I am so Busy!

I get up each morning, head to work or to my mom's house or to whatever is planned for that day! For each day there is a plan, an appointment, something that needs to be done. I talk to friends and they say to me, "You are so busy!" "Yes" I answer, there is a lot going on. Someday it will calm down, someday I will 'get a break'. I keep going and even add things on to the plan for each day. Yes, there are things that have to be done and as a book title reads The 36 Hour Day infers, I need more time each day to do it all! I look forward to tomorrows, so I can get up and start again. I am grateful for each morning I wake up and thank our Heavenly Father for the day, but then hit the ground running sometimes not giving any more thought to gratitude.
It is still October and I am finally trying to listen to October Conference as I cleaned out the fridge. I do have a clean fridge and freezer and now I am taking the time to write down some thoughts. As I listened to the Sat. talk by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Of Thing That Matter Most, I am humbled to sit and ponder life as it is right now and how it is changing and how I spend my time. I have always said if there is something you really want to do, you can find the time. The sentence, Therefore, it is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions. really hit home with me. Slow down. Can I slow down? How do I do this with all that is going on right now? My mom needs care and things around the house need doing. I have to work and well I now have more commitments that I need to be done. How do I slow down? You can always find time to do the things you want to do!
President Uchtdorf stated in his talk, Let’s be honest; it’s rather easy to be busy. We all can think up a list of tasks that will overwhelm our schedules. "I am so busy these days!" Oh yes, I am just so busy! Am I taking this busy thing and letting it become a vice?

"Overscheduling our days would certainly qualify for this. There comes a point where milestones can become millstones and ambitions, albatrosses around our necks."

OK, so now I know that I am a busy person. Is there not a saying that if you want something done, ask a busy person? I can do it! I can get things done or can I? Have I let some things go? Somethings that are important to me, important to my life, physical and spiritual? I looked within and had that conversation with my self, "Self what are you doing?" I know that I am not doing, physical excercise, daily scripture readings, even sometimes daily prayer! I am not eating as healthy as I would like and usually have some increased stressor each day. Self, what are you doing?
Wow, how some messages come into our lives at just the right time. Is someone throwing me a life preserver? Should I take it and hold on. Hold on with all my might? So now I have got a finger on it, trying to get a grip. How do I keep holding on, how do I get my arms around this?
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, in a recent general conference, taught, “We have to forego some good things in order to choose others that are better or best because they develop faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and strengthen our families.”
"The search for the best things inevitably leads to the foundational principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ—the simple and beautiful truths revealed to us by a caring, eternal, and all-knowing Father in Heaven. These core doctrines and principles, though simple enough for a child to understand, provide the answers to the most complex questions of life.
There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions."
A simple solution? Really? Is this true? Leonardo da Vinci is quoted as saying that “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Oh, how I want to be sophisticated! Slow down, choose, keep it simple stupid! I know that words can be very powerful. I love words. Actions are also part of those words. I can try! I can try my best. That is what I have to do. Do my best!
I will take the time to hear the still small voice, listen and do, learn and become close to our Savior Jesus Christ. I have kept Him in my heart always near and dear. But I sometimes take Him for granted. Yes, He will always be there, I know that, but I have to acknowledge that presence. I have to have patience, understanding with my self in this time of my life. I have to like me so I can see my self as His precious daughter with divine potential!
Simplify, take it slow and enjoy the time. Do not worry about the next thing to get done because it will get done, eventually as it fits into the plan. I will do my best. Keep my firm foundation. Do what I can and be happy with that result. I love that I can have conversations with our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Even when I am angry at them and not happy with the plan, they smile at me, send me comfort and a still small voice that says, "I love you. I have a plan for you. You are my precious daughter. My daughter!"
I love that I can get these messages especially when I need them the most. Thank you Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for your love for me. Keep it simple, for this I pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen