There are times that I try to make things more complex then they really are! This is especially true when it comes to living the principles of the gospel. There are really three main things that we need to do on a regular basis the first two need to be at least daily. They are read the scriptures, say your prayers and go to church. This is very basic and this is the point. I need to remind myself if I do these few things it will all be okay and I will not need to have heart attack because I didn't do something. I am progressing and making improvements each day and this forward progression is what really matters. This Mormon Message is great for reminding me of what really matters most. Take a look.
I know that it is too easy for me to get distracted by all of the things going on around me and I forget that I have a wonderful loving family that is there to support me. I know that none of us are left alone we all have a big Brother who loves us and will be there for us. Just go to him in prayer and he will hear you and in do time he will calm your troubled heart and speak the peace to your mind that you need at that time. Jesus Christ is our Brother and he has a plan for all of us to return to his presence.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
It is better to look up!
One of my most memorable talks from October 2011 LDS General conference was one given by Carl B. Cook of the Seventy. He explains a time where he feels overwhelmed and what happens to him in the elevator. I will post the talk so that you are able to watch it.
This has stuck with me because I often have felt as Elder Cook. Not sure how I am going to be able to accomplish all that I am to do. One thing that I forget sometimes is that I am not doing all of this on my own there are many people around me that are more then willing to share in my burdens and there is always one that will be by my side to lift me and He will be there for you too! I know He will. He loves us all equally He knows us perfectly and He will send the message or help that you need if you just ask in faith. This individual is perfect and this his how He can do all of these things He is our Savior and He has felt the pain that you feel and this is how He can speak peace to your mind and calm your troubled heart. He truly lives!
So remember to look up! And you too will find the peace that can only come from Our Father in Heaven by way of our Savior through the Holy Ghost.
This has stuck with me because I often have felt as Elder Cook. Not sure how I am going to be able to accomplish all that I am to do. One thing that I forget sometimes is that I am not doing all of this on my own there are many people around me that are more then willing to share in my burdens and there is always one that will be by my side to lift me and He will be there for you too! I know He will. He loves us all equally He knows us perfectly and He will send the message or help that you need if you just ask in faith. This individual is perfect and this his how He can do all of these things He is our Savior and He has felt the pain that you feel and this is how He can speak peace to your mind and calm your troubled heart. He truly lives!
So remember to look up! And you too will find the peace that can only come from Our Father in Heaven by way of our Savior through the Holy Ghost.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Life is BEAUTIFUL!!!
This is the title of one of my favorite movies and it is something that I truly believe. I have been very blessed with a wonderful life, and it is so beautiful. My outlook on life has not always been this way just a few months ago I was having lots of struggles. I thought that life was not worth living anymore. I wanted to just give up and stop all the pain and struggles I was going through, but then my mind listened to my heart. My heart was reminding my mind of all that is worth living for: My beautiful wife and children, and all the good that there is that I can do in the world. The non profit organization that I want to organize to help the "street kids" in Brazil. Each time that I had thoughts that the pressure of life was too much for me to take thoughts like this would avalanche my mind and my heart would win.
Now looking back at this event in my live I can say that it has made me a stronger person. Things are still not perfect but that is okay I believe that we learn from adversity and I know that dealing with depression has been a struggle from day to day.
So you might be saying to yourself, "What did he do to get past this seamless endless cycle of depression?" Well this is the answer but be prepared you might not like it. I prayed. Pure and simple this is the answer. But I will expound for those of you that might be wondering what exactly did he do?
It was a long process that took me over a year to work everything out to where I am feeling like myself again most of the time. Sometimes I get down and I thing this is normal so I think it is better to say okay I am having a bad day then to say "I am depressed again!"
I think what got me on the right path to healing was a man that is very honest and sometimes this is what we need is someone that is seeking our best interests and will be totally honest with us. The man that I am talking about is Dr. Stuart Yeager. He is a Chiropractor, and be for all of you think I am totally nuts for going to a chiropractor let me tell you the rest of the story.
About a year before going to see Dr. Yeager I went to see a doctor up at the University of Utah medical center for some help figuring out what is going on with my body. I was having joint pain all over I was not sleeping well my back hurt and I was having a repeated problems with my vision that is called iritis or basically inflammation in the iris of the eye. I wanted to get better and not have to deal with this anymore. So after spending lots of time in the hospital and having them do x-rays and take lots of my blood for test they sent me home.
I was really confused how could they just leave me hanging. I wanted to know what to do today to get better. well a few days later she called back to let me know what the test result found. The doctor said that I have a autoimmune disease that is called reactive arthritis. I thought to myself this is great now how do I get better. She went on to tell me that there is no cure for autoimmune diseases and that most of the time they will go into remission after a little while. Then she started to talk with me about some medicines that could "help" me. I know that some medicines are wonderful but I also believe that we use medicines too much in our society today. I listened to what she had to say about the various medicines that she would recommend for my situation and she even talked me in to getting a bunch of shots just in case I wanted to start taking any of the medicines that she recommended. See all of the medicine that she would give me would tell my immune system to stop producing so many white blood cells and this would make me very open to getting any thing that might be going around. After going home that day from the hospital I started looking at the possible side affects of the drugs and they were serious like liver damage and death. Sure this was not very likely, but why make it a possibility!
My wonderful wife and I decided to go a different route. We thought that it would be good to look to a more holistic way of healing. So we went to where almost everyone turns when they have a question they don't know the answer to yep! You got it Google! We found that there are a lot of people in Arizona with holistic practices of various types. I found site published by a woman from Phoenix area I think. She had lots of insight into what I was going through because she has the same disease. I started to do some of the things that she recommends in her book Conquering Arthritis by Barbara Allan. I am the first to admit that I was desperate to find something that that was going to get me on the path to healing and I took her advise to extremes. Needless to say her good advice was not implemented well by me. I did learn a lot from her and she does have great information. She talks about cleansing and helping your body release the toxins that it has stored up.
Through all of this I have been seeking direction on what to do and where to turn for answers. I would think to myself it will be a website that I will come across one day that will show me that way to heal myself and stay healthy and strong or it would be an infomercial on TV or it would be someone that I would talk to. Well it wasn't any of those ways that I found Dr. Stuart Yeager. I found him by driving home from somewhere one day and did something that I almost never do anymore when I am driving and that is listen to the radio. I usually use this time to think and try to clear my mind. So I happened to tune into a radio program that was well underway on a station that I don't remember listening to. The one thing that caught my attention is that he said he could cure food allergies and I had learned from Barbara Allan that one of the things that can trigger the reactive arthritis is food allergies that your body develops. You might not have been allergic to the food before but now every time you eat it it makes you feel like you need a walker to get around.
This little thing good have a big impact on getting me feeling better I thought to myself as I was driving. I was grateful that they say the phone number to call like ten times because I could not find the right time to right the number down until I had pulled off the freeway. I called as soon as I got home and talked to a Lady named Kelsey she was professional and she set up my free consultation with Dr. Stuart Yeager.
I will write more about this life changing experience soon.
Now looking back at this event in my live I can say that it has made me a stronger person. Things are still not perfect but that is okay I believe that we learn from adversity and I know that dealing with depression has been a struggle from day to day.
So you might be saying to yourself, "What did he do to get past this seamless endless cycle of depression?" Well this is the answer but be prepared you might not like it. I prayed. Pure and simple this is the answer. But I will expound for those of you that might be wondering what exactly did he do?
It was a long process that took me over a year to work everything out to where I am feeling like myself again most of the time. Sometimes I get down and I thing this is normal so I think it is better to say okay I am having a bad day then to say "I am depressed again!"
I think what got me on the right path to healing was a man that is very honest and sometimes this is what we need is someone that is seeking our best interests and will be totally honest with us. The man that I am talking about is Dr. Stuart Yeager. He is a Chiropractor, and be for all of you think I am totally nuts for going to a chiropractor let me tell you the rest of the story.
About a year before going to see Dr. Yeager I went to see a doctor up at the University of Utah medical center for some help figuring out what is going on with my body. I was having joint pain all over I was not sleeping well my back hurt and I was having a repeated problems with my vision that is called iritis or basically inflammation in the iris of the eye. I wanted to get better and not have to deal with this anymore. So after spending lots of time in the hospital and having them do x-rays and take lots of my blood for test they sent me home.
I was really confused how could they just leave me hanging. I wanted to know what to do today to get better. well a few days later she called back to let me know what the test result found. The doctor said that I have a autoimmune disease that is called reactive arthritis. I thought to myself this is great now how do I get better. She went on to tell me that there is no cure for autoimmune diseases and that most of the time they will go into remission after a little while. Then she started to talk with me about some medicines that could "help" me. I know that some medicines are wonderful but I also believe that we use medicines too much in our society today. I listened to what she had to say about the various medicines that she would recommend for my situation and she even talked me in to getting a bunch of shots just in case I wanted to start taking any of the medicines that she recommended. See all of the medicine that she would give me would tell my immune system to stop producing so many white blood cells and this would make me very open to getting any thing that might be going around. After going home that day from the hospital I started looking at the possible side affects of the drugs and they were serious like liver damage and death. Sure this was not very likely, but why make it a possibility!
My wonderful wife and I decided to go a different route. We thought that it would be good to look to a more holistic way of healing. So we went to where almost everyone turns when they have a question they don't know the answer to yep! You got it Google! We found that there are a lot of people in Arizona with holistic practices of various types. I found site published by a woman from Phoenix area I think. She had lots of insight into what I was going through because she has the same disease. I started to do some of the things that she recommends in her book Conquering Arthritis by Barbara Allan. I am the first to admit that I was desperate to find something that that was going to get me on the path to healing and I took her advise to extremes. Needless to say her good advice was not implemented well by me. I did learn a lot from her and she does have great information. She talks about cleansing and helping your body release the toxins that it has stored up.
Through all of this I have been seeking direction on what to do and where to turn for answers. I would think to myself it will be a website that I will come across one day that will show me that way to heal myself and stay healthy and strong or it would be an infomercial on TV or it would be someone that I would talk to. Well it wasn't any of those ways that I found Dr. Stuart Yeager. I found him by driving home from somewhere one day and did something that I almost never do anymore when I am driving and that is listen to the radio. I usually use this time to think and try to clear my mind. So I happened to tune into a radio program that was well underway on a station that I don't remember listening to. The one thing that caught my attention is that he said he could cure food allergies and I had learned from Barbara Allan that one of the things that can trigger the reactive arthritis is food allergies that your body develops. You might not have been allergic to the food before but now every time you eat it it makes you feel like you need a walker to get around.
This little thing good have a big impact on getting me feeling better I thought to myself as I was driving. I was grateful that they say the phone number to call like ten times because I could not find the right time to right the number down until I had pulled off the freeway. I called as soon as I got home and talked to a Lady named Kelsey she was professional and she set up my free consultation with Dr. Stuart Yeager.
I will write more about this life changing experience soon.
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