The last few weeks have been Great. I've decided that I need to serve more, and listen to the spirit more. So, I decided that when I pray every day I would ask Heavenly Father who I can help. On Thursday, I prayed in the morning and asked who I should help that day. During the day, I really felt like I should visit an old friend. Hunter and I made up some poppyseed bread and I took it by my friend's house. At first, no one came to the door. After a few minutes, the door opened and my friend invited me inside. After we spoke for a few minutes he said, "Why did you come by tonight?" I said, kind of sheepishly, "Do you really want to know?" He said, "Yes, I do." I told him that I had been praying for someone that needed my help and I felt I should visit. He said, "That's really interesting, because I'm having a hard time right now, and as I was praying over my dinner I asked God to help me, and then when I finished my prayer, you knocked on my door." We spoke and laughed for over 2 hours. It was a fantastic night, and I was humbled and overwhelmed that the Lord would use me that way.
On the weekend, we had a bike ride from Jacobs Lake, Arizona to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, which was a total of 88 miles round trip. Kerry and I drove up Friday and went through the route. I was a bit intimidated, as it was quite a bit of climbing and I'm not quite in the shape I'd like to be. It also didn't help that the guys I was going to ride with were much better riders than I was. There were about 20 of us that got up at 5:30 in the morning and began the ride. The ride started on a hill, and the elevation was 7900 feet, so I was immediately sucking wind, and I thought, "I'm never going to make this." Then I remembered a video that Jeff Jones had me watch earlier in the week, the video was from a photographer who said, "Like what you do, whatever you're doing." I decided that I was going to like the ride. I began to look around at the beautiful pine trees, the green meadows, the sunshine, the flowers, everything. It was so beautiful! Even though the wind started blowing at up to 25 miles per hour, and my legs felt like they were falling off, I completed the ride, and really enjoyed it. In fact, it was one of the most enjoyable rides of my life up to this point.
This last week was just as good. I closed a large sale at work, went on multiple bike rides, spent some time with my family, went swimming, read, had some great conversations with old friends, and truly had a remarkable and spiritual week. I have a LONG way to go when it comes to treating others as kind as I would like, but I'm learning the process little-by-little. My parents are visiting this week, and they are two of the kindest people I know. It's fun to talk with them, and learn how to be better.
Things I learned the last few weeks: 1st: If Mike Anderson says a bike ride is pretty hard, that means it's close to insane. If he's bringing 10 or 12 of his buddies, fa-get-about-it! 2nd, My brother Kerry is older than me and weighs more, and he can still kick my can up the hills--what's that all about?! 3rd, Riding up hill when there are 25 mile an hour crosswinds is kind of like trying to blow bubblegum bubbles into a fan while running through peanut butter, it's just not very productive. 4th, Even though I'm getting older (45 this week!), I have great friends, a fantastic wife, a great family, and they love me, and I love them.
On the weekend, we had a bike ride from Jacobs Lake, Arizona to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, which was a total of 88 miles round trip. Kerry and I drove up Friday and went through the route. I was a bit intimidated, as it was quite a bit of climbing and I'm not quite in the shape I'd like to be. It also didn't help that the guys I was going to ride with were much better riders than I was. There were about 20 of us that got up at 5:30 in the morning and began the ride. The ride started on a hill, and the elevation was 7900 feet, so I was immediately sucking wind, and I thought, "I'm never going to make this." Then I remembered a video that Jeff Jones had me watch earlier in the week, the video was from a photographer who said, "Like what you do, whatever you're doing." I decided that I was going to like the ride. I began to look around at the beautiful pine trees, the green meadows, the sunshine, the flowers, everything. It was so beautiful! Even though the wind started blowing at up to 25 miles per hour, and my legs felt like they were falling off, I completed the ride, and really enjoyed it. In fact, it was one of the most enjoyable rides of my life up to this point.
This last week was just as good. I closed a large sale at work, went on multiple bike rides, spent some time with my family, went swimming, read, had some great conversations with old friends, and truly had a remarkable and spiritual week. I have a LONG way to go when it comes to treating others as kind as I would like, but I'm learning the process little-by-little. My parents are visiting this week, and they are two of the kindest people I know. It's fun to talk with them, and learn how to be better.
Things I learned the last few weeks: 1st: If Mike Anderson says a bike ride is pretty hard, that means it's close to insane. If he's bringing 10 or 12 of his buddies, fa-get-about-it! 2nd, My brother Kerry is older than me and weighs more, and he can still kick my can up the hills--what's that all about?! 3rd, Riding up hill when there are 25 mile an hour crosswinds is kind of like trying to blow bubblegum bubbles into a fan while running through peanut butter, it's just not very productive. 4th, Even though I'm getting older (45 this week!), I have great friends, a fantastic wife, a great family, and they love me, and I love them.
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