Treasures

By Vivian Paulsen

Every day you receive blessings from our Father in Heaven. Even on days when you don’t feel well or are not happy, you still receive many blessings from Him. Maybe the sun is shining or you get a good grade on a test or your mom makes you a glass of fresh juice. Look around—if you will just search, you will find wonderful blessings. Looking for your blessings each day will help you feel happy.

Make your own treasure chest of blessings. Find a small box. Decorate it to look like a treasure chest. Then carefully remove this page and the next one from the magazine, mount the treasure tags on a heavier piece of paper, and cut them out. Whenever you notice a blessing at home, write it (or have someone help you write it) on a home tag, and put it in your treasure chest. When you notice a blessing from your family, write it on a heart tag. For blessings at school, there are book tags; for blessings at church, church tags; for blessings of friendship, flower tags; for blessings in the neighborhood, tree tags; and for other blessings, there are plain tags.

If you fill out a tag every time you think of a blessing, your treasure chest will soon be overflowing. Plan a special family home evening on gratitude. Open your box with your family, and explain why you are grateful for your treasures—the blessings Father in Heaven has given you.

Treasure Tags

Home Blessings

Family Blessings

School Blessings

Friendship Blessings

Neighborhood Blessings

Other Blessings

Church Blessings

Illustrated by Dick Brown