Happy New Year!

"This Christmas, mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten

friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write

a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest

your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a

grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand.

Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone

else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your

gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child.

Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.

Speak your love and then speak it again. Christmas is a

celebration, and there is no celebration that compares

with the realization of its true meaning-with the

sudden stirring of the heart that has extended itself

unselfishly in the things that matter most."

-Howard W. Hunter-

 

Although this quote was meant for Christmas time, I think it is a good idea to try one of these everyday as the new year starts. 

To ring in the New Year, we'll be partying and staying up late tonight then going up to Strawberry with the Laurels in our ward to play in the snow! I'm in charge of dinner so wish me luck!