Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I began this blog in November, 2013, and blog # 4, on Nov. 16th, 2013, was my private story about my "nervous breakdown", which had occurred in the 1970's.  I have included it at the bottom of this entry.   I called it:  Thoughts on Achieving Balance in Life. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, AND NOT RUN RASTER THAN WE HAVE STRENGTH!    4 Easy Ways to Avoid Burnout: Why Self-Care Is Anything but Selfish by Kari Monet  | Jan. 17, 2018 Mormon Life Comments Have you ever been surprised and frustrated by people whose phones go dead right in the middle of the day?  It seems like such a basic thing to plug it in at night.  But sometimes finding your charger is just  too much  at 11 p.m., or maybe you have an older phone that won’t hold a charge.  Lucky for us lesser mortals, there’s power save, which rations power by cutting nonessential functions.  S...

Tonight I am including a great article I read on the Meridian Magazine on Dec. 13, 2013. This article was called "December Stress, or December Joy?" by Darla Isackson (condensed some) Do you have mixed feelings, at best, about December? Then you’ll relate to the following journal entry I wrote a few years ago . . . and you’ll be interested in the ideas I’ve collected. They are guidelines, really, for more Christ-centered, less stressful choices for the Christmas season. “ The Saturday after Thanksgiving, my husband pulled all the Christmas boxes out of storage and offered to help me assemble our artificial tree.  How did December get here so quickly? Letters to family, friends, and missionaries needed to be written, neighbor and visiting teaching presents wrapped and delivered. I hadn’t even begun to decide on many of the presents I needed to give family and close friends! And now, what if I couldn’t finish the picture histories I had started for each son?  “ I we...

Achieving balance in life:  I have decided that I wanted to state a theme for each post so it will show when you read it.  I have always loved the scripture in Mosiah (Book of Mormon) chapter 4, parts of verse 26, and verse 27:  Page 157. For the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God -- I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants.  (Those things are very much needed today in today's world!) And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength.  And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.     When we go...