Peppermint
Mentha piperita I LOVE peppermint. I use it for nearly every tea I make. Not only does it have many great properties, it also tastes so refreshing. Peppermint is very easy to grow. Some find it invasive. I actually put it in places that I don’t mind it taking over a bit. It’s fragrance alone…
Homeade Vegetable Bouillon
My sister introduced me to homeade bouillon several years ago. It tastes so much better than store-bought. You’ll need a really good blender and small kitchen scale. You can freeze and use it straight from the freezer. I prefer to freeze dry it, but it’s great either way. Ingredients 5 oz. leeks, sliced and well-washed…
Why Connection?
…Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 22:37-39 I have always been fascinated with World War II, especially Holocaust…
Seeking Truth During General Conference
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 3 Nephi 14:7-8 This past week, our Come Follow Me study is in D&C…
Truth, Light, and Love (part one)
What is truth? One definition: the quality of being in accordance with experience, facts, or reality; conformity with fact. I hear often, “this is MY truth,” or, “that is YOUR truth.” However, eternal truths cannot be disputed. They just are. When we allow ourselves to entertain falsehoods or speak lies to others, it chips away…
Gratitude=Faith
When I first saw the statement Gratitude=faith, it did not compute. But as I got thinking about it I realized something. When we are going through a struggle and we express to our thankfulnes to God beacuse we know we are going to grow and learn from this, we are building our faith on things…
Letters to God
I know that many of us deeply long to talk to our Heavenly Father. I long to know who He is and what He wants me to know. I long to feel His love and to become like Him. So often, when I start to study or read my scriptures, it doesn’t go the way…
See People As People
Several years ago I took a course from The Arbinger Institute. You may be familiar with some of their books, Leadership and Self-Deception, Bonds That Make Us Free, The Anatomy of Peace, etc. One important concept that really stuck with me is to see people as people. On the surface this seems very simple, but…
Thought Change Challenge #2: Push Past Your Fears
One of my favorite places to visit is the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest. One visit we were canoeing at a Lake in Moran State Park (if you’re into that kind of thing I highly recommend you visit). I was with my family, and saw this amazing log bridge ahead that kids were…
Thought Change Challenge #1- Be Your Own Best Friend
Your words are Powerful. The words of others are powerful. Everything you think, everything you believe, plants a seed and grows into an idea that will eventually affect how you do thing and how you see things in the future. Even from when you were a child, you do things now because of what you…
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