Today is my First Day as a Ski Instructor for Deer Valley Resort!  I’m nervous yet excited about the opportunity to work with youth in teaching them downhill skiing.

I recently read somewhere that ‘Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life.‘   Since I read this little phrase, it has stuck with me and caused me to reflect on how true that statement is.   I’ve been focused on ‘choices’ this week and have come to the conclusion that we really can ‘chose’ happiness over sadness; love over anger; we can chose to be proactive vs. reactive.  We can let go of yesterday, and remember that Today, is the First Day, of the Rest of our lives.

Have an awesome First Day!

It’s currently 28 degrees; Partly Cloudy; High of 42 with a low of 17; Mostly Dry weather.

Have you ever felt ‘Partly Cloudy’.    I know I have…

Well, the good thing about Today’s Forecast is that it’s currently 28 degrees, warming up to a balmy 42 and we’re going to be over 15 degrees for our low.  Also, it’s not raining or snowing with Dry weather which makes it easier to put up festive holiday decorations!   Be Happy… Don’t Worry, enjoy that it’s December; have an attitude of gratitude, Animo; Exito, let’s Win the day!

 

I read this conference talk this am ‘And Nothing Shall Offend Them’ given in the October 2006 General LDS Conference and the following excerpt stuck out to me:

“…it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me.  Indeed, believing that another person  offended us is fundamentally false.  To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.” – Elder David A Bednar Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Let us all take the challenge today, especially this Holiday Season as we spend extra time with our friends; our neighbors; and of course our immediate and extended families, to “learn about and apply the Savior’s teachings about interactions and episodes that can be construed as offense.”

Here’s the link to the conference talk referenced in this post:

 

“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

It’s very powerful to be able to make choices in your life.  It’s through your choices that you become you.   Have a desire to do good, you will become a good person.   Have the desire to be healthy, you will become a healthy person.  Have the desire to live a righteous life, you will become a righteous person.

Last night I dreamed that I was having an in person conversation with a good friend who looked pale and ill.  I asked what was going on with him and he told him that he was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness.  When I asked how long he had, he smiled and said, “Either a few minutes; hours; or days of my most recent episode.”  He felt blessed to at least know that his time here on earth was near and that he would be able to make the most of it by building his existing and creating new relationships.

I was inspired by this dream to remember that our time in earthly existence is short and we should make certain to interact and converse on a daily basis with our family members.   Tell them we love them and that we care about them, throughout this life and the life to come.

Also, what an amazing thing to learn from this dream… as my wife has told me before, “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.”  Here’s a video I watched yesterday that is awe inspiring as well:

https://discover.mormon.org/en-us/portraits/tessa-winger/

 

 

My name is Eddie G and a few months ago, I had thoughts of how media, entertainment, and technology are becoming increasing distractions to the things in our lives that matter most.   I am a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and what matters most to me is my relationship with my God and my Family.

Over the years, as I have studied ancient and modern day scripture, I have have learned that we are Sons and Daughters of a living God who loves us and wants us to live righteous lives and return to him someday.

I decided to recently make a statement and broadcast how we can make the choice to UnPlug from the World and PlugIn to our spirituality.    Through God’s teachings, we can make the decision today to avoid the distractions that keep us from developing a better relationship with God and our Families.

http://www.LDSUnPlugged.com has been launched and I’m happy and excited to add my own tips and strategies as well as those of others who are willing to take the LDSUnPlugged challenge.

 

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about ‘choices’ and how ‘I’ have the choice to be happy or to be sad; to be a success or be a failure; I can chose righteousness or I can chose wickedness.

I realize that ‘Happiness is NOT an illusion.’ It is real, and I have the choice to decide today whether I will live out my life in a state of happiness or in a state of misery.

I chose to live a state of happiness and will work diligently at doing the things that bring me joy.

May your day be filled with ‘good’ choices that bring you joy, success and righteous desires!

Just finished re-reading the basic core 7 Habits of Successful people by the late Stephen Covey:

https://www.stephencovey.com/7habits/7habits.php

Habit 1 – Be Proactive

Habit 2 – Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 3 – Put First Things First

Habit 4 – Think Win-Win

Habit 5 – Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood

Habit 6 – Synergize

Habit 7 – Sharpen the Saw

I’ve always loved this read and re-committed myself to open up Covey’s book and read again.   As for this weekend, I’m taking on my own challenge to UnPlug from entertainment and media and PlugIn to my spiritual side of things focused on Sharpening my Saw.     It just snowed and the sun is shining in beautiful Heber Valley.

It’s going to be a great day and weekend!

Stoked to get our web site up and running!   Likely going to turn it over to my ‘techy’ son to manage.

http://www.ldsunplugged.com