Lesson #5 Journal Entry

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The "Hero's Journey" speech that we watched for this lesson was very interesting. I liked watching a speech given at BYU-Idaho that wasn't given by a Mormon. It was kind of nice hearing things from someone who was aware of who he was speaking to and tried to cater his talk to Mormon's but had his own spin to put on things and was coming from different life experiences than a typical Mormon. I really appreciated his story about the ex CEO of Enron. It was a huge eye opener that no one wakes up one day and decides to be "evil." We usually make decision after decision until we find our self mired in a horrible situation. And if we are truly weak, we may find our selves in a position that we see where we are going but don't have the courage to stand up and make things right.  I truly hope that I can keep myself on the straight and narrow in all aspects of my life so that I never end up in such a position.

One thing that I had mentioned that I wanted to work on in the last journal entry was wasting time. Now I haven't perfected it in the last couple of days but I have been aware of it and have tried to force myself to use my time in a better manner than I usually do. I have actually watched way less T.V. than normal. I used my time reading, doing homework, spending time with my kids and husband and I also started my 10 key lessons, which was another thing I wanted to start working on. I haven't had a chance to get playing the piano in my day yet but I'm hoping to have some time tomorrow to work out a practice plan.

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