I’m tired. Maybe I’ve got spring fever, even though
winter just showed up last week. Maybe I’m tired because it’s half-way through
the semester and I’ve got a Sophomore form of Senioritis. Maybe it’s because it’s almost March; I have
personal experiences that make me agree with Shakespeare about March. Maybe
it’s because I stayed up too late last night watching the Olympics, got up
early this morning, went to the gym, did a half hour on the treadmill, completed
3 sets of 9 different weight-lifting exercises, and came home to 27 minutes of
yoga. Maybe it’s because I’m “getting up there,” and I’m frustrated because I
don’t learn as quickly as I once did.
Regardless, I need to do something. A nap sounds good.
But, that is only a temporary fix. Maybe I need a new attitude. Anyone know
where I can get one?
Elder Holland (I L.O.V.E. him!) knows how we feel;
he’s been there before, too. He gave some great counsel to BYU students
clear back in 1983 that still applies to us today. He says, “If your eyes are always on your
shoelaces, if all you can see is this class or that test, …this disappointment
or that dilemma, then it really is quite easy to throw in the towel and stop
the fight. But what if it is the fight … for your eternal life? What
if beyond … this disappointment or that dilemma, you really can see and can
hope for all …that God has to offer? Oh, it may be blurred a bit…faintly,
dimly, and ever so far away you can see the object of it all. And you say it is
worth it, you do want it, you will fight on. Like Coriantumr, you will lean
upon your sword to rest a while, then rise to fight again (see Ether 15:24–30)
…As long and laborious as the effort may seem, please … take advantage of every
opportunity to learn and grow… work, [and]… wait patiently when you have no
other choice. Lean on your sword and rest a while, but get up and fight again…however
long and hard the road.”
Elder Holland also
reminded us during Conference recently that we get credit for trying. Thank heavens.
Okay. I can do this,
just let me take a little break, rejuvenate, and get an outlook makeover. Now…
who moved my sword?
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