A Pep Talk- From Ryan- To Me- To You :)

My husband has known me for most of my life, and he's gotten very good at injecting logic when mine has run out. :) In fact, the other day, after I had gone on a rant, he said, "You know what I'm going to tell you, don'tcha?" I begrudgingly said, "Yes." He said, "Then just tell it to yourself and we'll save time."

He has an abundance of confidence (probably my favorite thing about him), and he has more confidence in me than I do, so he gives me a lot of pep talks.

I've started reading the blogs of writers. They blog about writing, getting agents, and getting published. I LOVE reading this, but I barely feel worthy to do so. I've been thinking that it would be presumptuous somehow to let myself feel that I am one of them, to leave any comments, or even to list them on the side of my blog! Getting a book published is so hard, at times it seems better to quit before you start.

Then I opened up my YW manual to prepare this week's lesson and I knew I would learn more than anyone.

"One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. One of our common failings is to depreciate our tremendous worth." Elder L. Tom Perry

"With all my capacity I encourage you to discover who you really are. I invite you to look beyond the daily routine of life. I urge you to discern through the Spirit your divinely given capacities. I exhort you to prayerfully make worthy choices that will lead you to realize your full potential." President James E. Faust

Have you ever read the Star Bellied Sneetches by Dr. Suess? I sometimes feel like a Sneetch putting on and taking off and trying to keep up with everyone else. Comparing yourself to other people is WRONG. That's another thing Ryan likes to remind me of.

"Off again, on again, in again, out again,
Through the machine and back round about again,
still paying money, still running through,
changing their stars every minute or two,
until neither the Plain- nor the Star-bellies knew
whether this one was that one or that one was this one
or which one was what one or what one was who!
Then, when every last cent of their money was spent,
the Fix-It-Up-Chappie packed up and he went.
And he laughed as he drove in his car up the beach,
"They never will learn; no, you can't teach a Sneetch!"
But McBean was quite wrong, I'm quite happy to say,
the Sneetches got quite a bit smarter that day.
That day, they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches,
and no kind of Sneetch is the BEST on the beaches.
That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars,
and whether they had one or not upon thars."

The moral of this post is: I'm a long way from "believing in my ability to succeed", but I'm going to try and be brave.
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7).