Look for the Celestial Moments

In a Relief Society lesson, the teacher was talking about how to deal with the difficulties and stresses of life. She shared how she’d gone on a trip overseas with her husband and picked up a bug. It took over a year to get it out of her system. Because she was so tired and her body was reacting so violently to the bug, it was hard for her to rest, to have fun, to enjoy her family. She got pretty snappy and ornery. She became discouraged, angry and depressed.

She finally decided that if she was going to be sick for a long time, maybe the rest of her life, she needed to start looking at life a little differently. She began to notice the times in her day when she felt even the slightest bit of happiness or peace. Sometimes it only lasted a few seconds—like when one of her children smiled. But she cherished those moments and held onto them during the harder times. Eventually, she began not only to notice these moments, but to look for them—for her Celestial Moments.

Since that lesson, I’ve been looking for those moments in my life. I’ve discovered there are quite a lot of Celestial Moments in one day. If I pick up each one, I can string them together in my memory and create something beautiful.