I am finding that I focus much more on Sunday during sacrament meeting if I am focusing on only trying to come home with one thought rather than just getting the kids to settle down so I can listen. So, when I get those thoughts, which I have for the last three weeks! I need to jot them down and try to work on them. So, not only am I going to jot them down, but open myself up to my friends and family to hold myself responsible for trying to also apply them to my life to try to continually better myself and my family. So, here it goes:
Sunday, February 7th - Daily scripture study with family... even if it is only 3 verses!
Sunday, February 14 - Quiet my inner voice so I can be open to revelations and inspiration... so need help with this one people.... that week, I realized how much my inner voice is constantly going and I have a hard time trying to get it to shut-up... and after a few more days realized that I can't get it to shut-up because if I do, I feel an overwhelming sense of laziness, I feel stagnant, I feel slothful or physical apathy! Then, when I try to get it to be quiet and just listen... I almost get scared and I remember thinking one day, "Wow, I wonder what kind of thoughts and inspirations I could received during these quiet moments I never provided for myself and am almost anxious over the fact that I could become open to receiving them!" (It's not like I haven't ever, it just feels like I could get way more if I tried and what a different lifestyle I could be living with more divine help through my daily activities.)
Sunday, February 21 - Reverence and as a mother setting time aside each and every day to be alone, feel the spirit, pray and read my scriptures, to quiet the mind... again. I must be needing that message to have pulled that out of two weeks in a row. Let's try again...
To all those other busy mothers out there... how do you do that?
i go into the bathroom and shut the door. i can't tell you how many times i pee with addy on my lap so now i try not to have anyone around. it's only a second but it's quiet and no one else is around and i can shut the door and just think - for a moment :)
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