What does it mean to stay true to yourself, true to what you know? This question has kind of been on my mind. I just want to say doing what I think is best doesn't mean that everyone else is wrong. It doesn't mean that everyone else doesn't know anything or that they don't care about the same things I do. But some days we just have to silence all the doubts and face the fear that as we might very well be wrong, we also must be true to ourselves and to what we know.
Last night at Institute I read a quote that really hit me. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said: "Do not be afraid of scars that may come in defending the truth or fighting for the right, but beware scars that spiritually disfigure, that come to you in activities you should not have undertaken, that befall you in places where you should not have gone." (Ensign, Nov. 1998, pg. 77)
I can only hope to do so...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The Holidays
So I took a little bit of a break from writing. Not because there was a lack of events in my life, but more of the opposite. There was so much going on there was rarely a time to sit down and write. In an attempt to recap my holiday festivities this is it:
I went home for Christmas to good ol' Fallon, Nevada. For anyone who doesn't know where that is, it's pretty much in the middle of nowhere about 60 miles east of Reno. I went home for a few days and just spent time with my family. It was nice not to have any type of agenda or schedule. We watched The Princess and the Frog on Christmas day. My two older brothers were with the family of their spouses so we missed them at home, but it was still a great Christmas. We watched movies and James and I played Wii until almost 4 in the morning the first night we got there. I really do consider those moments the memories we make that we never forget, no matter how small.
I drove back with Ruth and James on December 28th and welcomed in the New Year. I've thought some about my goals, or if you want to call them resolutions, for 2010. I would say my only goals are to be more diligent at finding ways to help others and be a better person and then being unselfish with my time in order to make that happen. Pretty much my goals are the same as the goals I always have in times like these: just keep trying to be a better person in general. To do and be someone who can make difference and to do it for the right reasons. Now we'll see how it actually works out. The hardest part with a goal or any type of goal like this is it's not very measurable. Maybe I'll think of smaller goals within my goal that are actually measurable.
One more thing...I regret to say that in all my fun and family time I never took one picture. I know, lame, but that is how it is.
I went home for Christmas to good ol' Fallon, Nevada. For anyone who doesn't know where that is, it's pretty much in the middle of nowhere about 60 miles east of Reno. I went home for a few days and just spent time with my family. It was nice not to have any type of agenda or schedule. We watched The Princess and the Frog on Christmas day. My two older brothers were with the family of their spouses so we missed them at home, but it was still a great Christmas. We watched movies and James and I played Wii until almost 4 in the morning the first night we got there. I really do consider those moments the memories we make that we never forget, no matter how small.
I drove back with Ruth and James on December 28th and welcomed in the New Year. I've thought some about my goals, or if you want to call them resolutions, for 2010. I would say my only goals are to be more diligent at finding ways to help others and be a better person and then being unselfish with my time in order to make that happen. Pretty much my goals are the same as the goals I always have in times like these: just keep trying to be a better person in general. To do and be someone who can make difference and to do it for the right reasons. Now we'll see how it actually works out. The hardest part with a goal or any type of goal like this is it's not very measurable. Maybe I'll think of smaller goals within my goal that are actually measurable.
One more thing...I regret to say that in all my fun and family time I never took one picture. I know, lame, but that is how it is.
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