Saturday, May 14, 2011

More for me than it is for you.....

Well this is my first blog post ever in my life.... Not sure the reason behind me doing this but I'm sure I will get more out of it than any reader that reads my small spot of cyberspace. I have come to the conclusion that life is whatever you want to make of it. Being home for three weeks, off of a 2 year mission I have had a little time to meditate while doing things that I loved to do before going on the mission such as fishing and playing my guitar, and also doing things I didn't necessarily like to do before the mission and maybe took for granted, but love to do now such as, going to the beach and sitting in the sun with sandy feet....
Life is what you make it. Heavenly Father gives us the opportunity to make our life the way we want it through the freedom of making choices or free agency. Yes there are times when things happen that we have no control over but we do have control over how we will react, and we do have control over how we will handle the situation.
These past few weeks have been decision making times for me. Everyone asks the big question to a return missionary- "what next? what are you going to do with your life now?" and you have to have an answer. You know you have to say something.... but that something might not be really what you want or that something might not be the outcome of what really will take place. But I like to be a man with a plan. So I have that plan. Its a rough draft of course and will probably never be set in stone completely but its a plan. It maybe will be altered a little, but never drastically. But if life is what you make it, you can't build a good life without a plan just like you can't build a beautiful house without the layouts and the floor designs and the roof designs and the electrical designs and so on and so forth.
It feels good to have it some what done. There is one thing in life that is set in stone, and that is church. The gospel of Jesus Christ, and living that Gospel.  I did not just get done serving the Lord for two years to just hang up in the closet and leave it there for a little while. My relationship with our Heavenly Father is the most important thing to me in this life. I know that if I'm in the right with him then everything else will fall into place.
I have a feeling that some of my posts will be inspiring, and others not so inspiring, and others on church and others not. I'm excited to see how devoted I am to this and am excited to see just how many people take the time out of their busy day to read this haha I'm guessing not many. But just know that whatever I write on here is more for me than it is for you....

2 comments:

  1. Good to see you're doing well Coley. I wish we were closer so you could hang out with me and my kids. It can be rough to transition from a mission to home life, but it sounds like it helps to have your home be in a nice place.

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  2. I'm proud of you Coley! Excited to read more!

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