"Let Adversity Make You A Better Person"
Well, I have been "fighting" the new technology and not wanting to get "too" involved by getting on Face-book, and by all means having my own Blog....but well, here goes...I've made the big step. Sometimes you just have to try to catch up with the rest of the world.
I decided that by having my own Blog, I could share some of the things that I enjoy the most with those people that I enjoy the most, sharing my family and friends with my family and friends. So, with this being the first of what I hope is many "posts" (ooo, that's a new word for me), and I'm just learning how to use this whole thing, it won't be a long one, but thought I'd get it out there and begin the process.
At the beginning of each "post" I have chosen a saying: "Let Adversity Make You A Better Person". I have this taped to my desk right by my computer. It was the title of a story I found in a church magazine that I subscribe to and that I'd like to share with you:
"A woman in my church fought a battle with cancer. Although she endured pains and heartache that few people understood, she remained cheerful and optimistic. She wrote her own obituary, which, in part, reads:
'Today at the young age of 33 I left this mortal existence to a holier sphere. I was born ...to wonderful parents...who taught me to live life well...We have three sweet children who I will miss greatly. At the young age of 29, I was introduced to something called cancer. Cancer was my great adversary, but I have learned that in this life enemies can become our choicest friends; the secret is learning what to do with the conflict.'
We are not always healed from pain and sickness. Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve has said, 'Sometimes we are 'healed' by being given strength or understanding or patience to bear the burdens placed upon us.'"
So, maybe over the next several months or years I will write more about what this story means to me, which is huge.....but for now I hope that each of you will be able to think about what it might mean for you!
Until next time! Becky
About Me
- Becky Muench
- I grew up at the base of the Teton Mountain Range in Idaho, in the most beautiful valley in the world. I started riding a horse as soon as I could walk and spent most of my summers riding horse bareback and singing at the top of my lungs all day long. I helped on the farm/cattle ranch that I grew up on, driving tractor and changing sprinkler pipe. At 14 I got a job cleaning motel rooms, then got the best job in the world, working for the Forest Service, counting people at the trail heads. I would spend the entire day sitting in the forest counting the number of people that went on hikes on certain trails. Sometimes I got to hike up into the back country and spend 10 days at a time and count the number of people that came up there. I did that for 3 summers during my high school years. It was awesome!
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