The Greater Good

Hello Families and Friends,

This week was really really sweet, well as long as candy is concerned, but the week was really sweet. Patience is something that I know the Lord is really trying to teach me and that is where I felt the need to grow most importantly. In our minds we live in a fast paced world with many distractions competing for our attention, we run to and fro looking for the shortest line, taking the self checkout instead of the regular checkout, the mentality of faster is better is the common attribute. When the times get tight we find ourselves looking for the quickest way to alleviate our struggles and make some hasty decisions that can cause more problems than we previously anticipated on having. "Continue in Patience until ye are perfected." At times we tend to just go through life, rather than allowing life to go through us the greatest good we can do for ourselves is to practice patience patiently. As we exercise our agency and use our resources to the fullest we can discover as we use our resources wisely as well as our time we can grow in ways we couldn't even imagine if we had sprinted the whole course rather than doing the steady Sunday drive. Patience is not praying for the change and then sitting, hoping, waiting, and wishing but tightening up the boot straps and keep on keepin on.

As the little red wagon picks up some momentum and the little engine that could is still chuggin along so shall we. although our lives may seem motionless always remember that the bear climbed over the mountain to see what he can see. The bear will always take his time eat a couple of berries and maybe even sleep, but do know that he will reach the top. And so shall we :D

Peace, Love, and Hula Hoops

Elder Cooper