

Finding Joy in Life Everyday, No Matter What

My jogging trail where I meditate and reset for the day, uniquely rough yet exquisite, kind of like each of us.

It is amazing how much human beings have been loved by God.  I believe in God without any doubt and I am learning to recognize more and more His arm of mercy reaching out to me every day of my life. It is with this increased realization that I am learning that we can be happy, even joyful at all times if we learn to make that choice. This is so true and I hope my girls and anyone else who may possibly get to read these words will find out this truth for themselves.

See, at the beginning of this year; 2020, I silently made a choice. I decided that I will choose joy no matter what happened. I have had many challenges throughout these first four months; I have been far from perfect in making that choice but I have continued to have the desire stronger each day to choose joy in my life and I see, feel and love the person I am becoming despite my very real and sometimes too frequent shortfalls.

I have seen my resolve transform into weight loss, improved mood and energy, a great desire to share of myself and what I have with others and I have even for the first time ever been consistently working out a bit. These little accomplishments have given me massive amounts of confidence and happiness even when some circumstances have been less than pleasant. I am learning to choose joy, to choose not to be provoked or angered.

There are days like today when I fail to study my scriptures (huge blunder) yet choose to watch a movie and then My Father in heaven through the movie reminds me of the essence of life and the importance of fulfilling my purpose in this life. I had not yet read my scriptures when I realized after watching some rom-com that it was already midnight hence late for bed, I chose instead to watch another movie "listen with your heart". I do not believe in coincidences and I felt my Savior 's love reaching out to me as I watched it. So much truth that I already  knew but had kept somewhat dormant in my mind was brought up with a gentle force that penetrated my heart. When He communicates, you and I will most likely have "a feeling", "flood of emotions" etc but you will know my dears and when you know you know. Do not second guess yourselves, do not seek for validation from the world  and do not try to live to impress anyone...seeking truth and living by it is what brings joy, the operative word there being living.

I realize that I have been overly concerned about silly things like how dirty the house is, keeping the laundry bin empty, ensuring that the bread bin is never empty, etc and I haven't even been doing those very well either But what I regret as I reflect  on the past few weeks under "lockdown" is not having had nearly enough time to play with my girls even though we are all just home, not having started learning a new skill with them or my husband and creating joyful memories every single day. That is about to change.

Life is precious beyond our comprehension, it is also fragile and so perishable. It is crucial that we live each day to the brim and look forward to the next with no regrets. The only way to truly do that is to strive  to be honest with ourselves and with God at all times, then live our truth.

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