Halo

Taking a journey into the world of Halo. When you play Halo you are Master Chief. He is a character in who kills a lot of alien critters. You play through many different levels in the game. Some that you breeze through and some which want you to throw the paddle on the floor and break your television.
Something that has risen to my mind when playing campaign mode is those awful little creatures called "Grunts".

While your playing the game they are really easy to kill. But they are usually persistant. Groups of them will come at you and that is when things become frustrating because they are easy to kill but yet you just can't survive.
How I relate this to our lives is the little things that come up: a person at work looks at you weird, your friend says something rude that you take offensively, your kids dont clean up their rooms! But as we solve these things with patience and take them one at a time we can become less angry with people and ourselves. As we read and study the word of God we can feel free and happy. Find a sanctuary of safety and peace to pray and ask for help. So lets always have a sniper ready to head shot the "Grunts" in our lives!

The Longboard Of Life.

One of my good hobbies back home is longboarding. I would go to Provo Canyon start at Vivian Park, ride down to the mouth of Provo Canyon with my friends.
As your going down there is very pretty scenery. There is pine trees, wildlife and you pass by Bridal Veil Falls very gorgeous waterfalls. You've got to ride a little bit slower to see the beauty. Longboards can go as fast as they want. It can all be a blur if you never slow down.
So where i'm going with this is that we are riding the longboard. The trail is our life. Slowing down will help us see the beauty of it all. The joys of life. There really is joy to life. Thats why we're here. Going as fast as you can down the trail can lose those precious moments of happiness. The moments that really matter.
It has and is being told to us by the prophets today to slow down and take it easy. Lets follow there counsel. We can take those hikes into the trees maybe have a picnic here and there. Were still going to get down to the bottom. It's my testimony that it will help our lives if we do. The stress will reduce, we will be more in tune with the spirit.
DON'T EVER LET LIFE PASS YOU BY

IT"S 311!

I would like to share with you one of my favorite bands. You might wonder why i'm posting about such a band as 311. One thing that sticks out to me about 311 is that they are positive. I think that is one thing the world struggles with today. The news is always about disasters. Rumors about wars and contentions. It's something our communities struggle with. Finding faults with people and their weaknesses. Last of all it's something our personal lives struggle with. Including me. We are always looking for what went bad that day to tell people. Looking for sympathy.

It's a good time to see how we can bring more positivity in our lives. I know that Jesus can help us with this with a thing called faith. With faith we can look at things from a different perspective than others see it as or as the world sees it. In the words of 311 "One day you'll see the clear blue, BEYOND THE GRAY SKY.