Homework

This week came close to being the longest in the history of mankind. It's been almost a year since I haven't had the pressure of deadlines pulling at me. Whatever shall I do with my time in the coming days without the urgency of completion gnawing at my conscience? Well, I'm still working on the specifics of that one. The vagueness of service & learning is not substantial enough. What are the specific actions I need to take in order to pursue those goals? First of all, I'm going to have to throw myself out there. I would have to be delusional to think that opportunities or information are just going to throw themselves into my lap of their own accord. The commandment is, after all, "seek & ye shall find" not 'wait & it shall come.'

"Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me. But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in you mind; then you mist ask me if it be right..." -D&C 9:7-8

I have to do my homework & figure out the options - know them backwards & forwards - before I'll know exactly what to do. I have to know where the needs are if I'm to be of any help. I have to be able to discern which causes are most worth my effort because it would be all too easy to run myself into the ground trying to be everything for everyone. Therefore, in addition to my newly created monetary budget, I shall have to create my own personal time budget.

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.”

It is my determination to not waste a moment.