How sweet it is!

 Well, it's Sunday, which means that tomorrow is Monday, which means we start up with more crazy, hectic, non-stop days. It really is great to have Sunday because some weeks it truly is the only day of rest, and I don't know about all of you, but I NEED that!
  It feels good to go to church and be able to have at least one thing that really stands out from a talk, or lesson and turns out to be just what you need to hear to buoy you up for the busy days a head.
  But....Monday is just around the corner and it'll be time to get back to work. So how do you retain the things you felt at church to make things feel better? It's definitely something I'm working on.
   Unfortunately it can be really easy to get caught up in all the reasons that life is hard and to lose sight of how it's so good. Did you hear Pres. Uchtdorf's talk in the RS broadcast? Yeah, I'm guilty of being one of those people "waiting for their golden ticket". There are things I think, "If only it would go this way" or, "Why can't life just end up the way I want?" Well, the point is, sometimes you get a "golden ticket", but even more common - sometimes you just end up with a candy bar. Just a candy bar? I love candy bars!! But honestly, sometimes I forget to enjoy it.
    But when you're looking for a golden ticket and it's not there, don't forget you still have a candy bar. For example: I was working at an elementary school cafeteria  the other day and I was tired, and a little ready to be done, yeah, probably sweaty and in a hair net to top it all off. I would rather have been home getting things done that needed worked on there, but instead I was at work away from home.
    But I was at the serving line as the kids started coming through and the more of them I saw, the more fun I had. They were so cute and full of smiles! I noticed one little girl who kept staring at me as she got closer. Once she got up to where I was she smiled at me and said, "You look beautiful." Did I mention I'm wearing a hairnet? :) See, the "candy bar" is still good.
   Life isn't always how you hope it will be, but I've started to realize that if you keep the hope for the golden ticket, but learn to enjoy the "plain old candy bar" it's sweeter than you think.