Love this Book!

I haven't made a book recommendation yet on this blog, so here goes. I recently aquired this book by Kerry Blair. She is an LDS author and this is her first work of non fiction, at least that I'm aware of. She is very witty, and I loved this book, because it helped me appreciate all that I have, and not feel guilty if I'm not perfect or even close.

An excerpt that I particularly liked was this:

"As Latter-day Saints we are practically obsessed with anxiously engaging ourselves in good causes. Maybe it's subliminal. Glancing through the hymnal last Sunday, I noted that as sisters in Zion, we who are called to serve are all enlisted to go marching, marching forward because the world has need of willing men to all press on scattering sunshine. We wonder if we have done any good in the world today, because we have been given much and want to do what is right, keep the commandments, press forward with the Saints, and put our shoulders to the wheel going where He wants us to go. However, as the morning breaks high on the mountain top, truth reflects upon our senses, and while we still believe that sweet is the work, we also realize that we have work enough to do ere the sun goes down. And thus we ask Thee ere we part, where can we turn for peace?"

I loved this book, it made me smile, appreciate, reflect and even get a bit teary (I know that's hard to imagine!) Most of all, it uplifted me, and made me feel that despite all my faults that continually scream out to me (and sometimes to those around me), and the hard trials that fall in my path...that I have a great life in which my Heavenly Father continues to bless me. and as long as I have have more steps forward than backward, everything will be ok.