What Sign Would you Hold Up?

I have a special place in my heart for Hilary Weeks and her music.

She was one of my primary teachers in Alaska, and a friend of my older sister, Kary. She used to perform in our ward, even as a teenager, singing and playing the piano. She seems to know how to reach into hearts. It is her gift. I am so glad she shares it. Her music has changed my heart on more than one occasion . . . but that is another story.

I love this video of her new song. If we could all hold up a sign, so that everyone would know what heartbreak we deal with, perhaps we would all be a little less judgemental and a little more kind. We all live with "Heartbreak" but it is how we deal with it that makes us, or breaks us.

We live in a time when people are losing hope and dwelling in sorrow. But it does not have to be that way. We have one shot at this mortal probabtion, we might as well at least TRY and BE happy. Right? Curling up in the fetal position and rocking back and forth does no good -- trust me, I know.

It IS a choice. You do not have to be broken. You can heal. But healing takes action -- not wallowing. Image pulling a pioneer handcart, giving up will not do you (or anyone else) any good . . . moving forward is the only option!

"Keep moving forward!" --Disney

On Sunday our Relief Society teacher said, "Sometimes you just have to take your own hand and say, "Come on, let's do this!" We cannot always rely on someone else to lift us up. Sometimes we have to lift up ourselves and face the world with a sense of purpose and strength. We have within us the power to rise above the sorrow of the world. God is there for us. But WE have to take the first step. We have to do the work.

So . . . what would my heartbreak sign say right now?? (I know it could change at anytime) . . .

Hmmmm . . . Now that it comes to it, I think it is too personal to share! But I will admit to my sorrow being physical.

We all have something we harbor inside of us. We often protect our heartbreak, or sorrow, and cover it up with a "show". Perhaps, instead of hiding from the thing that plagues us, we can OWN it. Claim it. And move on from there.

Claim YOU. Claim WHO YOU ARE. Claim WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Ask God what HE WANTS you to do . . . and do it!

And as a wise man once said, "it will all work out."

Have Faith. Have Hope. And one of the hardest things to do . . . Have Trust. Trust God. Trust yourself. Learn from the Heartbreak . . . then let it go.

Happiness awaits!