I have found that most people will give you some time to prepare. I try to get my mind in the right frame, and say a silent prayer to ask for guidance. I have also found that I need to "dress the part". My mother actually taught me a valuable lesson many years ago. My wife was in the middle of a miscarriage, we were fresh out of BYU and I had no job and we had no money. I gave my wife a blessing, still wearing my jeans and pull over shirt. When I was done (my dad helped) my mom took me aside and said "didn't your father teach you better than that?" I was a little shocked. Then she said "he always dressed the part when he gave a blessing: white shirt and tie". Then I remembered, and have ever since. No matter what the time or circumstances (unless life threatening, obviously), I have taken the time to "dress the part", whether it be blessings for health, blessings to send my girls back to school, whatever. I had a HT family whose father/husband was not a member that I was priviledged to get many blessings to, and no matter when they called (one night it was around 11:30 because of sickness) I dressed up.
That isn't to brag, but it reminded me of my authority and in who's name I was acting, and set me in the right frame of mind.
FWIW...
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That would not be difficult to express. I found most helpful to me was going to my knees thanking my HF for life, for experience, for my family, and then directly asking him to go before my face, to be on my right hand, to be on my left hand, and his spirit in my heart, and his angels round about me to bear me up. --Thomas S. Monson, Feb 4 2008 News conference upon becoming President of the LDS church.
Hard work won’t kill you, but why take the chance??
---Motto of the Democrat Party
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