DAY 102 -- There Are Things All Around Us We Often Do Not See

The other day I wrote that our mission seemed like a dream.  It was so far away (102 days) and it seemed like a thing that was just a thing.  Well, I am sort of changing.  Maybe as we get closer it will become more and more a part of my daily thought process,  who knows?

Last night, I ran into....  I don't mean I physically ran into someone, nor did my vehicle in which I was driving run into anyone either... a young man who was so excited.  He told me he just put in his papers to go on a mission.  He was planning on going this summer.  I smiled and gleaned some of his enthusiasm and said that we were planning on going this summer also. 

Then I saw another young lady who had confessed to me she was rapidly preparing to go on a mission.  We talked a few minutes and I felt her excitement.  Then I was reminded of Bonnie's brother and his wife who just submitted their mission  papers. 

Isn't it interesting what things lie all around us, and which things we choose to ignore, or let go through out mind, in one ear and out the other.  Some things remain in our mind pleading for some ponder time, while other things come in and go out.  We choose which things we will keep in our mind and which things we ponder upon.  The things we ponder upon determine who we are, what we are and whether we will be uplifted or down trodden.

I need to look around me, watch others, see their excitement about upcoming chances of being missionaries, and adopt their enthusiasm, their excitement and not let the fluff of insignificant things get in the way. 

Isn't it interesting when something like this mission causes one to evaluate many things, learn many things and become perhaps a bit closer to the Spirit, being led by the Spirit more than at other times.  I feel my Father closer to my mind, directing me and helping me BECOME what I need to be, in preparation for this upcoming mission.

NOTE: I have been walking lately.  I have had medical "things" that have not let me walk, or exercise for quite some time, more than a few years.  But lately, for miracles happening, I have slowly started to exercise to prepare for this mission.  We shall see how it goes.