Happiness

The following post has nothing to do with this picture of Ethan, asleep in his bed- with a fake mustache on, but I wanted to put it on here anyway! I'm almost done with reading He Did Deliver Me from Bondage and wanted to share another thought that I had while studying the other day. Perfection. From my journal: "I like being perfect in many things and I get upset when I fall short of that- which is most of the time. When I get upset that the kids have to talk to me when I am headed upstairs or when they have interrupted me for the 4th time while playing the piano or when they are grumpy + tired + I can't take it anymore- I need to stop and reassess. Am I really doing/acting how I should or could I be just a little more understanding, less selfish and willing to see where they are coming from?" Today I focused on my Savior and that really helped me not care about perfection. As I taught piano lessons today, instead of demanding perfection or getting irritated I was mo...

I'm doing it again. The He Did Deliver Me from Bondage book by Colleen C. Harrison. That's right, I said again. When I was depressed, my Father in law recommended this book to me. I bought it right away off Amazon.com, used and marked up and tried it. As I did, I beat myself up over all the things I have done wrong in my life- for my pride, for my headiness and my arrogance. And I put the book away. Not to look at it again. Until later. Until I had been on meds for at least a year and counseling for even more than that. Now, when I read He Did Deliver, I am calm and happy, reassured in each moment of time that I spend studying about our Savior's - MY Savior's love, that even if I am prideful and foolish and heady, He still Loves me and is there for me. ALWAYS. The book is a twelve week course on solving addictions. It is based on Alcoholics Anonymous 12 step program, but puts it in a Gospel perspective. Principle One in AA is ""Step One: Admitted that we of ou...