People amaze me.

Not in a bad way (though that happens sometimes too). People amaze me in a good way. For example I have this friend who I saw today (you know who you are) and I would love to shape my life after her. She is always such a positive person. She's on bed rest and will be for at least 7 more weeks...:D. She is not allowed to even sit up. She is on her side all day and she is finding projects to keep her occupied and has the best attitude. I'm sure she has moments where being on bed rest isn't her favorite, but I bet all she has to do is think of those adorable twin boys growing inside her and she's excited to be on her side again. She's even hand sewing them quilts! Amazing, I love her positive outlook on life and her ability to not let herself get down.

Another person that I try and model my life after is my husband, Chris. He works so hard, and it's incredibly rare if a complaint ever escapes his lips. I find myself complaining all the time. I wish I could naturally be more like him and just keep my thoughts to myself and press forward, but sometimes I get stuck in complaining mode. Once you start, the complaints become like a thick mud and you really have to make an effort to get unstuck from them...then you complain about your lost shoe in the mud or how dirty your feet are and POOF you're back where you started. I know that he gets annoyed by things, but he keeps it to himself and tries to look at the positive. If he can't find the positive he just puts his head down and gets to work.

Another one of the people that I try to model my life after is my mother. She is the most hard working person I know. She just keeps moving forward and works her tail off. She is constantly going. In the process she manages to touch many, many people's lives. I have had many people come up to me and tell me what a positive influence my mother has had on them. I would like to have people say that about me someday.

So these are my thoughts as I go to bed tonight. I have been blessed to be surrounded by so many people who I respect and admire. I would name all of you individually but that would make for an incredibly long post. I'm thankful that Heavenly Father has blessed me with so many people who are better than I am in so many ways so that I can look to their positive examples and try to pull out the good so that I may become a little better...or a lot better.

Anyway. Thanks to all of you.