As a young girl I was very fond of the movie Annie. One of my
favorite songs was Tomorrow. On occasional dreary days I hear the echoing words
of the little red head girl, “The sun will come out tomorrow.” It is true, the
future is bright and there are good things to come, but we must not be so
consumed with the sun tomorrow that we miss the silver lining in the clouds of
today.
A few weeks ago in a conference we were all given a marshmallow,
then we were told to examine the marshmallow as if it were the very first time
we were seeing it. I found this little
exercise to be interesting wondering why I was staring at a little
marshmallow. I really tried to cooperate
with the exercise and began to really look at the marshmallow what it looked
like, felt like, smelled like and so on. Then he told us to put it in our mouth
and to see how it changed. Never in my life had I put so much thought into one
little insignificant marshmallow. He went on to explain we usually only look at
things in life for our benefit. For example; usually when we look at a
marshmallow we think about it tasting good for us, but we never think that that
marshmallow is an independent object that we can observe without having to
think about it only for our benefit.
I have realized living in Virginia how one can easily be
caught up in the race of life and begin to overlook the beauty of the moment. People
are going 100 mph in 100 different directions trying to accomplish their many
demanding responsibilities. In such a fast paced life it is easy to get caught
up and forget the things that matter most, but as we apply the marshmallow concept and look at the beauty and wonderful things in the world around us, we will have an increased gratitude and appreciation for our Heavenly Father and our wonderful lives.
I hope we can all take time to enjoy the
moment and not just wait for the storm to pass but learn to dance in the rain.
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