Realistically

  This week has been really good and has taught me a handful of lessons. 
  One lesson it has taught me is that I know I can do this!  One big reason that I know I can do this is that I am looking forward to my mornings everyday.
Here are my “week 1” results:

In Bed               10:30 - 11:15 average

Awake                7:35 - down to 6:59

Gospel Study     25 min

Exercise            15 min

Nutrition           2 good meals

                              3 1/2 glasses of water

“And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard—have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold, I say, is not this the cause that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?” Jacob 5:38

  Acting on the wisdom of this scripture from the Book of Mormon and from my own personal experiences, I am working towards my goal slowly, methodically, and with effort. Though I am also being REALISTIC because I want these roots to be strong.
  Being unrealistic about accomplishing goals has been a stumbling block for me in the past. I have expected amazing results from myself and have been disappointed in myself for not accomplishing them. I believe this is wrong and I have been working on stopping this abusive cycle. I really feel like we need to be kind to ourselves, give ourselves a break, and have compassion. I’m taking these words as comfort to my weaknesses and my strengths: 

“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” Isaiah 12:10

“That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.” D&C 50:24

  Here is a summary of my mornings, this last week.

Awake! Pray…

Go up and fill my stein with ice and water.

Sit down in a quiet room alone, with a nice chair and bright lights on. Set my alarm for 20 min. Study the Book of Mormon. After alarm goes off, finish chapter.

Find General Conference talk to listen to and press play. Set alarm for 5 min. Get down on floor and stretch legs and arms and back and mid section and neck with good breathing.

After 5, put on shoes and hop up and start walking on treadmill (yeah I know, not very tough, but man it’s cold outside) after timer on treadmill ticks 3-5 min crank it up to a jog or a run after 1-3-5 min (1min twice, 3 min twice, 5 min 3 times) slow it back down to a walk for another 3 min or so.

Water…taste…good…

  So again, by this time everyday it’s been about 8am or a little after and I have accomplished:

Prayer

Gospel Study

Exercise

2 glasses of water 

  I’m not really sure how to end a post. So I’m just gonna say this…
  This plan has already given me so many joyful rewards and blessings.
  My favorite so far is that Elliot (our baby boy) wakes up right around when I’ve finished each day, and my morning grogginess has almost met it’s match entirely by then. So we eat breakfast together with Mama, and talk and play a little before I leave for the day. 


  I love that boy, and his Mama.

Awake!

"Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." Frank Herbert's, Dune (Duke Leto Atreides)


  GOALS

“Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated” (D&C 88:124)
  Retire Early - Arise Early
  10:30pm - 5:30am

  "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7)
  "Study the gospel of Jesus Christ in the morning, to begin your day." (personal revelation given to me for me)
  "...seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith." (D&C 109:7)
  "Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
  And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
  And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." (Moroni 10:3-5)
  1 hour of Gospel Study everyday
  5:45am - 6:45am

  “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
  "And the spirit and the body are the soul of man." (D&C 88:15)
  "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth..." (Genesis 1:27-28)                                                

  Exercise Daily

  7:00am – 7:30am

  "Do you know that it is your privilege so to live that your minds may all the time be perfectly within your control? Study to preserve your bodies in life and health, and you will be able to control your minds." (Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 190)
  "And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health to their naval and marrow to their bones; And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures. And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint. And I, the Lord, ...promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them,... & not slay them." (D&C 89:18-21)
  Healthy Nutrition
   (still in the works) until further notice:
  2 good meals everyday
  5 glasses of water everyday

 
  There it is. These are my goals (and personal commandments given to me) to awake my mind and body and to live on "my" path to have joy and to fill the measure of my creation. With healthy portions of the following added into all my days...
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