May 30

Hey there everyone!!

How are you all doing?? I hope you are all doing great. I am so glad that Jimmer arrived without any problems!! However, I would love to see some pictures. I was thinking earlier this week about the difference between men andwomen when a baby is born. Women give all the details you could want and more. While men are mostly just worried if it is a boy or girl and if it is healthy. The sister in my ward that had her baby shower the same weekend as Wendy had her baby yesterday and her brother told us that it is a girl... And nothing else. Hahaha.

So this week has been great!! I have had a lot of opportunities to think about the ups and downs of life. I think that my life has been a wonderful life and I have loved every aspect of it. I have been blessed in every way possible. One thing that I have been blessed with is parents that taught me to believe in myself. I do not like to think on the negative side of things. To me the glass is very rarely half empty. Almost always I see it as half full. I have noticed that when someone is super postive, it is contagious. But it also works the other way around. When someone is overly negative it brings a negativce effect on those around them. I have been fighting a negative force. I am slowly but surely winning the war. Hahaha. I have been fighting by trial-and-error. I have found a way to best win each battle. I will give you all a hint. This works for me and I hope it works for you guys. When I hear someone talking negatively, I don't respond. Normally my first reaction would be to respond negatively. Instead I think about the words I could say. If it isn't helpful then I just remain silent. From there on out I refuse to make a negative comment. Even if it is about something little. I am now finding the silver-lining more and more often. I am living what I have always taught to my volleyball girls... If you think it is true, you are right. If you think that all you have is bad luck then that is what you will find in your life. If you think that you have all the good luck and blessings in the world then that is exactly what you will find!!! I hope and pray that all of you will be the most optimistic person possible. Share your joy and not your misery!!!

I love you all and I love the gospel!!!

Practice what you preach!!

Love,

Hna. Pelaez

P.S.

As a being of power, intelligence, and the master of his own thoughts, a man holds the key to every situation, to make his life what he chooses it to be. When he discovers the divine power within his soul, he can lead his life to a God-like nature. If one dreams lofty dreams, so shall he become. There is magic in the way one thinks. If we expect the worst, we will get the worst. If we expect the best, we will receive the best. If we train our minds to have faith in God and ourselves, we are using one of the great laws of life. If we think and live righteously, happiness will find its place in our lives. It is amazing when we expect the best how forces are set in motion which cause the best to materialize.
Our thoughts more than circumstances determine the course of our lives. Outward circumstances do not determine the course of our lives as much as the thoughts that habitually occupy our minds. These thoughts carve their impression on our faces, in our hearts, and on the tablet of our eternal souls.

Howard W. Hunter