New beginnings...

Pretty much a cliche' of a title, but the term "New Beginnings" is something we do and a phrase we use more often than not. As I get older, I've really been looking at how I am as a man (which includes father, husband, son, friend, priesthood holder, and all the rest), and I've really been working and continuing to work on how I am and, honestly... how others see me. I'm not perfect in anyway, and I'm okay with it, because I do know that I have a lot to work on in life, and if I were as "perfect" as my wife believes I am, I'd be putting her in a world of hurt for years to come. New beginnings to me, means that we are able to start fresh on a lot of things, and we are so grateful to be able to do so. I've struggled with my weight for many years, I don't listen to what others say, only because when it all comes down to it, I see what I see, and I'm not happy with it. Knowing what I need to do to rectify it, why do I sit and have "new beginnings" and start over more and more? Maybe I do that because I think there will be a tomorrow.. so what I can do today can easily just be done tomorrow... Now I know that, that's not the right answer, because tomorrow is NEVER promised.

I want to really be able to take today for granted and take every second of the day as if it were to be my last, and make the best of everything. As I prepare my 52 week challenge for the beginning of the year. I want to take it as a no fail approach... I don't want to have the mindset of; "If I slack off, or stop, i'll just start back up, so no big deal if I stop here and there." The Lord doesn't want this out of us.

Henry B. Eyring said:
"It’s easy to say, “The time isn’t right.” But there is danger in procrastination."

Which is a great way to remember that we need to finish the things we start. we have too many starting lines and not enough finish lines in our life, and when we start things with the mindset of being able to stop, or take time away and finish later... the reminder from President Eyring voice: "There is danger in procrastination" really hits home..

My goal.. is simple; I want to, for me, to be able to finish what I start, and to be able to have a finish point in mind. and If I don't have a finish line in my mind, than I'm not going to start something new.