Clarification

Hi folks. I received a voicemail message this afternoon that bothered me a little bit and made me feel that I needed to clarify something. I apologize for not addressing the individual personally yet, but the time difference between here and the east coast makes it a little bit difficult.

The message that I got thanked me for the recent update and said that neither he nor his wife understood how destitute I had been prior to my move to Utah and shortly after. Although I have been short on material wealth, I feel that I have been far from destitute. This is definitely a learning situation for me. I feel that I am learning what it takes to truly be a disciple of Christ. At least I hope that I am.

I had another friend say that there were a lot of trials that I have been through that I did not have to go through. That is probably true, but everything that I have been through has been a learning experience. Unfortunately, we seem to learn the most when we experience the most adversity. I am not trying to purposefully seek out adversity either, but I am not going to run from it either. Hopefully I will emerge from the refiners fire a better, more grateful and more humble man.

I feel that I should also clarify a point that I made on a previous blog about it being difficult for me to find strenght to go forward. I am in no way considering not going forward. Quitting, in any way, shape, or fashion has not entered my mind. I desire to live "after the manner of happiness." And the only way for me to do that is to "Keep Moving Forward," as is the motto in my favorite move of all times, Walt Disney's Meet the Robinsons which ends in a fabulous quote from Walt Disney himself:

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”–Walt Disney

Thank you all for your friendship, faith, prayers, and support. I hope to be able to return the favor some day.