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A Modern Day Proverb

A new adage I’m starting.  I hope it catches on.  Ready? Be as indestructible as a Pringles’ individual cup.             

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Well Played, Mountain

Mountain,                 By your appearance                                 you deceive.                 “I can climb this I                                 do believe,”                 I said then...

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Stand Strong

When you look at your day and you see only dark – You want to find some hope but you no longer trust your heart. And you can’t believe the reflection in the mirror could ever succeed. That’s when you …...

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Good Things to Come

By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland This has been one of the most profound talks I’ve ever heard.  So, to kick off this new category (Spiritual Sustenance) I could think of nothing better to start with.  I...

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When Your Towel is at the Ready

So, life got hard, It is just not that easy. Sunshine and roses, It will not always be. Here’s the good news, Everytime it goes amiss – Take a deep breath Remember, you got this. You did not ask, But …...

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Don’t Give Up!

Sometimes life gets rather discouraging.  It may feel like its sole purpose is to knock you down.  Keep you down.  But yet, you keep trying.  Even if, for example, you have lost the last 84 games....

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Battle Scars

We are all soldiers fighting, fighting in the night with war comes scars and some are visible while others are hidden from sight.   We wear our scars no one’s cuts are the same some display those...

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Hold On

There’s an ebb and flow, a give and take. Sometimes your heart is full, sometimes it breaks and so you hold on. Hold on when it’s all you can do. And you have to hold on even when the skies … Continue...

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Two Feet on the Ground

My grandma always said, “I’ve got two feet on the ground, “I can do anything anyone can do.” She barely stood five feet though she claimed five-two.   My takeaway from this: Don’t hide behind excuses....

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I don’t know why

The other night I tossed and turned.  I couldn’t sleep.  You know how worries always weigh ten times more at night?  It was that kind of night. Toss and turn. Sleep wouldn’t come. So I logged onto...

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General Conference thoughts: Even as Christ Forgives You, So Also Do Ye and...

by Elder Larry J. Echo Hawk and Elder Lynn G. Robbins Due to space and time,  I am combining two talks in this post. When I watched conference last April I thought one of the major themes was...

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A Conversation with God

“I am tired of holding on,” I say. “I think I will let go now.” “If you let go, I will continue to hold on,” God replies. “For how long?” “I never give up on anyone. But they give up on me. I will...

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Three games of Solitaire

I have one of those old-fashioned, handheld electronic Solitaire games. It helps me relax without all the hassle of having to shuffle and deal cards. Well, it sort of helps me relax. If I win. If I...

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Stay True

Distractions are around us stay true, stay true. Calamites are around us stay true, stay true. Decisions are around us stay true, stay true. How is that possible? Remember you have been taught since...

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Lessons from a Tree

This tree is a block away from me. I pass it when I go on my lazy “just around the block” walks. In the summer, I didn’t notice it. Not until the leaves had all fallen and I could see the definitive...

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