Do Cats Really Have 9 Lives?

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Sorry I haven't written a group email in a while! Well, here we go!

I've been thinking a lot about attitude lately and how it effects our lives. If you put attitude together with A=1 T=20 and so forth, ATTITUDE=100 that's right! Attitude is 100%

10% is what happens to us
90% is how we choose to react

There is a story I read the other day during my personal study called:

 The Carpenter

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer/contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."

What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.

So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it differently.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project."

Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

I was listening to a talk last week by President Monson. I think it was his first talk after he became our Prophet. In his talk, he quoted a play. He said "You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.”

I don't know about you but that hit me pretty hard. How true that is! Let us make every day a day to remember!!!

FSOTW (funny story of the week):

*Elder Vaoiva and I eating breakfast*

Vaoiva: *sets his spoon down slowly*
"Do cat's really have 9 lives??"
Me: "Nah man, I don't think so."
Vaoiva: "K cause that question has just been tearing at me lately. I've wondered that my whole life."
Me: "Well now you can finally have peace of mind."
Vaoiva: "Thank you Elder Furniss."

Also I sang "Sisters in Zion" for the first time in my life yesterday. It was the closing hymn in sacrament meeting.

We have this one investigator named Nanay Lita and she is an absolute baller talaga. She doesn't know how to read so she was like "I want to learn how to read so I can be a missionary like you guys and share this message!" She is so awesome. So I think I'm going to buy a book for her and try and help her out.

I hope you all have a good week! You are awesome! Remember God loves you and He has a plan for you! Thank you for all the prayers you have been sending my way!