Some Thoughts!

I was contemplating today thinking.......thinking.......
I posted a few days ago about how fearful I was of flying. It is something I have not done for a long time....16 years.....too long, I know. But you know when you don't do something for a long time and those thoughts of doubt creep in and you find yourself thinking you can't do something and then you don't. You end up missing out on opportunities to grow and excel because of FEAR! I know that Satan will fill us with doubt and fear. And then we take it from there. We doubt ourselves and our great ability to succeed. As we took off from Salt Lake City in the plane tuesday night. i felt my heart pounding as the nerves took over. And then we were off the ground. I realized that I used to think it felt cool to take off, but I dreaded the time in between. I am the opposite now. Taking off and landing made me feel sick, but I really enjoyed the journey in between. Life is alot like that. We can dread things so much that we don't want to take the journey. But if we just breathe in and start on the path, the journey can be so enjoyable. Life is about the journey. There are things that will come in and knock us around and make us feel unsure (like the taking off and the landing did for me) but we just keep going because sometimes the best part is just when you think..."let me off"...it levels off and we go.."wow...this is pretty amazing"
I had forgotten how pretty flying can be. We flew at night and you could see every star with clarity. I loved looking out the window and wondering where we were and what was going on in the lives of those in the houses below. In the plane, they have the ability to track the flight and watch where you are. Wouldnt that be nice in life, to see where you are. Are you on course, is your heading going in another direction? We do have that ability with scriptures, prayer and the companionship of the Holy Ghost. I have let my compass slide a bit. I am pretty close to being on course, but I have deviated away from the constant blessing of having the spirit at all times. I need to rectify that.
I was talking to my sister the other day. She has a friend who's husband is a Stake President. She made the comment that he will not do anything in his life to jeopardize having the spirit with him. He will walk out of movies, turn of media etc if it causes him to not have the spirit. He said, it takes him days to have it back again and he needs to have that spirit of dicernment and the ability to receive answers and to be able to know the intent of people in an instant. How often to we justify our spiritual selves in saying "oh, it was great, except that one part"Or do you ever think about the things that tempt you and just linger a little longer on longing for those things that you should? I am coming to believe that when we linger longer where satan wants us, we DESIRE to linger there more and more until we find ourselves walking amongst and partaking of those things that will keep us from our Father in Heaven.
Enjoy the journey. Keep safe from the things of the world, Strenghthen selves and keep being a great example!!