Each Day Is a Gift

Hooray for 7 hours of sleep!!! :)  Ran 1st mile with hubby to meet Karen, then east to Smith and turned around.  Legs felt better once warmed up, may be it's the old Elixir shoes.  Chatted the whole way about the Oly Men's Marathon.  AP: 10:23 AHR: 152

Swim lesson #4: Wore swim cap for the first time b/c I had to take a super quick shower/dress afterward, no time to shampoo. 

1)  Learned to roll from front float onto back float, did it perfectly on the third try. :) 

2)  Flutter kick with kick board in the middle of the pool face down and didn't panic! :) 

3)  Freestyle along side of pool, need to work on breathing.  I didn't know you're supposed to breathe out thru your nose when in the water.  I've been either holding my breath or breathe out thru the mouth causing lots of water to go up my nose!  Silly me! :) Also need to have a good rhythm/pace so that I can take my time while breathing in and not swallow water...cough cough cough! :(

4)  Back stroke!  VERY tricky!  I had no idea the arms don't just go in circles like a windmill.  They actually do two semi-circles going clockwise and counterclockwise and there's "pulling" of water going on beneath the surface!  Plus you have to rotate your shoulders while keeping your head and hips straight.  Much harder than it looks.  I totally failed and discovered how uncoordinated I am!  :(    Why is it so natural for so many people and difficult for me?!!!

Ate a pb&j sandwich, yogurt on the drive down to Provo for the BYU Ed. Week.  Elder Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy was the devotional speaker.  He spoke on our divine nature.  I love the simple analogy when telling a very young child a baby chic would grow up to become a dog that he/she would correct you immediately.  So just as a child knows that only a puppy is capable of growing up to be a dog, we likewise have all the attributes within us to become God. 

My next class was "The Spirit:  Your Personal Guide" and the topic was "allowing the Spirit to Shepherd Our Desires".  I learned how Satan attempts to control our appetites, desires and passions; and how I can let the Spirit shepherds my desires.  Bro. Barrett was funny and he used lots of good examples from scriptural stories i.e. the gathering of quails by the children of Israel in the Old Testament how it can be a blessing and a curse.  :)

Second class was Sister Boyack's class, "Seven Steps to Becoming More like the Savior".  In learning about God's attributes, we can turn to the scriptures and pay attention to how He acts and reacts, to His relationships, to how he first teaches then commands, how He lived.   I need to recognize what virtues/goodness that are already within me and assess what impurities that need removing.  I need to focus on "being/becoming" more than "doing".  I learn that the Savior went to quiet place to pray often; he enjoyed singing, walking, being with friends.  He's punctual, clean (not messy), happy, forgiving, patient, full of love and grace, loves little children.  His concerns are for people and righteous cause, submissive to His Father's will.  :)

While hubby went to a class on "More money than you'll ever need - Discover the Happiest Income in America!  Living an Abundant Life while Developing the Tools of Eternal Prosperity"; I went to "Organise Your Home:  Tips for Downsizing, Decluttering and sorting your belongings."  Some practical stuff to help me dejunk.  :) :)