Comments on: Herman and the Birthday Dinner http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/01/16/herman-and-the-birthday-dinner/ Where our past is never very long ago Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Julia http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/01/16/herman-and-the-birthday-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-385082 Julia Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:11:09 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=12469#comment-385082 I hope someday my life will be filled with more times when I see the blessings than the vinegar in life. Some times it has been harder than others, but with practice I might get close by the time I am 50.

About 6 years ago, my first husband and I had just split up, and I realized I didn’t like the woman I had become being married to him. On my 30th birthday, I made a deal with myself and my Heavenly Parents. I would assume that everything that happened would have some lesson or greater good that could come from it, and instead of trying to pray problems away, I would pray for the ability to see things with a Heavenly Perspective.

At the time, if I could see the next 6 years, I don’t know what the 30 year old me would have done. Even going through hell, I have been able to see things differently, and I have reached the point where I assume trials will be for my benefit. I have a long ways to go, but the confirmation of the spirit, that I will get there some day, becomes clear in stories like this.

Thank you Ardis. I have had a couple of doozies the last few days, and while I have kept that eternal perspective. It has not been easy. I needed this extra reminder.

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