At the feet of the Prophets

I always love conference - I love in inspiration I get on how to be a better person and how nice it is to have our family together for most of the day. This year the kids listened and I had lots of coloring things for them to do. Dylan loves to water paint and has finally stopped eating the paint.

I really loved President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's on happiness and creating from women's conference and how happiness comes from creating something that didn't exist before such as beauty, heavenly homes, forever family, harmonious gardens. I also liked that he brought out that we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves as women -that what we create doesn't have to be perfect and we shouldn't be discouraged by fear or critics.

In college one of my roommates told me I wasn't a good cook. She was always telling me your supposed to do it this way or that way. Everything I did was wrong even though it was just for me. Because of that even today it is hard for me to cook because I remember her critical words and it keeps me from trying. I am getting better and slowly I am getting my confidence back but isn't it sad that I allowed myself to be discouraged by her words and isn't it sad that her words had that affect on me?

There was a lot said about being compassionate and serving our neighbors all around the world. We need try harder to be more Christ-like and love everyone and not judge others. We are all children of God regardless of religion, race, gender or nationality. We need to have the attitude of "come what may, and love it" (Joseph B. Wirthlin). I loved Brother Wirthlin's talk about laughing more and being slow to anger.

There were so many great talks, as there always are, guidance on simplifying our lives and dealing with feelings of inadequacy and Hope. One of my favorite quotes is "The brighter our hope, the greater our faith and the clearer our charity" (Pres. Uchtdorf). The prophet told us to not let temporal things get in the way of the most important things - people are important, appreciate childhood, provide pleasant memories, show affection - tell our families we love them, use kind words, always express our thanks and don't take others for granted, appreciate and enjoy life as we live it - each moments each day. I am thankful for all the great teachers I have had in my life and all the examples I have to look up to. I am thankful for my family, friends and neighbors. I am thankful that I can sit at the feet of the prophets and learn how to love more fully, to be a little better and be inspired to try a little harder to be more Christ-like.