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Today I will be writing something I have learned from someone else on my mission for tired of me Tuesday. So stick in there and bare with me as I try to explain to the best of my ability the lesson of "The Mountain!" A lesson of humility, of perseverance, and love. So imagine in your head that there is a mountain... if you are having a hard time imagining then here's a picture to help you out!

This picture is perfect for the purpose that I have learned from relating life to a mountain. So imagine that this mountain is part of our life, our goal is to get to the top and we've been promised blessings once we do so! However as we climb we get to points where it's straight up and we just don't know what to do. Likewise in life we get to points where it seems just too hard and we have no hope to go any further. At this point we can not just quit, we can't just sit down and do nothing. We can't look hopeless even if we are. This is what the devil wants us to do. We must continue with faith to climb the mountain and as we do so we will find pleasure each step of the way. However whenever we come across something joyful we can't just stop there and say our work is done, no we must continue because there is a bigger treasure at the top.

Sadly sometimes we might stumble but thanks to repentance we can climb right back up to where we were. Eventually we hit a point where there is nothing else we can do. This is where Christ's atonement helps us to fulfill our entire desire, through Baptism and the Holy Ghost we can truly continue to climb to the highest height. Finally as we continue to endure anything our ultimate treasure and happiness will arrive at the top of the mountain. But life would be just too simple if there was just one mountain... no there's much more than just one trial. Once we get to the top we can see that right behind that mountain is a bigger mountain waiting for us to climb. All eventually leading back to our Heavenly Father. All we have to do is have faith, repent, be baptized, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and endure to the end, and Christ will supply the rest.... so Keep on climbing!

So it's Fun Friday already, and I know a lot of you readers have been wondering what could be more fun than the story last week well let's kick it up a notch with a little stress analogy. However before I do that you have GOT TO PLAY THIS GAME, no ifs, ands, or buts, just play the game. Then after you play you will realize why I was so intent on you playing.



So that was fun wasn't it! Now you might be wondering why in heaven did I just play that game... that was random, but boy... and girl... were you wrong. Today I'd like to relate Tetris to stress in life. So as you played that game you probably got a little stressed out as time went on. But don't worry soon you'll know how to make those stress blocks just disappear. Let's relate each block to stress. As we allow stress to build up and just do nothing about it, stress quickly buries us deep beneath all those blocks, however if we try our hardest to organize those stress blocks to coincide with everything else happening in our lives then eventually the stress will simply just disappear. In other words the way to eliminate our stress is by our choices. As hard times come our way, especially things we can't control, we must have the attitude that eventually all will work out and as our attitude changes, stress will change into joy. For me, personally, the more I have going for me, the more that is happening around me, the more that I'm being attacked, the more fun and joyful I am. Likewise a lot of times when I'm playing tetris the harder it gets the more fun it is, so since you probably have figured out by now that the best solution to combat stress is your attitude how about go make yourself happy and go play some more tetris!

Elder Dye and I were walking down the street the other day wondering how we can cope with each others sarcasm better when I started rambling on as I usually do about nothing. This is in essence what came out of my mouth which for now on will be known to Elder Dye and I as the parable of the dead bunnies.

One day a bunny was crossing the street when a car driving along the road hit it. The car realizing there was no way the bunny was alive left the bunny behind and continued driving off.

Another day another bunny was crossing the same street in which another man ran this bunny over. This man however decided to slam on his brakes and run over the bunny again.

And finally on a third day another bunny was yet again crossing the street. A third man ran into this bunny slammed on his breaks and got out of the car seeing the bunny dead of the ground still gets out his knife and stabs the bunny in the head.

Knowing all three bunnies were dead on impact who did the right thing? Man 1, 2, or 3? As Elder Dye and I contemplated the gibberish of the words that I just spoke we realized that these dead bunnies did relate perfectly to our sarcasm as well as our trials in life. First how it relates to sarcasm: Man one hits or encounters someones rude sarcasm and just ignores it moving forward. Man two encounters this same sarcasm get's offended and goes out of his way to worry about what was said. Then man three not only encounters this sarcasm but he goes completely out of his way to end that of which bothered him most. Man one chose the best and most Christlike choice to move on. A better way of looking at this parable is how we face trials. Man one hits a trial and moves on. Man two hits a trial then goes back and doesn't learn seeing as he has to face that same trial again and Man three get's overly aggravated at his trials. We must be man one and just simply move on!

What if nobody likes me what if I don't succeed What if I give it all that I've got and I still don't got what they need What if I don't get anywhere at all Will I consider myself a failure will I be that small

What if they don't like me what if they think I'm a joke What if they act nice to my face But they hate me and I don't even know What if they end up stabbing me in the back Will I consider myself a failure or will I fight back

A lot of times as we feel alone and like no one is there for us we start to think those people that truly are there for us will eventually just let us down. We start to doubt what if they don't like me. What if they are just playing a joke on me. What if this is all fake. We must not doubt. Doubt and Faith contradict. We must have the faith that all will work out. That those friends we find do love us and we must show that we won't let nothing stop us in our path closer to Christ! Richard C. Edgley expressed his desire that more people look to faith in the last October general conference: Faith-The Choice is Yours. "Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism."

I'm gonna keep trying getting denied just makes me want it more I'll keep trying and each time push harder than before I can't live my life always worried about what if 'Cause what if I die tomorrow Then I never even lived

 Imagine if Christ would've let loneliness stop him. Imagine if Christ would have stopped at doubt. His amazing Atonement would have ceased to be of any worth, however he didn't. He kept trying, and with each deny He knew how much more important what He was doing was to the world. Each time he got denied it made him push harder than before. He made it so he wouldn't have to say "what if i died tomorrow then i never even lived." He lived, he died and He did it all for us. So that we might not experience the loneliness or doubt. That we might look to him in those hardest of times and realize he is always there. His life was great, his death was remarkable, and his resurrection stands as a testimony to us that He LIVES. It reminds me so vividly of a talk by Jeffrey R. Holland "None Were with Him" from the April 2009 conference. Christ lived. Christ was denied. Christ felt abandoned and He did all this so that we WILL NOT be abandoned. Christ is always by our side. His atonement was suffered for us and we shall never forget what he has done for us. Anyone who is doubting or feeling alone. Remember what Christ did and partake of that great atonement. Christ loves you!