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June Vacation

After much planning we had our vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park. 

Here are some pics with people in them...in no particular order

 

Lots to see and do and not a lot of time to do it in.  LOTS of hiking. Good Times.

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?

Random Shiori Stuff

So very behind on Shiori fun stuff so I'm just dumping.

Tabernacle Temple

It's official I live in the new temple district for Provo.  8 stakes in Provo and Springville are a part of it.  I'm betting the line is along BYU boundaries.  My ward takes in BYU campus; so anyone who doesn't want to go to a student ward can go to ours.  Anyway the Temple...

I had wanted to go to the new temple ground breaking, but didn't hear about it till long after the tickets were gone.  Late last night I got a call form a member of my bishopric who had 2 tickets that were returned because the members couldn't use them.  His wife knew I had wanted to go and so they gave them to me. 

Rick, Boo and I went early this morning.  It was nice.  As Rick said, "if church was like this I'd go more often."  I think that's interesting commentary on how members treat church, but that's not what this post is about.  It's about a new temple and its blessing.

Elder Holland gave the prayer, a dedication of the work to go forth.  It was nice.  Dedicating the site is apparently an ordinance according to Holland, a setting apart of the site and those who shall work on it and for it.  He prayed for the safety and strength of the workers and it occurred to me that his wording encompassed not only the construction workers, but also those who will be doing things like upholstering chairs, carving carpets, and making altar cloths.  All those whose hands will go into building the temple and creating the spiritual place inside.  That included me.

It was quite humbling to realize that, while he did not know that I sat there under a tree working on an roundel for the alter cloth for that temple, Elder Holland knew that so many would make a tithe of skill to create a House of the Lord and so blessed us all to do that work.

I've always wanted to make an altar cloth, God willing I will get this done on time.