Thoughts for Sunday

I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!  I have kind of a lot to say today on the Sabbath, so read this if you want to :) Who knows, maybe it could even help ya out.
So first off, someone came up to me this morning and asked me how I was.  I answered that I was okay.  "Just okay?" they said.  "How come not great??"  My first inclination was to say that I just had no reason to be great, but then I realized that that's not how it's supposed to work!! We should not say that we are so-so because we have no reason to be great, we should say we are fabulous because, well, why not??  We have a zillion reasons to be feeling wonderful: we each have families that love us, we get to eat good meals 3 times a day, we live in a lovely world, we get to go to sleep and dream every night and wake up to a brand new day with new adventures! Point is, we should have an overlying attitude of optimism.  Makes us more attractive and makes life worth living :)
You've probably heard the cheesy little quote that says, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that's why we call it the present!"  But you know, there is truth in that.  Every single day, every moment we are on this earth, is a gift.  Think about it.  I remember clearly the day I realized this.  Each is yet another moment that we get to be learning, living in our bodies that are a gift from God, enjoying relationships and feeling love, seeing beauty, and living life.  It could be taken away any time, which is even more reason to be grateful.  Of Heavenly Father it is said, "Him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another..."
Last is something I was thinking about during church today.  When Christ was dying on the cross, he looked out at the people who had just pierced his head with thorns, beaten him, and driven nails through his hands and feet, and he turned toward heaven and said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."  Not only is this maybe the greatest example of forgiveness ever, it makes me think about how Christ is our advocate with the Father, and is pleading each of our cases before him.  I can't help but think of me here on earth, making mistakes because of my ignorance and imperfections and lack of knowledge, and Christ turning to the Father and saying, "Forgive her, for she knows not what she does."  What a display of pure love.
And if your mind is not already on overload, go and read today's quote.  Think about it for a sec.  It is one of my very favorites.
Olivia