Busy Bee

Today has been non-stop for me. I don't know when my life started to get so busy. When I was in high school, I used to get annoyed with girls who were always so "busy." I always thought, "Can you really be so busy that you have no time to do anything?" But since then I've kind of turned into that annoying girl who has absolutely no free time. I wish I did, trust me!

I've been thinking a lot about my work and class load this semester, and while I love it, sometimes I wish I had time for myself every once in a while! Yesterday in church, we talked about taking time every day to just sit and think. Sometimes we learn the most when we are sitting quietly and getting to know ourselves. I sarcastically thought to myself, "Yeah, if I ever have time I'll do it." But yesterday afternoon, after meetings and interviews, I had a little bit of time to myself (one of the reasons why I love Sundays!) So I decided to take about 20 minutes and sit quietly in my room and just think. And it was wonderful! I tend to stress out very easily, but afterward my mind was cleared, I felt more hopeful, and life looked good.

I decided to look up some General Conference talks on pondering, and I found one I liked by Jospeh B. Wirthlin in 1985 called, "Pondering Strengthens the Spiritual Life." Some of the quotes I found are:

"Pondering, which means to weigh mentally, to deliberate, to meditate, can achieve the opening of the spiritual eyes of one’s understanding."

"To soundly plant good seeds in your heart requires prolonged, intense, unremitting pondering. It is a deep, ongoing, regenerating process which refines the soul."

If you haven't taken some time today to sit quietly and think, I highly recommend it.