For Family Home Evening tonight we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in the backyard fire pit. The Arizona weather has taken favor on us and decided to follow the trend of fall temperatures. I hope it stays this way.We took turns discussing our favorite talks from General Conference. Porter's favorite was when President Monson shared the story about Jesus healing the ten lepers. Porter loved already knowing something that the Prophet was talking about.
My favorite was from Sunday's morning session; President Monson's message about "finding joy in the journey." I love the idea that joy is out there waiting to be found. I know that I don't always look hard enough to find it, and, I know that I sometimes look too hard when joy is staring me right in the face.
Olen's favorite talk was one from Saturday night's Priesthood Session. It was a message on taking time to enjoy life in the moment. Don't rush to get to the next phase of life because the same trials will always be there; so take it slow and serve and love where you're at for that moment.
So a new Family Resolution was formed : Slow Down. Find Joy In The Journey.
Already I've found loads of joy in my day just by looking for it: London took a wicked long nap and I was able to polish off the stack of papers on my desk, Porter finished his homework without being asked and Olen brought me home a bag of tootsie rolls, just because he knows they're my favorite. And that's just for starters. My whole day has been so blissful simply by redirecting my focus from things I wish I could change to things that are bringing me joy. Effortless joy.
What kind of world would we live in if everyone just slowed their roll and noticed the minute-by-minute joys around us? I will, from now on.
Here are some of our General Conference Joys:
Did you have a favorite speaker or message from General Conference? I would love to hear about it!
This year was so hard to just sit and listen. i wish I could have done it better. But just not having a place of our own has made just about everything harder.
ReplyDeleteBut I did really enjoy the Young Women's General President's talk. Some thing about it just made me feel so good and I had to fight back the tears.
Ditto Molly! President Monsons talk was pretty much the only one I really got to listen to. I'm trying to do the same thing and just enjoy where my kids are at now cause soon they will be all grown up!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! Another fav was when Elder Hales (I think it was) said to leave a comment on a blog. I can't believe a General Authority said BLOG! I nudged Olen and gave him a wink.
ReplyDeleteAs you saw on my blog, I love the quote "Find Joy in the Journey" by our prophet as well. I also loved D. Todd Christoferson's talk on Zion and his three ways to become a Zion people. I think this is a need in my ward.
ReplyDeleteI love the donuts...too bad I don't live at your house.
Good news ladies - kids do eventually sit through ALL the sessions of conference. My kids watched them all...finally!
10 minutes? Dang I only managed 5. LOL It didnt' help that Grams & Gramps were in the room :)
ReplyDeleteI thought Conference was amazing! I loved Elder Eyring's talk on unity..."we can accomplish anything when we are united". So true!
I also thought Elder Nelson's "marital shoplifters" analogy was awesome and the blog thing was great too. Just goes to show that they are totally human and even though they are spiritual giants, they know how to have fun too :)