BLAST FROM THE PAST
UPDATE: DAD / GRANDPA / BOB
The Fine Art of Overcoming Lifes Challenges
by Dad Boice
Looking back on our pioneer heritage and the struggles they went through did you ever wonder how they could sing “All is well”. Do you wonder how, as we face todays problems and concerns, we can sing “All is well”?
When we are seeking answers to complex questions here are some ways to get answers. We may not, probably will not, receive a personal visit from the Lord, but the answers do come—from prayer, the scriptures, the words of the prophet, the still, small voice of inspiration.
May we never be indifferent to the suffering of others. May we be sensitive to those about us who are hurting for whatever reason. Adversity comes to all of us but so does life everlasting.
When I was your age I thought it would be fun to run the Pikes Peak Marathon. It started at 6,800 ft and goes to 14,100 ft. The accent is the equivalent of a full marathon. On one day you can do the accent AND if you are not very smart on the next day, you can go up and down – taking 5:20 of no rest just running! Talk about a challenge - well to make a long story shorter here is what I learned:
- · Pray for help (after putting in the work) and the Lord will help you
- · Run and listen to your heart and not your body. It is incredible what the body can do when you feel like you are all worn out.
I think this life is much the same. When we get to the point that we can’t go any further, we need to pray and dig in a little deeper. We can’t listen to others telling us to quit - it is not worth it.
- Drop your head
- Dig in
- Work harder
God bless each of you in your daily quest to live great lives and keep the commandments.
UPDATE: MOM / GRANDMA / ROBERTA
Life in the “Burg” is same ol’, same ol’, however, my motto is “same ol’”is way better than the alternative / chaos! Just like everyone else, our spring has been anything but mild, warm and calm – we’ve had blizzards, hail, wind, wind, wind and tons of rain. Actually, at the beginning of the week I was to pick up a canvas-wrap from the lab but couldn’t because the wind was so strong – so had to wait a day to pick it up!
Yes, I sold my first piece for this year to a neighbor who is an interior decorator, has a huge home and needed something for her “very large” wall space! She ordered a 3 ft x 4 ft canvas wrap of this image:
It came out really good and she loved it! So, it was a win/win! I have done “zero” landscape photography this year so far – kind of missing it but have been pretty busy to even spur my interest. Now that spring is here, that might change!
Dad and I headed to Idaho Falls for a little food shopping! By the time we got past Rigby the traffic abruptly stopped – looking in the rear view mirror a truck and camper was not slowing down and barely missed us and almost ran off the road into the ditch! It was CLOSE. We sat there for a while waiting for the traffic to move but it did not. We went through the medium (super-illegal) and headed back in the opposite direction. The traffic was backed up for miles. We got off the freeway and drove west to Lewisville highway to Idaho Falls. We found out there was a police confrontation in Ucon with a guy holding up in a house (just off the freeway) so the highway patrol CLOSED the freeway and redirected traffic. The guy ended up killing himself. That incident affected thousands of motorists! Drama / very unusual for Idaho / common for Utah!
We made plenty of visits to Grandma and this entire week she’s done amazingly well after a month of struggles. When I see her like this, I think . . . she COULD live to 100 but then I snap back to reality when I have to push her back to her room after sitting in church because she doesn’t have enough energy to make it! Sunday, when we got back to her room (after church) she turned to me and asked, “Where have we been?” Eeeeek!
This weekend Shawn had some R&R time with his friends and Kandee had meetings at Lava Hot Springs SO, Aspen spent the weekend with us! She is so much fun, growing like crazy and a real “snuggle-bug”! Heather and Cooper came down and we headed to “Gravity Factory” for a few hours, then to Pizza Pie Café to “refuel”! FUN weekend! Thanks Aspen, Coop and Heather!
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