Bloom Where You're Planted

I love the saying, "Bloom Where You're Planted".  This was the theme that my LDS ward had for our Relief Society Birthday Party this year.  At the party two women spoke to my YSA ward about how they had Bloomed Where They'd Planted.  One sister, who was in her early 60's spoke to us about the life that she had lived.  She spoke of her son becoming sick and dying at the age of 7, her husband becoming ill after a surgery and passing away, her parents getting in a car accident and passing away, and her daughter's fatal disease.  This women was a women who had chosen to take each trial and use it as a learning experience.  She is one of the most positive women that I know and is a perfect example of a women who has Bloomed Where She Was Planted.  She spoke about how we do not choose the trials that we face, we can only choose how we react to those trials.  She showed us a great example of what to do and how to act when trials come our way.

The other sister that spoke was my sister-in-law Becca Dettinger.  She is in her 20's and has just begun her life with her 3 boys and husband.  She spoke about our other sister-in-law who had spent 1 1/2 years living in the Dominicana while her husband went to Medical School.  Kelly is an excellent blogger and so we were able to keep up with them through their blog.  She wrote about how they do laundry down their, the bugs, the food, their home, the people, and about raising her little boy in a different country.  She had such a positive attitude about the situation that she was placed in.  She could have written about how dirty, humid, and different it was there, but instead she chose to Bloom Where She Was Planted.  She was a great example of that to all of the people around her and still is today.  

Bloom Where You're Planted!  Whatever life might bring your way, the trials, the temptations, the frustrations; choose to make the most of the situation.  Choose to stand up for what you believe in with a smile!  Heavenly Father loves each one of us so much and has given us this opportunity to come down to earth, gain a body, and make the choices that will bring us back to Him in the Celestial Kingdom.  We can not do that if we are dwelling on the hard times in our life or finding any reason to complain.  We are so blessed to be on this earth, to have the families that we have, to have The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on this earth.  Be grateful for what you have, look for what you can learn through each trial, and live every day knowing that you have Bloomed Where You're Planted!