Hey Bro!
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Dad let AJ take the convertible Mustang to Zion...
with girls!!!! |
I just got back from St. George for the
weekend! Man we got caught in terrible traffic all the way back from
southern Utah and then caught in a snow storm from Nephi to Provo. It
was some white knuckle driving for sure in the snow and was pretty
stressful as everyone was bumper to bumper and sliding all over the
place. It ended up taking almost 5 and a half hours to get home when it
usually take about 3 and half when there is no traffic and weather
problems.
This weekend has been awesome. We
had our turkey bowl football game with the 8th ward, talent show, giant
dinner, ping pong tournament at Ben and Laura's and Friday went hiking in Zion with some girls from my BYU ward and Saturday
hiking near quail creek with mom and the girls. Also BYU won their
basketball game and football game. The only bummer was that Dallas was
gone all weekend up north with his wife and wife's family so I only got
to see him for a minute when he got back and I was leaving. I'll throw
some pictures up from the weekend.
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| Playing in the turkey bowl |
Last week I
gave a talk in my BYU ward on thankfulness and I shared a cool Japanese
parable I found to illustrate. So there once was a very stressed and
tired student, who was struggling to finish assignments and prepare for
his examinations. He approached a wise professor with a handful of
complaints about how hard life was and how he wasn't sure if he could do
it and how he was unhappy. The wise professor shared this story:
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| Aj's intramural volleyball team -- the volleyllamas |
A
man was journeying through the mountains and was chased by a tiger, he
ran and ran until the hungry tiger corned him to the edge of a 15'
cliff. The man began to climb down and looked below to find 5 tigers
waiting to devour him. In his dire, nearly hopeless circumstances he
looked to his left and saw a beautiful, perfect, delicious strawberry.
He picked it and enjoyed the best strawberry of his entire life. The
professor stopped telling the story and the student finally asked SO
what happened? Did he escape? Did the tigers get him?? The professor
said, " That's the end of the story" "That's all". The student demanded a
ending to the story and the professor explained: The morale of the
story is that many of us are running around unappreciative of the things
God has given us. Enjoy what he has given us and live in the present.
“Are you running around, grinning over the feeling of being the luckiest, most fortunate and appreciative person in the world because of what IS present in your life today, or are you consumed with fear, what you DON’T have in your life or what may possibly happen some time in the future?”
So the morale is that even with all the stressors in the mans life he enjoyed the small moments and was happy despite deadlines, fears and uncertainties in life.
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All the group working on their master's program together
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Love you man and have a great week.
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