Mainly about all those little things in my life that I push
aside because they don’t seem as important as they are. Minuscule things.
Let me give you a list.
Keeping up with people- in other words just spending time
talking to people I care about
Making sure to talk to God as much as I can and constantly
strengthening my relationship with Him
Reading the scriptures and words of the prophets- It’s so
easy for me to push these aside because I have “more urgent” things to do.
Normally I would not have a problem with religiously dong
all of these - I LOVE doing these things. And yet- it is so easy for me to
forget that I love doing them. You know?
When I’m at home in Maryland- it all comes naturally. That
is just the way things are. The standards I hold myself too. And yet when I am
thrust in the midst of a throng of roaring exciting and entertaining
possibilities. So many ideas and standards I used to hold myself too are
blurred.
My sister told me this would happen.
She said that I had to make commitments to myself that I
would and would not do certain things. I don’t think I realized what that truly
meant until I experienced it for myself.
It seems as if the skirts are okay being shorter- because so
many mormons are wearing them that way? It seems as if a few curse words are
allowed as long as you are quoting someone or just not singing them in the
song. It seems as if going to church has become a hassle rather than a
blessing. Talking and visiting with people is taking precious time away from
busy self centered schedules. Health has fallen on the list of importants and
watching tv- specifically Psych has become habitual.
This culture is affecting me
I see it.
And I don’t like it.
And so I must change things.
It is about time I align my standards with God’s again- and
most of all hold myself to them. They are laid out clearly and plainly and It
is up to me to hold myself to them amidst this world of grey.
Onward and Upward people!
"Remember who you are.
Remember your heritage.
You CAN do hard things."
