It's been a while since I have put anything up on this page. The problem is I don't know if I have anything very interesting to write. It's not that interesting things haven't happened, it just takes so much effort to catalog and organize my thoughts sometimes. Actually, let's be honest, my thoughts don't really ever get organized.
I could write about how crazy my week has been (which it has). Or I could spend time writing about my favorite hobby (video games) and which are my favorite games to play and why I love the story wrapped around another world and the conflicts the characters go through to end up "saving the world". Or I could write about how grateful I am for an eternal family and how scared I get when I don't know what to do for my sick boy and how helpless I feel when he is drifting off into a sleep brought on through dehydration and I can't seem to wake him (Jenna was able to wake him and things are fine now.).
This month has gone so fast and yet seemed so long that I am at a loss of where to begin describing things. Thankfully Jenna is a bit better than I am at this. We have traveled a lot. Visited California: Beach, Knotts, Grandpa Emmett. Blew out two radiators. Had family a great family reunion. Married off my brother Nate. Met his wife Monica's family. Spent time with some old friends. Watched movies. Read Scriptures. Visited the Temple. Watched my garden turn to weeds. Cut the bushes too short. Been frustrated by the house. Annoyed by the newspaper/newswebsites. Laughed with my wife and Dallin. Had Steve and Lindsey move up north. Had to hear about Danny having a few tough times on his mission and still being upbeat about life. Got two teeth drilled. We even had a great convert named Miguel join the church this month. My dad even had his 59th birthday, and I am sure there's more.
Who knows what else.
With all that's happened though, it's been a really good month. The funny thing to me is that I don't even work during the summer and yet so many things have happened that I wonder how I ever fit a job into all this life. Maybe...a job helps us to calm things down (Money too, I suppose). I guess I'll remember in a couple weeks. School is beginning again and I am pretty excited. I am always nervous about this, but things will go well and we will take each challenge as it comes.
I look back at this post and this month and I realize that we as human beings are experiencing a variety of feelings at every moment of the day. How we choose to respond to those feelings is paramount to our happiness in life. I cannot say that I have responded well to all my feelings this month. But I can say I have learned some great lessons, and that many times I have responded well and we have had peace during the trials of the month and joy in the blessings. "Let not thy heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." I suppose if we really trust the Lord these words of the Savior make a big difference in the things we cannot control and bring a peace that underlies all the other feelings we may have swirling around in our hearts during just a month's time. If we remember these words and trust the Lord we may have a crazy month but it will always be a good month. Perspective right?
