Give Me This Mountain
Mountains to climb by President Henry B. Eyring April 2012 General Conference I have yet to become the person that says to God “Give me this mountain, give me these challenges.” Maybe I lack faith that I could handle what He would send me. Or maybe I figure He is going to allow the mountain anyway whether I ask for it or not, so why bother. But I am slowly learning, especially through my own personal growth and business experience, that mountains are essential to moving forward.
I resonate with President Eyring when he said “I felt a desire to be more like him (President Kimball), a valiant servant of God.” I have the same desire. I am starting to pray for courage and strength, and mountains to climb so that I may become that servant.
Being able to climb the mountain starts with having a solid foundation and Elder Eyring talks in detail about how foundations of our faith are made.
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Shelly Coray is an inspiring speaker, trainer, coach, and mom. She has helped hundreds of youth and adults gain greater control over their thoughts and actions and achieve higher levels of success through her workshops, speeches and training programs. Find out more about her HERE.
“I Knew Their Hearts” Jeff Olsen
I bought a copy of this book after spending the evening listening to the author tell the story. Jeff Olsen lost his wife and small son in an accident while he was behind the wheel. He and his older son survived the crash but came up against many obstacles on the road to recovery including several near death experiences. These experiences helped comfort him in his time of doubt, renewed his faith in God, and solidified his testimony of life after mortality. I sobbed through most of his talk, thinking back to our own experience losing my mother-in-law and niece. I must say that hearing it live was moving, but the parts he left out from the stage brought a new realization for me about how much my Savior and Heavenly Father really do care for us and are here for us. This is a touching read, straight from the heart.
Find it on amazon.com, Deseret Book or your local LDS bookstore
Click here to see the author tell about one of the most touching experiences in his life (my favorite part of the book).
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Shelly Coray is an inspiring speaker, trainer, coach, and mom. She has helped hundreds of youth and adults gain greater control over their thoughts and actions and achieve higher levels of success through her workshops, speeches and training programs. Find out more about her HERE.
Where's the Kid in You?
I recently watched an action packed Bruce Willis flick you don’t want to miss: Disney’s “The Kid.” In this show, the character played by Willis is a high-powered perfectionist that has fixed everything in his life to go his way. Through hard-work, education, and removing all the bad things about himself, and he was able to reach this high level of success – or so he thinks. Willis then starts to have some interesting experiences that teach him a lesson about what is important and what is not.
Some may say that it’s funny how we get things messed up in our head and then cause an emotional or spiritual train-wreck in our life. I’m not laughing at this kind of tragedy. We all know the right things to do, we all know what we should be doing, we all know what is expected of us to have success. Yet, whether we are doing what we know or not, many of us are still unhappy and still trying to perfect the imperfectable. What’s wrong?
In the movie (spoilerish), there is a moment when the main characters realize where they went wrong was trying to eliminate and forget painful parts of their life. To achieve this impressive level of success in this life, he missed out on the richness that leads to true joy and happiness.
We don’t live happily by avoiding pain. We are happy by courageously pushing through the darkness of anguish, and feeling the light of a joyous sunshine when the clouds break. So much of addiction, depression, and anger are a form of running away from the things that hurt in this short life-time.
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So the next time you find yourself falling in step with demons you though you had anchored to a dungeon wall or buried deep in the earth, ask yourself this question: “What emotion am I running away from?” Do you have emotional pain undealt with? Are you hiding something embarrassing from others that really do love and care about you? Is something bothering you and you’ve stuffed it inside like a crowded smelly hamper?
When you can work through the tough stuff in life in an emotionally healthy way, it’s a relief; a little like finally clearing up congestion, and taking a deep clear breath of fresh air. You can breathe easier, think more clearly, and love more completely. We can be examples of courage in the face of life’s difficulties and allow our kids the same privilege of learning courage on training grounds of a loving home.
Keep Climbing!