Yoga Sutra 1:33

“By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calm.”

Yoga Sutra of Patanjali I.33

"...pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all things." Mosiah 26:39

Perils

"Most of us spend a good part of our lives in perils so nearly invisible that self-reliance comes easily, and accepting counsel from brothers, or from God, comes hard." Elder Henry B. Eyring

When life gives you crappy dinner rolls, make croutons

As some of you may remember several weeks ago, I seemingly sabotaged a lovely Sunday dinner with the family. The biggest failure, the dinner rolls. They had such potential, yet they didn't rise, and turned our dense and dry. We ate a few token rolls at dinner and due to my loss I couldn't throw them away. Today I opened up the cupboard intending to find mildewy rolls. Quite the contrary, they still had a semblance of life to them, and I figured I might as well try them out for bread crumbs if nothing else. As I began chopping away, I tasted a small bite, and realized these had the best potential in the form of an olive oil, herd infused crouton, the best kind you can find. So there it is, a little dolled up with spices, oil, and salt, in the oven at 200 for an hour or so, and voila, the yummiest croutons ever!

So when life gives you crappy dinner rolls, make croutons!

Wisdom from a chocolate wrapper...

These last few days I have been eating a Dove chocolate, one of our Christmas gifts. I dare say this is the gift that just keeps on giving, literally! I love the nuggets of wisdom and goodness that come from these chocolate wrappers.

"Claim your happiness; dance to your own music."

"Find a way to make a part of your day like your day off."

We just returned from a vacation weekend to Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, warm weather, no need for gloves, hats, or shovels. I still have sand in my shoes, but today I will find a way to make part of my day like my day off, and every day for that matter.

Thanks dove.