The Bountiful Gal - Standing For Truth

Artwork - Moving Mountains by Eva Timothy Do you ever feel your body falls short physically, mentally or spiritually of what you wanted? I know my body does that physically with my chronic fatigue.  I'll be doing great and actually make some positive physical strides forward with excise and then my body shuts down.  I end up bed ridden for days at a time while my physical body recovers and restores. Or I wake up in the morning with a whole list of good things I want to accomplish and I finish one, feel accomplished and then don't have the energy to finish another. Or I pray and pray to change something about myself, like not yelling at my kids, but the next day comes and I find myself yelling at my kids again. It is frustrating!! Since last week, I've been really striving to be better at applying some of the lessons from General Conference that stood out to me.  One of which, that I shared last week, is the concept of my prayers.  Asking Heavenly Father to enlighten ...

On my mission I learned of the story of a duck family wanting to learn to fly.  The little duckling went to his father and asked if he would teach him how to fly.  He saw the other ducks flying and he wanted to be like them.  The father called a grand meeting and invited all the little ducks to join.  He had the leader of all the ducks come and teach the ducklings how to fly.  The leader of the ducks went through each step:  1st - Lift your right wing and flap really hard   2nd - Lift your left wing and flap as hard as you can  3rd - Lift both wings at the same time and flap as hard as you can   As the ducklings did this they began to fly.  They were elated and loved the sensation of flying!  They flew all day and into the night.  The father called them all back together, congratulated each one, ended the meeting and told them to go home. All the little ducklings walked home. This story quickly became my favorite stor...