Thurs Nov 5th

I've been wanting to write this for a long time so here it goes...A few days ago I was feeling really really down. I couldn't do anything right, I couldn't get anything done and I felt very depressed about it. It wasn't the normal bummed about something, where you wish you could do better, but you figure better luck next time. It was the dangerous depressed... where you start feeling worthless and useless. Anyways I was having a worthless, useless kind of day and I didn't know what to do it get myself out of it. I tried saying positive affirmations about myself and that helped a little but I was still feeling very down. Then at Lisey's swim lesson Heavenly Father presented a solution. 

I saw a mom there with a very fussy baby and a little three year old boy. She was trying to nurse the crying baby and the toddler wanted to sit on her lap. I could feel the empathy well up inside me. I have been there. I could imagine exactly how she was feeling and Heavenly Father gave me the courage to do something about it. 

I asked the mom if the little boy could have a fruit snack and when she said yes I knelt down to talk to the boy. I talked with him for a little bit and it was just the distraction he needed to let his mom finish feeding the baby. Then the mom and I started chatting and do you know what? I didn't feel depressed anymore. As soon as I decided to forget myself and go to work (as Pres Hinkley says to do) I felt joy and peace in my heart and the sorrow and pain evaporated. Service. My healing balm. Who knew it would work so swiftly? Thank you Heavenly Father for giving me an opportunity to serve and for healing my heart in the process.