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.