New Year - New Me

I haven't posted to this blog in a long time, a very long time. A few things have changed, so I will get you up to speed quickly. I'm currently living in Idaho with my wife, Vanessa. We are both students at BYUI and Vanessa is set to graduate next semester. I am a CIT major and am enjoying learning programming and web design.

The purpose of this post is to address and assignment that was given to me in one of my religion courses. The assignment was to post, by way of this blog, my religious thoughts this week. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Many people know us as Mormons. Now, this post is not intended for me to tell you all doctrinal points I believe. It is however, a post on a topic I believe applies to each and every one of us.

I have been asked if I am a glass half full or glass half empty type of guy, and to be honest, I didn't know how to respond.There are certain situations that, no matter how much I try to remain positive, simply do not warrant a glass half full type of feeling. I believe the most important thing we can do in those situations is maintain a positive attitude above all else.

I recently finished watching a clip by Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland in which he mentions "even in the golden age of civilization, someone undoubtedly grumbled that everything looked too yellow."

We all need to do a better job at instead of looking at the one negative point in front of us, looking at the hundreds of positive ones around us. It is only by living in such a way that we come to live a truly abundant life; a life that is focused on all the good the world has to offer.

I hope that this year I can do better in my own life in this regard. When I step back and analyze my problems, none of them are so great that they can conquer me. Instead of complaints, I'm going to find solutions.