Little bit of Heaven

I'm not up to a long post after a long drive after a long night of not sleeping...so here are pictures

Just Believe In It

The saying goes something like this, "You have the same 24 hours as Jesus Christ".  There is also a saying that goes, "there is no free lunch".  How you spend your life and what you do with it depends greatly upon these two ideas.   I doubt that Jesus, or for that matter any of the great humans in history, woke up and thought, 'I think I'll blow this day off'.  When you set a goal or think of something you really want to accomplish you have to work at it.  EVERY DAY.

Even on vacation. 

I am about to take a week off, but you bet your last dime I've packed my writing books and my notebook of tatting designs.  Those things I need to work on my goals everyday while on vacation.  If you take a vacation from your everyday steps you take a vacation from success.

I'm not saying that everyday you should be training 3 hours for that triathlon you want to win, but you should probably do some running or exercises everyday, just to keep your body and mind focused on your goal.

It is that focus that is important.  Be a believer.  As the scripture states, "Let no man despise thy youth (or your inexperience) ; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (1Tim 4:12)

Believing is the most important part of any goal, big or small.  If you don't "know" you can do it... you wont.  In religious context it's called faith.  Jesus taught us that this was the key to anything from loosing weight to writing a book to saving for that house you want or getting a degree.  You name it. 

The Apostles asked Jesus once why they had failed in their goal to heal.  "And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." (Matt 17: 20).  I bet if you believed that you could moved a mountain and then set about to shovel a little dirt everyday you'd succeed.


As the character Shepperd Book said,  "I don't care what you believe in, just believe in it".  That is the key to success.

So, what are your goals?  How will you accomplish them? Stop dreaming and start doing.  And remember:

1. You have just as many hours in the day and days in your life as deity (or more if you are over 33).
2. You have to work hard every one of those days.
3. You have to be a believer - to know you'll succeed

Vacation time

Vacation time will not come soon enough.  I need to get out of Utah.  I need to walk in the woods and shiver in the cold of a Rocky Mountain summer's night.  I want to write and read.  Rick suggested I take painting.  I poo pooed it, but the more I think about it the more I wonder if I should, just to try. 

Rick is getting itchy for a "new place" he said last night.  I was surprised, but I kind of wonder if it's a sign that we really need to look for a new location/home.  We have no more money now than we did a year ago and Rick is really resenting the school district and the LDS attitude of "do it for free" that abound here.  I wish I knew what to say or do.  So, yaaaa we both need a vacation.

Boo keeps telling us that we are going to Estes Park *nods*  Over the mountain.  I'm almost afraid that I'll get there and not want to leave *laugh*.  I'm also going to have lunch with Carol Berg while there.  I'm worried I'll say or do something stupid.  I'm the queen of that.

Is it June 16th yet?