Seeds

 

“The seeds of resilience are planted in the way we process the negative events in our life.” -Sheryl Sandburg

“To see things in the seed, that is genius.” -Lao Tzu

“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonder.”         -Henry David Thoreau

“A seed knows how to wait…a seed is alive while it waits.” -Hope Jahren

“The flowers that bloom tomorrow are the seeds you planted today.” 

“When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” -Alexander Den Heijer 

Love them today teach them tomorrow

 “If some students are unresponsive maybe you can’t teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.” 

-Jeffrey R Holland

Just bloom

 

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.”  -Zen Shen 

An apostle’s invitation

 

We were able to take the kids to hear Elder Anderson of the quorum of the twelve apostles speak at BYUI yesterday. They were also able to shake his hand and meet really kind students sitting around us. 

Lanning snapped a photo of this quote by President Nelson that he shared in his talk. Elder Anderson assured us that a prophet only makes promises that come from the Lord! 

Patience and attitude

 

We’ve learned lots of life lessons from running…keep going when you’re on empty and give it your all when you have a lot to give! 

Prayer changes me