How many times in your life do you get the chance to just sit down and write, write whatever you want to because you want to? I was thinking that I better start practicing if I want to get better at writing. I also have to turn in three samples of my writing for my application to my program...better get on it.

Today was interesting I knew I had to teach a lesson today in Elder's Quorum. So I woke up and got ready. I then got a bunch of resources and didn't use all of them, but at least they were there, right? One of them was President Hinckley's book Way to Be. The inscription on the inside says,

"Coben Hoch '2003' 

Christmas

I love you read & learn

Gma Hoch"

The front cover states, "9 ways to be happy and make something of your life."

The wisdom shared in this book by President Hinckley could be used to help the youth of our world. He recounted his experience of learning how to work on a fruit farm. He learned about working for a harvest that wouldn't come for a few months.

You learn to play sports by practicing, you learn to play instruments by practicing, you learn to run by getting out there and doing it, you learn to work by working.

I'm glad to have my job. Really if you ask me how I got it I'll tell you that it kind of fell in my lap. I had a resident assistant as a freshman, who contacted me a few years after I moved out of that housing. He worked for a company that needed to hire some people. I went in and they asked if I thought I could do the job. I started working there not long after and it has been great. I didn't really know much about computers and I especially didn't know how to use html or css. I have been able to learn how to use the system that we set up for people and I have been able to learn how to use html and inline css to set up pdf pages. A lot of what I have learned about html and inline css has come from the internet, people at my work and practice.

Moral of the story..... I'm practicing my writing.

"Well, that's just the way I am."

I believe in the Savior. I believe that His Atonement has no bounds and that it can heal anything. I don't believe that there is a weakness in this world that He can't heal. It's disappointing to know that people say, "That's just the way I am." That's called giving up. That's called laying down. It's not the way God wants us to be.

I understand that life is difficult and that we all have our trials. I understand that some of those trials might last a lifetime. Paul himself had a thorn, but we can't give up. Do we really believe in God? Do we really think He can change us?

One of the best lessons that I have learned comes from a paragraph in Preach My Gospel. "As we obey God, He blesses us. He gives us power to meet life’s challenges. He helps us change the desires of our hearts. Through our faith in Jesus Christ, He can heal us, both physically and spiritually."
It's one thing for a parent to tell their child, "No, you can't have a piece of candy." It's another thing altogether for them to say, "No, stop wanting a piece of candy." I don't really understand how, but God can help us not want to do evil. It's a miracle that doesn't take force. It doesn't take threatening.

"41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; 42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile— 43 Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;"

God follows these rules too.

Running Fuel

Running Fuel

Directions

1. Pour about 1/3 cup of oats into a bowl. +/- 128 Cal
2. Add about 1 1/2 T of peanut butter. +/- 141 Cal
3. Pour in enough honey to stick everything together while mixing the ingredients. About a table spoon. +/- 64 Cal
4. Place mixed contents onto a sheet of plastic wrap and make sure that it is contained.

+/- 333 Cal Total

Approximate calorie values taken from webmd.com

A Few Tips
To avoid a mess in your bag bag I have found it helpful to put it in plastic wrap followed by a zip-lock bag.
Drinking water directly after consumption will help to keep the fuel from lingering in your mouth.
Try adding raisins or other simple ingredients to the mixture.