...blossoms...

1 Nephi 11:8

...puppy love...

Is being joyful genetic?  or is it a learned?  Nature vs. Nurture...the old debate.  

Well, recently I welcomed a brand new "bundle of joy".  I like that old expression that we give to babies; it sure describes my new baby.   My bundle of joy is named Olive and watching her play and romp is guaranteed to make you laugh.  Her joy in being alive and experiencing new things is so neat to see.

Don't all little ones come already full of joy?  I think they do.  They have a natural ease with being joyful and expressing it.  They don't begin to lose that joy until they experience disappointment. This is where the effects of nurture come in.  I think that disappointment and discouragement is the learned trait.  

That means that somewhere inside us all we have the little bundle of joy we came with.  Find it.  If you're having trouble finding it...play with a puppy!

Doctrine and Covenants 136:28-29