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Faith, Words

Thoughts & Feelings

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Tears fall and like rivers flow
Bitterly your life does bite
Stirrings within do covet those stings
Meant to teach the soul

The sky cannot hold your lofty dreams
Nor the oceans drown your faith
On the wings of wind your fears do flee
And light burns within your breast

Passion, that fuel which feeds imagination
Rises to conquer mountains of disbelief
Your heart speaks as a dear friend
Listen: gentle, quiet, mild

All through your days heaven looks upon
And in your darkest moments
You are not forgotten. You are not alone
For inside you lives the divine

Dreams, Runner's High

Runner’s Update

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Smiling….

So I’ve got this silly/crazy idea in my head, yeah? I read the other day about two clubs that set a goal to run a marathon in EVERY STATE. One does every state plus DC. The other is all 50 States minus DC. So, I was curious when I caught up to a guy at the end of the St. George Marathon and he had a shirt that said he had done that. I talked with him a bit while we ran. He said it was something like his 230th marathon….can you say “SU-WEET”? Uh, cuz I can.

I’ve set my training program down for the Salt Lake Marathon on June 3rd, but I am just thinkin’ that I may do one before that too…as well as one after that. I’ve looked into some races in CA and AZ. But the race that is consuming my mind more than others at this point is our 12 man, 170 mile relay! WA-HOO. So, people are gettin’ on our team and we’ll soon have the full 12. That will be a sweet day. Some good friends are running it with us, so I’m very excited for it, even though it’s at the end of June.

Other news: Murph Dog created a running club at BYU and the coaches there are actually setting out the training schedule for several different levels of running groups. They’ll bring in pro-runner speakers for seminars and some other cool things. There’s already 75 members as of last night and it JUST BEGAN! Nice.

Well, that’s it for now friends. Thanks for all of your emails about how you’re doing. I really appreciate them all.

Luf,

Ry

Change

Sobriety?

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Sobriety: abstaining from excess . . . hmm, naw, that’s not really the right word. Something that describes abstinence altogether is the word I’m looking for. Well, how about “abstinence” then? Alright, abstinence it is. This week’s been a good one. Abstinence being the key there. But also in addition to abstinence there’s been some feasting and some interacting and a smidgen of changing.

This week the goal is to increase the changing by stepping up the feasting, moderating the interacting, but still keeping it in a very prominent position. And the abstinence always remains a goal of course, but for now a 2 month goal is in place. Through this I hope and pray for light. Each day is a new day to seek light and as we do so we understand life a little bit more. By receiving a little light one need not suppose that they no longer need to seek light. Light only remains as we are actively seeking after it.

God be with me, my friends and family.

KA

Faith, Goals

Success

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Finished up tonight with the last of my reading. I read about 30 pages today to get to that point. Despite the catch up I was playing it felt really good to finish up my reading in the Book of Mormon. I went running when I finished up and came home soaked! As I ran I thought about the blessings that have come into my life through reading the Book of Mormon. My thoughts recently have been a lot on my family and how a study of the Book changed my relationship with them. Whereas once I fought and hated, I now love and find joy in their company. It performed a miracle once and I feel it taking hold again.

This year I’ve learned a lot and have come to some pretty strong conclusions about my faith. I know that I can never assume for a moment that I am strong enough without my Savior on my side. I have lots of goals this year and I don’t want to accomplish any of them without the Lord close by. I thank my Heavenly Father for his blessings in my life and embark on another leg of my journey towards perfection through his grace.

Reports

Sweet Caroline!

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If you doubted what the coolest way to spend Friday night was…

For sure it was at the E-Center with my fam….

AND

Dum, dum, dum…

NEIL DIAMOND baby!

He’s getting older, but still puts on a great show! He’s got a band that’s been with him 30 years. Nuts!

He was crackin’ jokes about other people singin’ his Red Red Wine. Funny stuff.

Well, although there were no cameras allowed… someone I know *no names in case the NSA or FBI are zeroing in on this little covert operation* got these pictures. Thanks mystery person!

Truly nice beyond all niceness…

See that?! Neil says that I’m number one…Ryan’s number one! Okay, so he was pointing to a leak in the ceiling asking if they could get it fixed, but you weren’t there, you wouldn’t have known the difference.

A night to remember. Much better than the marathon, no broken hips, a plus.

Love to everyone!

K. Arthur