Okay, so by today I was getting pretty tired of building this freaking cat house. I thought it would have been done by now, and I could get back on the road, and get on with my biking trip.
But, my plans were dashed into pieces last night when I knew I wouldn't get done...
At this point of the building project I was running into problems, and I was starting to curse under my breath to myself because of the stress I was starting to feel. I would get very angry and start talking to the wood as if it had a conscience, and telling it to stop screwing around, and do what I want it to do!
I also tried to relate this experience of getting so frustrated, and angry to my biking trip, and realized that the lesson that I can learn while on my bike, I can also learn in any other situation that I encounter. It don't have-to be on a bike on this trip to learn from an experience.
The truth is, you can learn from any experience, whether bad or good. That's what I started to do, and tried to calm myself down a
little bit, and just get the work done. I finished it tonight, and I was very happy because that means that I can get back out on the road, and start loggin some more miles on my trip.I want to get done with my trip by the end of June, so I'm going to really try and hustle to make that happen.
Spiritual Thought for the Day:
Learn from EVERY experience you have. Do not wait for a specific benchmark in your life to start learning from life. Make it a quest, and a frams of mind, to take each day as a new day, and tell yourself there is something in that 24 hour period that will allow you to learn and grow into a better person.
The Lord wants us to continually learn from our mistakes. The Atonement was made for that reason. Jesus Christ allowed us to take our mistakes and turn them into triumphs. When we have the mindset to learn from all of our actions, it allows us to step outside of ourselves and get a different perspective, and then MAKE A CHANGE.
The Atonement can turn any bad experience into a good one, by helping you to learn from your mistake, and then put it behind you, thanks to forgiveness.
Keep repenting.
1 comment:
Nick,
Hope you don't mind that I am keeping up with your blog on your temple tour. Its good to read about the experiences that your are having and see how the experiences help testify of the truthfullness of the church and the gospel. I am from Idaho Falls, and teach the 8 year olds sunday school. We have been discussing some things from your trip so far (patience, persistance, importance of the temple, prayer, ect). Good for you in making a pesonal goal and sticking with it! We look forward to the next blog! Leep the Faith!
Wes
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