the footprints in history were not made by sitting down

I am sorry that I have not posted all last week, but I was suffering from sign in problems.  I do believe they are all worked out now, so on we go!

For those who believe that we existed before we were born here on earth, I share the following phrase:  When we made the decision to come to earth, we chose to become involved, but we still have to make the decision to get involved every day.

Now that can have so many meanings, huh?  Now a day, it is so PC to not get involved!  Mind your own business, even when you see wrong happening before your eyes.  So many of us have forgotten that “We are our brothers keeper”, we don’t want that responsibility or the consequences that come with getting involved.

I ask you, instead of getting involved, what about being involved.  When you are just involved, you are moving, evolving, developing, growing, etc…You are able to help, learn and be more.  Think about all the ways to be involved.  Our family, our children, their school, your marriage, your school work, employment, looking for employment, our neighborhood, the list really is endless.

How about in the spiritual realm?  We are responsible for our own eternal destiny.  In order to reach exaltation, we need to be anxiously involved in doing the Lord’s work in our own lives, by serving, proclaiming the gospel, redeeming the dead, and learning, studying, and praying.  Being involved, means not taking a back seat, EVER!  I love this!  We tend to get tired, or lazy and that word, “involved”, sounds so difficult some days, thank heaven for the Savior and the Atonement, it only requires that we run only as fast as we can, we only need do what we are capable of, so I am not saying that we need to be superwoman or man, no, just do what you are able, and that really is enough.

So lastly, are you involved with you?  Do I stay involved in everything else, to NOT be involved with myself?  The way to lasting change is to live in truth, be involved with you, without concentrating solely on yourself.  Focus on serving others helps our involvement in ourselves.  It’s magic!  Want to change your mood, serve someone else.  Want to be less self-centered and selfish?  Serve others.  It’s hard, I know, but it’s worth the effort, change takes effort!  Be involved with yourself and stop ignoring yourself and the problems that are screaming at you through your behaviors, be involved and find solutions, pray for the strength, then go and be involved in life!  What an awakening!

I ate lunch with a group of women my mother’s age.  We were all shocked to hear one in the group, who was not there, suffered a stroke last Saturday night and wasn’t found until Monday night.  She lay there in a mess with her two dogs around her.  She now lay in ICU at the hospital clinging to life.  Being involved is so important, we are our brothers keeper, may we strive everyday to live the Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”  I sure haven’t heard or even said that in a while.  My friend Sandra and I went to the hospital after lunch that day, to see a dear friend who may slip from our lives soon.  We knew we better not let the chance pass us by before sharing our love with her one last time.  Remember, you are never too busy to be involved, it’s just a matter of priorities, and most of us have those all screwed up anyway.  Be involved, what a blessing for us!