adversity

The distraction plan

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I knew the date was coming.  For two years, I was aware of the day.  It caused no small amount of worry, pondering, and contemplating.  This was going to be a difficult day.  But it was two years away so I could put it to the back of my mind.   Continue reading →

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Good Habits are Hard to Break

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“By small and simple things” Alma 37:6

If you have been a reader of this little blog for awhile then you probably are aware that 2016 was a bit of a rough one for me.  I suffered a crisis of faith like I have never been through before.  But this isn’t about that, really.  That is in the past.  This is a testament to all that counsel of the “little things” given so very often.  The daily to-dos we are admonished to remember and I can assert the doing makes the difference.   Continue reading →

Pulling Through

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A short thought on overcoming:

You find that one truth to hold onto and hold onto it tight.  Even if that truth is a mere hope in your heart.  You hold onto it and let it pull you through your mist.  When you get to the other side you can look back and say, “It is no longer a hope because I know it is truth.  It has become my truth.”