Here are some notes from a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.
– You are happier when you have gratitude in your heart.
– Urdorf: sooner or later we experience times when the fabric of our world feels torn. (Paraphrase) Details of each life are unique. Something that can take bitterness. One thing that can make things less bitter. We can be more faithful.
– Write a hundred things you’re thankful for. But all kinds of things such as inventions, places, people, experiences, etc.
– President Monson: difficult to view problems and not be discouraged. (Paraphrase) We need to look at overlooked blessings. Take an inventory of your life and see the small and large blessings you’ve received.
– Urdorf: instead of the focus of things your grateful focus be thankful for what circumstances we are in. We can experience gentle peace in tribulation.
– We can find it difficult to be in gratitude if we compare ourselves to others.
– Comparison is the thief of joy Roosevelt?
– Sometimes we take things for granted. The more we see things around us, we take them for granted.
– Notice the people you care about and the sights and smells and the beauty of this land.
– The lord has given us so much in our lives. He wants us to acknowledge his hand.
– Just a child may not thank a parent for all the things the parent has done. We can often neglect the blessings from our heavenly father.
– Gratitude makes us happy and others happy.
– How blessed we are if we recognize God’s work in the tapestry of life. Urdorf (Paraphrase)
– How to show gratitude
– Recognize blessings
– Make a list of what you’re grateful for.
– Song: what upon life’s billows.
– We can lift others and ourselves when we avoid the negative mindset.
– Write down the blessings you have so that your ascenders will see how your life was blessed.
– Give thanks to God and to others. In mind verbally
– When you don’t thank someone, it is like you wrapping a present and not giving it to them.
– Hymn: because I have been given much I too must give.
– He who is grateful in all things will become glorious.
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