Day 9 – Family Night

Day 9 – 10:03 p.m. – Wow, this may be my earliest post yet!  It was a pretty good day today considering the status of things at work.  I followed what I feel was an answer to a prayer today and decided to lay off a different person first.  I’ve felt sick about the whole "lay off" thing.  I’ve learned through all this that I must ALWAYS be grategul for my job and blessings.

Here are ways I feel Heavenly Father blessed my life today:

1. In our Monday training I opened things up and let all the employees ask questions about what’s happening.  I admit that I don’t have all the answers.  I fell, through some recent experiences, that Heavenly Father has helped me understand a bit more how to empathize with my fellow employees.  Empathy is related to charity and charity is the pure love of Christ.
2. An enjoyable family night with Becky, Caleb and Madi.  We went on a long walk around the neighborhood, talked about how the day went.  When we got home we then took a small bike ride with the kids around the block.  It’s do fun to watch Madi pedal so hard – we got to get it on video.  Caleb flys around on his little two wheeler (still has on the training wheels – coming off soon). Then we came back to discuss fire safety and what happens in an emergency.  Caleb learned his address and that, if there is a big problem, he should call 911.  Let’s hope he never has to.
3. A good day of not being idle.  I was pretty anxiously engaged in good causes today – at least it seems that way.
4. Chance to kick the soccer ball around with Caleb while holding Madi on my shoulders.  Playing with the kids, even if it’s for a little bit, is a super important thing to do I feel.

I’m excited to get the talks uploaded to my iPod tonight or tomorrow so I can start listening to them in my car on the way to work.  I feel this will be a great way to start the day on the right foot.  One thing I really need to work on lately is a positive attitude.  The negativity is contagious and really isn’t good for anything.  Asking questions is one thing – bashing on the whole thing is another.

I love this tradition I’m forming of writing in my journal.

Nate