Saturday, July 19, 2014

The Journal

As some of you who read this here blog know this is my journal.  In a conversation with one of our employees today it occurred to me that this year in November I will have gone 20 years of daily writing in my journal.  That is a long time.  Some of you who read this here blog know that some of those entries have been pretty bad.  Some are all I can do to keep my eyes open long enough to write one or two sentences that are completely incoherent.  No matter, the effort is made and the commitment I made to write in my journal daily just under 20 years ago is a commitment I have kept and will continue to keep. 

I guess I could ask myself or you might ask what is the point?  I don't know that I have some profound reasoning for keeping this record.  I do know that when watching the church video Mountain of the Lord, I was moved by the journaling of President Wilford Woodruff.  He was invited by the Prophet Joseph Smith to keep a daily record of his life.  When I thought about that I determined that I would do the same.  I don't know what stories or experiences I share will touch or impact anyone.  I hope that they do and I hope they will provide a sense of who I am to my posterity.  Certainly I hope that my testimony will be found by those who read these thoughts. 

I am grateful for keeping a journal and for the positive impact it has had on my life. 

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