Be Humble Be Grateful, Thank You President Hinckley

It's almost three in the morning and I am humbled.

I am humbled because I have been reading about this sweet family for hours and hours tonight because I can't sleep. I have been so touched by their lives just like thousands and thousands of others. I suddenly have this desire to help them or to at least be more like them.

Lately I have been so self-centered. I've had a lot of "blogging" time throughout the day and I have been jealous. I've been jealous of the talents that I don't have and wish I had- photography, sewing, decorating, writing well, dental hygiene, motherhood, I even get jealous of other people that play the piano well even though I play the piano also. I've been thinking so much about myself lately and I am so ashamed.

There are so many things I can be doing right now. Instead of being jealous of someone who has a talent, I can admire them for it, and instead I can try to develop that talent. I can recognize all of the blessings I have in my life- both great and small.

It's now past three in the morning and I am grateful.

I am grateful for breakfast in bed this morning from my sweet husband, birthday cake at the dental office and at Del Sol, new eyeshadow, a friendship bracelet and ring from Jamie and Casey, new gold hoop earrings, organic raspberry jam that I can eat by the spoonful, teaching piano and feeling important, finding a combined birthday package from Simon and Amy to David and I that consisted of a purse, iTunes giftcard, a book, and a visor, dinner at a favorite restaurant, a quick hello to the ladies in the branch at a girls' night, coming home to several messages from family, hearing Makenna say, "I love you, Auntie Lina," and Savanna being silly by calling me Emerald, an email from Savanna with a picture she drew of her family where Asialene's skin is dark brown while the rest of the family's is peach, a voicemail from Simon and his family singing and Bethany's knock knock joke, Talking to Daddy about jewelry and how he "knows his jewelry," and talking to my mom on the phone for at least an hour about when she and Auntie Rosie worked at a nursing home and laughed their heads off while moving an elderly lady to her bed who joined them in their laughing, reading a few blogs that have humbled me, and falling asleep in my husband's arms.

Even if I don't have the talents I want or if I don't stand out in any certain area, I can recognize the small and large blessings in my life and call that my talent. I can be talented in the area of simply being happy and grateful.

I am going to improve: by giving to others and being selfless without any recognition in return, by forgetting the worldly things, by staying away from jealousy, by developing my own talents at my own pace, and by being thankful for every little thing in my life.