The temporary crown that I got on Monday popped off on Tuesday, so I’m back to the dentist this morning. It is more discouraging to me than I would expect it to be. I forgot it was there and ate a breakfast burrito for lunch. I felt little food bits in my mouth afterwards and used my tongue to move them so I could swallow them, and I accidently popped it off.
I’m concerned that I won’t be able to deal with having this crown. This is not something I wanted to put my mental energy towards right now.
It’s a good time to intentionally acknowledge the best things in life. I was able to wake this morning from a warm, comfortable bed. I showered myself, without needing assistance. It feels so good to start the day with a shower. I have opportunity today to connect with so many people in a positive way.
We have the *** walk through today, and I’m very grateful to be having a closing in December.
I have people who love me, and I need and want to take time to reach out to them more to strengthen our connections.
I was brave enough this week to reach out to someone and ask for their potential business. I have so many opportunities to do that.
I’m grateful to be able to experience mortality, and I’ve had an easy go of it compared to some people. It’s good not to compare, because there will always be those who I feel are better off or worse off, and neither of those conclusions are helpful.
I have my life, and I will make the best of it by offering it in service to others. It’s too easy to forgot that.
Come Follow Me
Moroni exhorts us to remember how merciful the Lord has been to the children of men. This is also something easy to forget. More relevant is how merciful he has been to me. And how merciful I should then be to others.
What is mercy? It must be more than kindness. Chatgpt says it has evolved from a Latin word meaning ‘rewards’ or ‘wages’ to an ‘expression of compassion and forgiveness, rooted in pity and heartfelt kindness’. And this usually from someone in a position of power.
compassion, forgiveness, pity. How has the Lord shown me these things. It is too easy to imagine God as removed from the troubles that follow every human being, or life of any sort. Mortality seems heartless, and unforgiving, and it’s easy to imagine a God who is likewise. But what does existance here start to look like when we believe (and then know) that the one who upholds all of this is our father, and that he really does love us as his children. It’s too easy to forget that. I want to stop forgetting, and start to remember always that he has compassion, and pity, and love for us. for whatever reasons that I don’t fully understand, it’s necessary for us to go through this suffering, and also fulfilling, life.