Happy February!
Our trees and decorations have been put away. Our resolutions have been started, possibly broken and restarted. We are well on our way starting ourselves through our new year of 2011. I don’t know about any of you but have the storms of life already hit you and your family this new year? Are there new changes, challenges and obstacles that you are facing and wish would just go away? Have the sports, activities and schedules of your children began to overwhelm you yet? What are you doing to combat all of the challenges that are coming your way? Are you taking time for the things that matter most?
President Uchtdorf in a recent conference taught us that we need to refocus ourselves and align our physical and social needs with our spiritual needs and steady our course.
“Slow down a little, steady the course and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions. This is a simple but critical lesson to learn…When stress levels rise, when distress appears, when tragedy strikes, too often we attempt to keep up the same frantic pace or even accelerate, thinking somehow that the more rushed our pace, the better off we will be… Some might even think that their self-worth depends on the length of their to-do list. They flood the open spaces in their time with lists of meetings and minutia—even during times of stress and fatigue. Because they unnecessarily complicate their lives, they often feel increased frustration, diminished joy, and too little sense of meaning in their lives.”
How often do we do just that? Keep our lives at a frantic pace that we can’t even hear the whisperings of the spirit anymore. That our anxiety levels rise and our spiritual levels deplete. That by the end of the day our heads are spinning so fast that even saying our prayers becomes a chore.
If any of you have had similar feelings as I have had, there is hope through our Father in Heaven to refocus ourselves and make those course corrections.
“As we turn to our Heavenly Father and seek His wisdom regarding the things that matter most, we learn over and over again the importance of four key relationships: with our God, with our families, with our fellowman, and with ourselves. As we evaluate our own lives with a willing mind, we will see where we have drifted from the more excellent way. The eyes of our understanding will be opened, and we will recognize what needs to be done to purify our heart and refocus our life.”
Sisters, we can be a light to the world, only if we have some to still give away! May we not run faster than we have strength and may we make time for the source that provides us with the extra strength we need. I love you.
Happy Love Month!
Meg
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