Well. I have decided that I want to be more like a turtle one day. Now I do not know to much about the thought process of the creatures, but from what I have observed they are worth admiring. I can not even count how many of the little guys we have passed in our recent travels. They are all just there. Right in the middle of the road. Some might consider them suicidal. I choose to call them determined. It takes a lot of dedication to ones end goal to endure facing so much danger. I mean there are a lot of crazy drivers out on these Kentucky roads. We all know they can not dodge those kinds of things. And its hot, they could melt right on the spot. The turtles however stay focused. Maybe they know that a better life is just on the other side of that long stretch of pavement. Maybe the mere hope of such an ideal is enough to drive them to act. Maybe they trust their instinct so much it leaves no room for doubt. They are determined to the end. Sticking with what they know is right even when they know it may cost them everything.Our challenge today is simlar to that of my turtle friends that patiently, and diligently maintain a larger perspective. An eternal perspective you might say. Often we do not know what promised blessings await us on the other side of that long and dangerous journey. But if we stay fast to what we know to be true, trusting in those instincts that are greater than our own, our reward will be of infinate worth.
Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God adn of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
2 Nephi 31:20
