Presidency Message
How can four little words be so hard to say? The four little words are “thank you” and “I’m sorry.” I think it is a matter of being “in tune.”
When you are in tune everything looks so much better. A friend of mine who was a starving artist said when she was in tune her little run down apartment looked to her like a romantic little cottage where her art work came out with light and beauty, it was a wonderful place to her, but when her days became gloomy and dark she noticed the broken tiles, peeling paint and noticed the art work she created also seemed to be filled with darkness and despair. I used to say to her that I always knew where she was in her art and personal life based on her attitude and the Spirit I seemed to notice that surrounded her.
It is so much easier to be out of tune- to find fault, criticize and complain, to be ungrateful and argumentative and non apologetic; others find it hard to be around such a person; but when we are “in tune” or filled with the Spirit, life looks wonderful and we find it easier to cultivate an attitude of gratitude and it is so much easier for us to be the first one to offer “I’m sorry,” in the most heartfelt way.
I would encourage you to stay “in tune” Cultivate an attitude of gratitude and practice it daily, your whole world will change. There is someone out there who prays daily for just what you have. When things go wrong and they will, be as quick to kneel as you are to text! On the other hand when we are “in tune” and things go wrong between friends, neighbors or loved ones, be quick to offer an apology. I’m reminded of some families who spend years with no contact or extreme awkwardness when they’re together because neither of them could be the first to say “I’m sorry.”
Psalm 100:3-4. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gate with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Love, Lorraine Anderson
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