Lessons Learned :)

I have been reading a book called "Before my heart stops" by Paul Cardall it is a very good book :) this man was born with a heart disease which some people don't live through, but now he has a wife and daughter and is waiting for his second chance at life- a heart transplant. ( at least that's as far as I've read in the book!) :) but i have learned a lot from this man. I'd like to share a few passages from the book that made me think...

Life is not just meant to spend time existing, but to spend it living. - Brian Cardall

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. -Helen Keller
Experience is not what happens to someone; it is what someone does with what happens to them. - Aldous Huxley 
God left the world unfinished...the pictures unpainted and the music left unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys and glories of creation. -Thomas S. Monson
 Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order to be tested, we must sometimes face challenges and difficulties. At times there appears to be no light at the tunnel's end--no dawn to break the nights darkness.We feel surrounded by the pain of broken hearts, the disappointment of shattered dreams, and the despair of vanished hopes. We join in uttering the biblical plea 'Is there no balm in Gilead?' (Jeremiah 8:22). We are inclined to view our own personal misfortunes through the distorted prism of pessimism. We feel abandoned, heartbroken, alone. If you find yourself in such a situation, I plead with you to turn to our Heavenly Father in faith. He will lift you and guide you. He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face. - Thomas S. Monson

Stop waiting for life to come tomorrow, begin living today. Don't miss what's NOW because you are looking for what's NEXT. --unknown-- Don't live life looking to the future for happiness. Rather, live today! Celebrate everything you have. Celebrate your family and friends. Material things are worthless. How you treat you family is priceless. Did you think to pray? Did you make someone smile? Did you say "I love you"? Stop waiting for life to come tomorrow, begin living today. Don't miss what's NOW because you are looking for what's NEXT!- Paul Cardall

these are just a few of the things that hit me and made me think. I hope they make you think too! And also I recommend this book to anyone that's looking for a good wholesome book to read :) I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and will have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :) 

Love Always! 

Brittany Ann Wilkins :)