30 Days of Happy: Day 1

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A day spent well at the temple today. We joined the rest of the ward in the 7:45 am session. I won't usually choose to wake up that early on a Saturday because like I mentioned to some friends, it is the ONLY day I get to sleep in. But today was different. It is one of the days I get to repay Him by going to His house and get a chance to converse with Him. As if I can actually repay Him. But that topic is for another post.

The first few minutes inside the temple, I already knew I made the right choice to be there. It is heaven on earth. I feel peace when I am inside. There's the silence. The smiles. The oneness. The beauty. The grandeur. Everything about the temple, I am in awe. Spiritual and physical. I am closest to Heavenly Father in the temple.

As we drove back, we were on the Bay Bridge as I realized how nice the weather was. When we came in the temple, it was all foggy and dark. Kind of the usual San Francisco weather but it was different when we got out. Maybe I was reading too much into it but I felt really grateful that the sun came out after a session. I even told E na nakikisama talaga yung weather kapag weekends. It has been like that for months. It's all gloomy on weekdays (kind of what we feel when we need to go to work) then bright and sunny on weekends (just like how we are when its time to play. haha). We rolled the windows down, felt the nice cool SF breeze, pumped the radio that was playing our favorite band (ano pa ba kundi OneRepublic) and I just stared blankly for a few seconds. Here I was sitting in the passenger seat , listening to my favorite band, going back to the city I really love, and I thought, I don't really have big problems do I?! (No, I still do!) But somehow there's an assurance that I can get past all of it. There are no dark days in my life. As was the promise given to me. As is the promise that the gospel gives everyone. Then I thought... why not document the things I am grateful for? Happy days like this! It will not only make me count my blessings and recognize them but will also help me focus on positivity everyday. Now I realize how important keeping a journal is. Hence, the beginning of 30 Days of Happy. :)