A Perfect Ordinary Day

Well, still trying to figure out this whole blog thing. Hopefully, I can start to do it weekly. It's a process! It always takes longer than I think just to write a bit. So, let's do this!

So I want you to imagine your perfect day. What is it? I bet a lot of us are imagining some sunny beach on Hawaii (if your Elder Perkins you're use to this so you're thinking of 3 feet of snow in DC) or maybe you spent the day with someone famous you admire, I'm just throwing out the first celebrity that comes to mind so, Oprah!, or maybe it's just a day without any stress and just carefree and you get to nap! Now, most of us can't quite spend everyday in Hawaii on the beach, or be with Oprah all the time (she's a little busy) and I hope you don't nap everyday! So how can we make the other 29,199+ days of our life as perfect as we can make it?
I want you to imagine again a perfect ordinary day. How did it go? Maybe you were able to get up on time, got the perfect amount of sleep. Maybe you made it to the gym, got a good workout in. You then made an awesome omelet to celebrate the sleep you achieved, peppers, cheese, the works, oh, and your kids love it too. You head off to work, your favorite song comes on the radio. You're doing good, and then some guy cuts you off! But that's okay, you're not going to let him ruin your day, it's gone great so far. You get to work, and you accomplish all that was due, but the computer crashes! And you lose part of you work. You explain to your boss, and he understands. He can see the work you put into it, and decides to take you to lunch. He mentions how he admires how happy you always seem to be. When you return to work, all falls into place, and the work is made up. You drive home, your favorite song again comes on! And then it stops just in time as you pull in the drive way. Nice! You get inside, and the kids aren't fighting! Dinner gets started, it's your favorite! Kids start to fight a bit, but you bribe with some ice cream, and they stop. After dinner, you play a game with the family, have some ice cream, catch up on some of your favorite shows, and back to bed you  go. Now, wait. There were some things in there that didn't go perfect. There is one common thread through the day, and that is our attitude! We did the best we had control of and did the best with the things we didn't. We stopped and admired the small things that make us smile.

"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." - Doctrine and Covenants 123:17

Let's do all we can to take control of things cheerfully and remember our purpose in this life. Let's serve others, let's notice the little things, let's be happy for Gods plan for each of us.