Remembering General Conference

I love to travel.  I have traveled my entire life and have been able to see a great deal of the world.  I consider myself lucky in that respect.  Because I was raised traveling the globe, I continue to emphasize the importance of travel in my life today.  I make time for and I save money to do it.  It is rewarding and gives my life adventure which I crave and need.

As I have been going to school this last year, I have not been able to travel as much as I typically do.  I am fine with that, but I still make time for small weekends in California and Utah.  I met a friend at General Conference this last October in Utah.  It was a wonderful extended weekend. 

I attended quite a few sessions of general conference,  and I remember one talk in particular standing out to me.  It seemed that everything the speaker said resonated with my soul.  I was so motivated after hearing the talk!

(I am not sure what happened after conference that made me forget the talk so quickly and begin to act out again...)

Patrick Kearon talked about turning to the Savior for healing.  He had a few very good small statements that I know I need to begin to implement, believe, and live in my life.

1. I will always pay a price when I am lazy and rebellious.
2. I think that everyone else is doing worse than me; I make myself an exception to the rule and God's laws.
3. Do I hold back a portion of my heart from the Lord?
4. I haven't thrown away my last chance.
5. No one can find peace in a minefield. 

These comments and questions touched me while I was sitting in the conference center, and they touch me now.  They remind me that I can never give up hope and that I can find peace through the atonement.  They remind me that I must be honest with others, myself, and Heavenly Father in order to feel his peace in my life.  They remind me that my earthly existence is not meant to be easy...it is going to be hard and I need to Cowboy up and learn from it!  I need to be on the offensive in my life battling against the temptations that so easily beset me.

I needed to hear this talk again to remind me that I am not as lost as I feel.  I have the ability to feel total peace in my life...but that peace won't come by being lazy and rebellious.  It comes by serving, being humble, and building my relationship with my Heavenly Father.  Peace will come into my life when I give my whole heart to the Savior and his gospel.