Choose Your Love, Love Your Choice

"Choose your love, love your choice."

~Thomas S. Monson

Loving the Person - Thomas S. Monson

"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."

~Thomas S. Monson ~

(1927-2018)

Kids Who Need the Most Love

"The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving of ways."

Privately Parent, Publicly Praise

"Mock your children as they struggle and they will learn to never share their struggles with you." (Shared from this great article, worth the read!:

GREAT article "privately parent and publicly praise" your children. My Mission President, gave some great marriage advice years before I got married - to paraphrase him -, 'do not talk badly about your spouse in front of others', there is a time and a place to share concerns or problems with a few select TRUSTED friends/family, but to focus on negative behavior and feelings in your children or your spouse only serves to give a breeding ground for the feelings to grow in your heart. I'm a big believer in "As a man thinketh so is he", and positive thoughts lead to positive feelings, and positive feelings lead to positive behavior. In my humble opinion;)

The First = Bravest, Strongest, Happiest

The first to apologize is the bravest. 

The first to forgive is the strongest. 

And the first to forget is the happiest.

Available for purchase in many sizes, HERE

NEVER SUPPRESS A GENEROUS THOUGHT

'Never Suppress a Generous Thought'

~Camilla Kimball

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Think the Best of Each Other

"Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad." 

~Jeffrey R. Holland

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Baggage

"Everyone comes with baggage. Find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack."

{Image credit to: Bernie Wahl of One Mixed Bag}

Today...

Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take Time To Care. Let your words heal, and not wound.

Available for purchase HERE in my Etsy shop (many sizes available)

Sand & Stone

"When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it." 

~Unknown

The Parable of the Chinese Bamboo Tree

One of my favorites:)

The Parable of the Chinese Bamboo Tree 

"In everything you do in your family, keep in mind the miracle of the Chinese bamboo tree. After the seed for this amazing tree is planted, you see nothing, absolutely nothing, for four years except for a tiny shoot coming out of a bulb. During those four years, all the growth is underground in a massive, fibrous root structure that spreads deep and wide in the earth. But then in the the fifth year the Chinese bamboo tree grows up to eighty feet!

Many things in family life are like the Chinese bamboo tree. You work and you invest time and effort, and you do everything you can possibly do to nurture growth, and sometimes you don't see anything for weeks, months, or even years. But if you're patient and keep working and nurturing, that "fifth year" will come, and you will be astonished at the growth and change you see taking place.

 Patience is faith in action. Patience is emotional diligence. It's the willingness to suffer inside so that others can grow. It reveals love. It gives birth to understanding."

From The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen R. Covey (pp. 22-23)

Everybody Deserves Somebody

Everybody deserves somebody who makes them look forward to tomorrow.

{available in different designs HERE}

Happy Valentines Day:)

As I have loved you, love one another.

~John 13:34~

{available HERE}

Sometimes

Sometimes it is better to be kind than right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens.

{customizable printable available HERE}

The Candle in Darkness

Don’t feel bad if people only remember you when they need you... Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness.

Schedules

Respect people who find time for you in their busy schedule...but love the people who never look at their schedule when you need them.

Loving the People who Love You!

I don’t have time to hate the people who hate me,

because I’m too busy loving the people that love me.

Time

“Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.” 

~ O. Leslie Stone, “Making Your Marriage Successful,” Ensign, May 1978.

Never Blame

"Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. The worst people give you a lesson and the best people give you memories."

(To purchase this print - other design available, click HERE)

Making the World Go Round

"Love does not make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

To download free printable of this quote, click HERE