Blessings

I think it is amazing how when you just start to put forth a little more effort, the Lord is so willing to bless you abundantly. He really does want us to be happy and is just waiting for us to realize that and show him that we are willing to accept it. He knows we are not perfect and we will stumble often, but he loves us anyway.

"Our perfect Father does not expect us to be perfect children yet. He had only one such Child. Meanwhile, therefore, sometimes with smudges on our cheeks, dirt on our hands, and shoes untied, stammeringly but smilingly we present God with a dandelion-as if it were an orchid or a rose! If for now the dandelion is the best we have to offer, He receives it, knowing what we may later place on the altar. It is good to remember how young we are spiritually."

-Elder Neal A. Maxwell (That Ye May Believe, p. 100.)