The Divine Gift of Gratitude

I have been thinking so much about gratitude lately. I have much to be grateful for. I have been listening to the General Conference talks and I love what President Monson said about gratitude. He said in his talk titled The Divine Gift of Gratitude: "Regardless of our circumstances, each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings. This is a wonderful time to be on earth. While there is much that is wrong in the world today, there are many things that are right and good. There are marriages that make it, parents who love their children and sacrifice for them, friends who care about us and help us, teachers who teach. Our lives are blessed in countless ways. We can lift ourselves and others as well when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues. Someone has said that “gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

Lauren

So Lauren and I disagree every time she gets dressed. She tells me she wants me to pick out her clothes but complains and will only wear certain things. I have tried her picking the top and me picking the bottom or vice versa but we always seem to have issues. Yesterday we were once again not agreeing and she says to me, "Mom, when will you start to understand that I just love clothes?" Wow. I am in so much trouble when she becomes a teenager!