Service.
In the meeting today there was a woman that talked about service. The thought is that happiness comes through service. It was nice to have this reaffirmed in my mind as I was a substitute mom for 2 families with multiple children and one that was sitting right next to me.
The thought is that through service you gain a love for the person. When you love, you are happy. This is a simple concept. It doesn't mean that you have to pay lots of money to buy supplies for victims of natural disasters (although I have been parts of these efforts and it is an amazing experience to put packs together). It is being there for someone. It is someone knowing that you are reliable. It is finding a need in the community that you would be able to complete and doing it. This brings us happiness.
The happiest I have been is when I am serving others. The happiest I was at church today was helping with a 3 week old baby while her mom was out tending an older child. The dad wasn't there because of military. I held that baby for 40 minutes of sacrament and I was happy. The mom was able to listen to the talks, as was I, the baby was young. Service.
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I am doing this with a couple of ladies. They have been doing this for a while and I have just started. They are Heather and Kimberlee. The Host this week is Kimberlee. If you would like to write a blog about the Church you can leave a comment on her blog here with the address to your blog.
In the meeting today there was a woman that talked about service. The thought is that happiness comes through service. It was nice to have this reaffirmed in my mind as I was a substitute mom for 2 families with multiple children and one that was sitting right next to me.
The thought is that through service you gain a love for the person. When you love, you are happy. This is a simple concept. It doesn't mean that you have to pay lots of money to buy supplies for victims of natural disasters (although I have been parts of these efforts and it is an amazing experience to put packs together). It is being there for someone. It is someone knowing that you are reliable. It is finding a need in the community that you would be able to complete and doing it. This brings us happiness.
The happiest I have been is when I am serving others. The happiest I was at church today was helping with a 3 week old baby while her mom was out tending an older child. The dad wasn't there because of military. I held that baby for 40 minutes of sacrament and I was happy. The mom was able to listen to the talks, as was I, the baby was young. Service.
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I am doing this with a couple of ladies. They have been doing this for a while and I have just started. They are Heather and Kimberlee. The Host this week is Kimberlee. If you would like to write a blog about the Church you can leave a comment on her blog here with the address to your blog.
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On the way home from work today, there was a young man off the side of the road at a very steep angle with a stream at the bottom. I stopped and asked if I could help. He asked if I had a tow strap, which I did. I crawled under the van and hooked it up, but it was at a really bad angle. Randy Austin saw me and he stopped as well. We repositioned things, stopped someone else who had a shovel, and got him out. I felt so happy all the way home that I was able to help someone that needed it really badly. I was happy Randy stopped and helped as well. The kid was pretty young and really didn't know what to do. I could have done it alone, probably, but it was nice to have Randy give a hand.
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