We visited an old ward today. It was fun seeing old friends and loved ones. We lived there for about five years where Bonnie directed the Choir and also was in the RS Presidency. I served in the High Council and taught Gospel Doctrine.
Everyone asked how we were doing and what we were doing. We shared that we were living with one of my sons and had a goal to have a mission call next June. I must have said that ten to fifteen times. As I said that, my soul was so very excited to renew our desires to serve a mission. That mission call is so much more real to me today since I told many people of it.
That taught me a lesson. The more I recall to my mind, the more I tell others of my mission the more real it is. So the lesson I learned is that when we have a goal or a dream, the more we keep it in front of us, the more real it is, the more we remember it, and the more we will work toward it.
So, if I started to share with others about my goal to lose weight, pay off debt, the more "REAL" that goal would be. It would be alive and vibrant in my mind. So, no matter what the goal is, we must keep it in front of us to remember how important it is to us, and to rededicate ourselves to realize it.
So, please be aware that I am working on the goal to go on a mission. I am trying to lose some weight. I am working on destroying my debt. I am trying to study the gospel more. I am preparing myself to be a missionary within the next. Now by even writing this goal down on this crazy blog, it is more real, and I will work on it more constantly. We must remember by repetition our goals, share with others, and be reminded of what we are trying to do.
If I do not pass this goal through my mind, it is still there, but not nearly as vibrant as it needs to be...
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