This is a busy time birthday-wise for my family. My cousin Cody turned 16 on the 21st, my other cousin Hunter turned 14 on the 22nd and today is my Grandma Marilyn's birthday. I have her a quick call this morning and she responded with the typical, "to me this is just another day!" (Which further adds to her humility.) The three of them have been on my mind the past few days.
I had the opportunity to go visiting teaching with my devout companion Jill, who I dearly appreciate, and somehow or other we began to converse over spiritual matters with the sweet sister we were visiting. Following a prompting I shared a popular saying from my Grandma.
"You can't go wrong by doing what's right!"
Every time I hear this I can't help but feel uplifted. Do you? Firsthand I know how hard it can be sometimes to do what's right at times. Sometimes it can he hard, annoying or going against a first instinct. About a month ago I realized I accidentally mixed someone else's grocery bag with my own when I was packing things into my car. I momentarily debated whether I wanted to hustle back inside to make an exchange, since my key remote doesn't work which causes a long time to get my doors ready, I would have to run in to catch the proper owner, I'd have to figure out how to explain myself... Sometimes our choices can be same, seemingly menial- definitely like this situation. I decided my integrity wasn't worth a few rolls of toilet paper, so I found it's true owner and I was surprised that she seemed impressed and grateful towards me. As I share this, I also want to say that I'm not always one to jump to do the right thing, don't think because of one anecdote I am, however I have faith that when I do those things I am going to be blessed in return. A perpetual cycle, promised to each of us.
I've decided that I'm going to adopt the above phrase as my personal motto; you just can't do too many 'right' things. And lastly, I know that we each go through trying times, times of failure, times of weakness- where we, through some way, don't do what we should. To that I reiterate: "It is never too late as long as the master of the vineyard says there is time," Elder Jeffrey R Holland said at this talk, found in Matthew 20:1-15. :) Until later my friends!
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You can't go wrong by doing what's right!
Friday, May 23, 2014
This is a busy time birthday-wise for my family. My cousin Cody turned 16 on the 21st, my other cousin Hunter turned 14 on the 22nd and today is my Grandma Marilyn's birthday. I have her a quick call this morning and she responded with the typical, "to me this is just another day!" (Which further adds to her humility.) The three of them have been on my mind the past few days.
I had the opportunity to go visiting teaching with my devout companion Jill, who I dearly appreciate, and somehow or other we began to converse over spiritual matters with the sweet sister we were visiting. Following a prompting I shared a popular saying from my Grandma.
"You can't go wrong by doing what's right!"
Every time I hear this I can't help but feel uplifted. Do you? Firsthand I know how hard it can be sometimes to do what's right at times. Sometimes it can he hard, annoying or going against a first instinct. About a month ago I realized I accidentally mixed someone else's grocery bag with my own when I was packing things into my car. I momentarily debated whether I wanted to hustle back inside to make an exchange, since my key remote doesn't work which causes a long time to get my doors ready, I would have to run in to catch the proper owner, I'd have to figure out how to explain myself... Sometimes our choices can be same, seemingly menial- definitely like this situation. I decided my integrity wasn't worth a few rolls of toilet paper, so I found it's true owner and I was surprised that she seemed impressed and grateful towards me. As I share this, I also want to say that I'm not always one to jump to do the right thing, don't think because of one anecdote I am, however I have faith that when I do those things I am going to be blessed in return. A perpetual cycle, promised to each of us.
I've decided that I'm going to adopt the above phrase as my personal motto; you just can't do too many 'right' things. And lastly, I know that we each go through trying times, times of failure, times of weakness- where we, through some way, don't do what we should. To that I reiterate: "It is never too late as long as the master of the vineyard says there is time," Elder Jeffrey R Holland said at this talk, found in Matthew 20:1-15. :) Until later my friends!
I had the opportunity to go visiting teaching with my devout companion Jill, who I dearly appreciate, and somehow or other we began to converse over spiritual matters with the sweet sister we were visiting. Following a prompting I shared a popular saying from my Grandma.
"You can't go wrong by doing what's right!"
Every time I hear this I can't help but feel uplifted. Do you? Firsthand I know how hard it can be sometimes to do what's right at times. Sometimes it can he hard, annoying or going against a first instinct. About a month ago I realized I accidentally mixed someone else's grocery bag with my own when I was packing things into my car. I momentarily debated whether I wanted to hustle back inside to make an exchange, since my key remote doesn't work which causes a long time to get my doors ready, I would have to run in to catch the proper owner, I'd have to figure out how to explain myself... Sometimes our choices can be same, seemingly menial- definitely like this situation. I decided my integrity wasn't worth a few rolls of toilet paper, so I found it's true owner and I was surprised that she seemed impressed and grateful towards me. As I share this, I also want to say that I'm not always one to jump to do the right thing, don't think because of one anecdote I am, however I have faith that when I do those things I am going to be blessed in return. A perpetual cycle, promised to each of us.
I've decided that I'm going to adopt the above phrase as my personal motto; you just can't do too many 'right' things. And lastly, I know that we each go through trying times, times of failure, times of weakness- where we, through some way, don't do what we should. To that I reiterate: "It is never too late as long as the master of the vineyard says there is time," Elder Jeffrey R Holland said at this talk, found in Matthew 20:1-15. :) Until later my friends!
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