The Tortoise and the Hare

I have always hated the story of the tortoise and the hare.

I mean, come on! If the hare had just kept going he would have totally beat the tortoise. Anyone can beat a tortoise. No one would just sit by the side of the road and take a nap and let a tortoise win.

What happened?!?

Maybe the hare got a little overzealous. He might have started running and been running so hard and so fast that he had to stop. Maybe he pushed himself harder than he should of and got shin splints (something I have been experiencing lately...sigh). Maybe that hare felt like being ahead meant he could take a break from doing his best.

Whatever happened, he stopped. He stopped because he felt like he was too far ahead to get behind.

And he lost. Miserably. To a TORTOISE. Who loses to a tortoise?!

Slow and steady may win the race. But fast and steady would have too.

The key is STEADY. We have to be pushing forward constantly. I think President Hinckley really understood this. He never told us we needed to try so hard to be good that we became worn out. He just told us to be a little better and stand a little taller.

Someone should have told the hare that he didn't have to run so fast--he just had to be steady.

Maybe I can be a little steadier too.

Two Signs

This morning as I was running I saw a sign that said "Limited Sight Distance." Later on in my run I passed another sign which read, "Caution Reduced Visibility Ahead."

Isn't this how life is sometimes?

There are times in our life when we really can't see that far ahead. There are times when we don't know how the choices we make are going to affect us. Sometimes that means that even in the midst of life-changing decisions we may not be able to see as far as we want.

That can be a scary thing.

I feel like I am hitting this point in the road in my life--and in so many ways. What to major in, what career to pursue, where to live, how to spend my time. How and what should I be preparing for--a mission, marriage, or a family--what is ahead?! It all seems kind of foggy at times.

This is the point where with our sight limited and our visibility reduced there is only one thing we can really do--and that's put God in the driver's seat.

We may not see the road ahead.

But with him to navigate we will be going the right direction.

Becoming

S0metimes I get discouraged about who I am because I compare it to who I want to become.

But lately, I've found that there's a lot of joy in becoming!