Truth is......

I recently returned home from a trip to Salt Lake to attend a Time Out For Women conference. The trip was amazing and just what I really needed spiritually and emotionally. Not only was I able to visit with my dearest friend, Shelli, but I was also able to visit my great Aunt Dorene and attend an amazing conference with my friend Kimberlee. There were numerous speakers and a couple musicians and about 3300 women in attendance. I was able to meet Sherri Dew, which was brief but so heart warming. There are so many things I took away from my experience, but the one thing that they encouraged us is to remember that "Truth has profound influence." Who am I influencing and who is influencing me? Sherri Dew said, " It will be hard to stand up for truth and righteousness, but it will be harder if we do not."
I have been doing allot of soul searching shall we say, to find "my self", maybe it is because I am now in my 30's and feel that I should decide what I want to do with my life, but I feel I have the potential for greatness(I really do not mean this in a conceited type of way). I know that I can do many wonderful meaningful things in my life, but I have had a hard time figuring out what that is. I have taken this desire to the Lord many times and it has just not come to me what "great and wonderful things" I should be doing. I went to the conference with this prayer in my heart, "Heavenly Father, what great things would thou have me do?" While sitting listening to the speakers on Saturday morning I felt the prompting and this is exactly what came to my mind and I even wrote it down....BTW I am a terrible note taker, but I wrote this down: " I am a women of God, a wife, mother, sister, daughter, niece, granddaughter, aunt, daughter in law, friend, YW president and I can find greatness in every roll that I play."
Was this any thing that I did not already know? No, I know who I am, but I was looking for greatness beyond my own life as it is now. I can be great in the many areas of my life and the rest will follow.
I can be a great teacher to my son who struggles so much in school, I can teach him to read and to find self worth and confidence, to be kind and to love those around him.
I can be a great companion to my wonderful husband who works so hard every day to help support us.
I can be a great friend by serving them and sharing the gospel with them and inviting them into my home to eat and to feel of the spirit.
I can me a great daughter, granddaughter and daughter in law by loving my family unconditionally and by being an example and of course cooking for them :0)
I can be a great YW president by helping my girls to know that they are loved by their Father in Heaven and that they too are of great worth.
I can be a great aunt by loving my nieces and nephews and being the fun goofy aunt that I am and that they mean the world to me.
I can be a great sister by bribing my little brother with no bake cookies so he will come and visit me( ok so this may not be the greatest, but hey if it works ;0)

The truth is I do indeed have greatness in me, but I do not need to look else where for it, it has been there all along just waiting for my acknowledgement.