Timely Quote

Sunday I was released from my Young Women's calling. I served as the Miamaid advisor. After hearing the news, I cried for three days. I get emotionally attached and I have to say emphatically, I love my young women. They are the greatest group of young women any Young Women's leader could ever ask for.

Sunday I taught my last lesson. Good thing I didn't know at the time it would be my last lesson. The lesson
centered on "Finding Joy Now!" As I was preparing it, I thought about the message the world constantly bombards young women with. I think that message revolves around an all out attack on young women and their sense of worth. I think the world constantly sends a message that is meant to make young women feel as if they are not good enough and that in order to be happy they have to be something they're not. This message simply isn't true and I wanted my young women to know that.

As I read through the lesson, I thought about the happiness that comes when young women trust in their own individual worth and their own divine nature. I remember what it was like to be young once and I know that this positive message can never be stressed enough. In fact, I think it's a message that is important at any age. 

Dr. Suess said, "Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is YOU'ER than YOU!" I want young women (and old) everywhere to know ---YOU can find great joy in being YOU! You can find a deep sense of satisfaction in coming to know yourself, coming to like yourself and in being the best YOU you can be! There is great joy in being your own best self and in liking who you are.

This week the lesson instructs to "Be happy and find joy in your journey now." It gives a powerful quote to remind you, "Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but on what happens inside of you."

I think Joy is something we can have today! Our Savior wants us to be happy here and now and he has provided a way for us to live so that we can surely feel that happiness.

Today I'm going enjoy my journey. Time is so fleeting. I'm going to strive to follow this advice today. I thank the young women in my ward for being great examples to me. I love them and I'm going to miss them terribly. I am so grateful for the time I got to spend with them and all the things they taught me. I will forever think of them as my own. And I'm glad that the thought I walk away with today is one to be remembered.

Trust in your journey! Find enjoyment in it ---Today!