Light

In the midst of life's trials, it often seems that there is nothing but the darkness. However, it is the little things that bring back a healthy perspective. I'm grateful for a couple of things right now. The first is that I have finally applied myself to the promise from the Doctrine and Covenants Section 88:124. Because of that, I am up before the sun these days. The second thing that comes to mind is how nice it is to have a bedroom window that faces east. The third thing is that the sun rises each morning, shattering the darkness and restoring light and life to the world. Count my many blessings.

Yogi man

I’ve really enjoyed the time I’ve spent studying and practicing yoga. I found that when I could no longer focus that doing yoga has helped me to reestablish my focus and ability to concentrate and finish the tasks ahead of me. I’ve always wanted to develop more flexibility and balance and the asanas have helped me to gain an appreciation for what I can accomplish. I still need to apply myself further, but I am awakened to the possibilities. As a show of my growth, I took some pictures of my yoga asanas.

It’s been awesome and I’ve learned a lot; most importantly, I have enjoyed it. I think it is added to my list of party tricks.

Progression...

What a unique concept, one I try to live my life by. I try to progress from day to day, continually changing and morphing my self to reach a greater height of excellence and ability and knowledge and wisdom. Its hard. Progression requires so much. Why do I bother?

Take my academics: Here I am, working my tail off trying to accomplish things at an ever greater rate while increasing the difficult of the content in concert. Why didn't I start off with long hours and then gradually decrease the credit hour commitment while the courses became more time consuming? I reason that it is because at the time, I actually thought I was working hard. Funny! I don't think I even studied more than a few hours for my first chemistry class, all semester long! Ha, I don't even want to think about how much time I am committing to each class now... It's many orders of magnitude greater than 2 1/2 years ago... What is another 2 1/2 years going to bring?

Progression seems to have a different meaning in my other aspects of life. As I progress in school, I've found that I am spending less and less time in the pursuit of social success. Perhaps it is a beneficial thing as I remove frivolous relations from my life and replace them with more lasting ones... wait... I still don't have any relations that are going to endure anything longer than the forseeable future... shoot, I suppose that isn't working... Hmm..., perhaps I am just getting lazier and lazier and calling it responsibility? I think that has some truth, as self-condemning as it is...

It seems like I become less healthier, less outgoing, less energetic, and more boring as my life is progressing... I think I need to play harder or something... Someday I'll figure out how this whole "progression" thing works... for now, I'll just keep giving it my best efforts and trusting that all will work out for the best as long as I am willing to strive.