Daffodil Principle...

The other day while talking with a dear friend about genealogy she mentioned how easily you can become overwhelmed...For some reason it reminded me about the Daffodil Principle. It is something I have truly treasured from the time it was shared with me some four or so years ago. It is simply this....



Everything in life, big or small, needs only to be approached by first having faith, and second, by taking one step at a time. The funny thing was, at that time, I physically was not taking any steps...and things that would normally seem very small & easy, were not. This principle was my breath of fresh air, and re-enforced my thinking that I could do anything with the right attitude, if only I took life one step at a time....
And so, I began...taking life one step at a time, (even without legs) to accomplish those small not so easy things, as I'm sure many of you have heard from my famous "crib story". And, I can't help but be thankful for General Conference messages like the ones we just received which inspire, uplift, in courage us to keep moving forward, serve others, but most of all have faith in our Heavenly Father's plan and love for us.



Of course now, you'll have to read the story which (in a nut shell) is about a women who's daughter drags her to go and see these daffodil's. The women can not imagine what all the fuss is about until she arrives and see the gold rippling color stretching across a meadow, and up the side of a mountain.



Being overwhelmed by so many daffodils, the breath taking sight of it, and wonder of how this could of happened. She reads a near by sign that answers her questions, it simply says....50,000 bulbs, one women, two hands, one bulb at a time.



That's it! Everything in this life is that simple. Every dirty dish, every friendship, every scraped knee, every baby going down for a nap in a crib that seems much to high when your sitting on the floor with two broken legs....that's it! It's one bulb, one women, two hands....no shortcuts-simply loving the process, and having faith as we wait for our daffodils to bloom.



I hope you were equally inspired this past weekend from the conference talks....and I know, that just like the women planting bulbs in the story of the Daffodil Principle, no matter life's hurdles we can make it, one bulb at a time!