GRATEFUL

I've learned that maintaining a grateful heart is one of the main components of a happy life. Sometimes life can get difficult, and it can really start to weigh down on us. When life does get tough (which it will) I want to try to focus on the good that happens each day rather than the negative.

Here is my "Grateful Log" in which I record at least 3 things I'm grateful for each day:

NOVEMBER 2016

11.01.2016 - people (especially admire guys) who take time to go play games at the nursing home for an hour, laughter, pink starburst jamba juice

11.02.2016 - institute, sisters that can braid hair well enough that it lasts 3 days (yes, I did have the same braids three days straight - no judging), missionary emails. loooooove those missionary emails.

11.02.2016 - my health and mental capacity, running buddies, good songs (so important)
11.03.2016 - friends that encourage temple trips, my job, eggnog
11.04.2016 - basketball games, fridays consisting of only one class, forgiveness
11.05.2016 - holiday hot chocolate mugs, hot chocolate, saturdays
11.06.2016 - my patriarchal blessing, relaxing sabbath days, the gospel
11.07.2016 - my FHE group & partner, daylight savings, speech/language
11.08.2016 - paige greenwood, innocence, america & it's freedom to choose

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AUGUST 2016

08.01.2016 - new songs to play over and over, cheese, celine dion

08.02.2016 - pizza, american eagle's new line of super stretch jeans, mechanics that fix the cars that I keep wrecking
08.03.2016 - nugget ice, happy and nice customers, my ability to read
08.04.2016 - sleep, 
08.05.2016 - little cousins, rodeos, Sean Pittman
08.06.2016 - people who share experiences in relief society, dresses, 
08.07.2017 - hiking, friendships, capable legs
08.09.2016 - cars/modes of transportation, stay at home moms, couches
08.10.2016 - children that sell lemonade on the side of the road, Ella Enchanted (yes, the movie), strawberries
08.11.2016 -grocery stores, home-cooked meals (by mothers), 
08.12.2016 - clean laundry room, surprise dates, Julianne Donaldson for making me feel every emotion in one book. I get so sad everytime I finish one of her books all because I didn't want it to end.
08.13.2016 - my siblings, seeing happiness in others, return of parents after a vacation
08.14.2016 - dad's homemade bread, the piano, stake conference
08.20.2016 - my family, Ava Howell, temples that light up at night so I can find my way home
08.21.2016 - Advil, the book of Helaman, Microsoft Office that decided college students should have their products for free. I couldn't agree more!

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JULY 2016

07.14.2016 - Paige, nature, music

07.15.2016 - Netflix, yogurt, Joni

07.16.2016 - sisters, sunshine, Hawaiian tropic sunscreen

07.17.2016 - promptings, Brigg, missionaries

07.18.2016 - shampoo & conditioner, random people who smile and say hi when you make eye contact, Sami Jo and her amazing photography skills (heart eyes for every. single. picture.)

07.19.2016 - electricity, sleep, ice cream
07.20.2016 - Katie Roberts, chirping birds,  raspberry cream sodas
07.22.2016 - green grass, campfires with friends, jumper cables
07.23.2016 - tender mercies, drivers with road rage (to laugh at, of course), LAGOON!
07.24.2016 - Benjamin, honest people, sweet pork tacos (especially sweet pork tacos)

07.25.2016 - baby sisters, pictures, Marcie Lynn McClure's happy & cheesy romance novels

07.26.2016 - calendars, prayer, cupcakes
07.27.2016 - hair straighteners, my dad, my long sleeve football state championship t-shirt that I wear even in the summer when it's 100 degrees in my room because ITS SO COMFY.
07.28.2016 - hotel pillows, chapstick, bai molokai coconut drink
07.29.2016 - american eagle, target, in n out chocolate shakes (seriously obsessed)
07.30.2016 - time spent with my mom, the Ken Garff waiting room that has phone chargers for the needy, costa vida sweet pork salad (I die every time I eat one)
07.31.2016 - Nathan, shoes, the scent of rain