Life is Beautiful.....

So as I have gone from the muscle aching flu all last week, to bronchitis this week, some may think I have every right to be upset about another health issue in my life.

But I am not frustrated at all. I realized that as I caught the flu from my husband and then a slight cough from him ( and our 2 yr old caught the cough at the same time) that I am blessed. Blessed to have a loving husband lying asleep in bed next to me - even when he is sick. I acknowledged that there are those that are alone - not by choice - asleep and no child laying next to them. As I had to run to the store to buy diapers for the little one, notebooks and pens for the oldest, cough drops for the middle child and stop at the library for books needed for a school project - that even though I broke out in a full sweat fever in the middle of it all - I am blessed.

I admit at times I have a moment of wishing for an empty house to truly rest in. To have a fighting chance to get well....but the truth is I would never change a thing. Having the flu, or cold run through your house for a month only means that you have a house full of loved ones. That your cup truly runneth over with the love of children.

Life is Beautiful - it really is! With the frailty of the human body, the economy worries, the decline in our society's moral standards, and the list can go on and on of what can bring us down.....the list of blessings and joys are much longer. From the little things - flowers peeking through the snow - to the large blessings of shelter/food and the knowledge of the Atonement of Christ. Life is Beautiful! Isn't? It really is!

So today as you are rushing from one thing to the next - try and take notice of all the things in your life that makes your life TRULY BEAUTIFUL!