As we continue our journey for peace, I had a chance to think a lot this week about my life and where it's headed. There has been a lot of talk and controversy about a talk given by President Boyd K. Packer a few weeks ago during General Conference. I know everything he said was true and said with love and compassion. The more I thought about his talk, the more I realized that what he was saying was for all of us. We have all been born with weaknesses and flaws, we are human. What President Packer was saying in my mind, is that we have a choice of what we do with those weaknesses and how we handle them personally.
I am weak when it comes to food. I give in. I have little self control. I realize that this might be a minor weakness to some, but for me, I have struggled my whole life, feeling uncomfortable in my own skin. But I have usually taken the easy road and I justify the food I eat. When I do try to lose weight, I give up before I have accomplished my goal. Because we all know that failure is much easier because there is so little effort we have to put in. Success requires work and determination and self control. It requires our minds to make a conscious effort to control our actions. I am amazed how much of my bad habits are all in my mind. I have that ability to control my actions with just a little more thought and effort.
Change is never easy, we all know that. But by starting out small, I know I can over come my personal struggle with weight loss. I know that no one can do this for me. I know that there are great rewards for combating our weaknesses.
Sometimes when I'm sitting at my computer looking at blogs or other time-wasters, I think, I could be doing so much more with my life. Why aren't I? Because that takes effort. A conscious effort. Starting today, I am going to make that conscious effort and improve my life and the way that I look and feel about myself.
I just have to remind myself that this journey is all Up Hill.
I am weak when it comes to food. I give in. I have little self control. I realize that this might be a minor weakness to some, but for me, I have struggled my whole life, feeling uncomfortable in my own skin. But I have usually taken the easy road and I justify the food I eat. When I do try to lose weight, I give up before I have accomplished my goal. Because we all know that failure is much easier because there is so little effort we have to put in. Success requires work and determination and self control. It requires our minds to make a conscious effort to control our actions. I am amazed how much of my bad habits are all in my mind. I have that ability to control my actions with just a little more thought and effort.
Change is never easy, we all know that. But by starting out small, I know I can over come my personal struggle with weight loss. I know that no one can do this for me. I know that there are great rewards for combating our weaknesses.
Sometimes when I'm sitting at my computer looking at blogs or other time-wasters, I think, I could be doing so much more with my life. Why aren't I? Because that takes effort. A conscious effort. Starting today, I am going to make that conscious effort and improve my life and the way that I look and feel about myself.
I just have to remind myself that this journey is all Up Hill.
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