My New Year Theme

I have never been very good at making New Year's resolutions let alone keeping them but I know it's a good thing to set goals and follow through with them.  When I was the Stake Primary President, the Stake Presidency would always come up with a theme for the year for us to give our talks on when we visited the various wards. Well, I decided my year needs a theme. I have really really been struggling the past month with feeling the blues and feeling sorry for myself and our situation and just wishing we could live a normal life like everyone around us seems to be doing. I realize that I have not been enduring my afflictions with very much patience or with very positive thoughts lately.   Last week we all caught a bad case of the flu which nearly did me in with stress, lack of sleep, etc..Anyway,  like I said, I have just been struggling with enduring my trials with patience and staying positive. Part of the reason I have been struggling I believe is because I haven't been doing very good at my part of staying in tune with the spirit. Those Sunday school answers of saying our prayers and reading our scripture and temple attendance really do impact our every day lives. I know for me it makes a huge impact on how I feel inside and out.  It affects my attitude and outlook on life.