Things I learn

I was reading in a book the other day and found a saying that I thought applied to me. It went something like this. "In a sense sickness is a place more instructive than a long trip to Europe, and it's always a place where there's no company, where nobody can follow." I think it is like that, not because you don't have visitors and people being kind to you, but because you have so much time to yourself to think and to wonder about life. With this latest stay in bed, I have gone through the regular depressive thoughts of "why me, again"? and all that blather that no one wants to hear, but because I am always blessed I come out on top with lessons learned that help me and bless my life. The latest comes from this young man, my grandson. Jim and I, along with Tyler and Melanie took them for an outing last Saturday. I felt well enough to go along and observe their fun and it was a fun day. On the way home, there was a quiet moment in the back seat and then 1,2,3 and all four boys, in unison said THANK YOU GRAMA AND GRAMPA!!! We said how nice of them to be grateful. Then Jack said, " You should always be grateful for everything, even little things, even your weaknesses, cause they will make you strong"! I asked him where he had heard that, if his parents had taught him that or had he heard it in primary? He responded that he didn't know, but he always says in his prayers every night "Thank you Heavenly Father for my weaknessess, help me to overcome them, so I can become strong". Wow! I've got so many weaknesses to be grateful for. No wonder I like hanging out with little kids so much, they are so much smarter than me!