062925, Sunday (Patience)

Daily Vitals: Weight: 224.4, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day): 7,717

Journal Entry:

We took a long drive yesterday up to East Canyon and then decided to try for lunch at the Mirror Lake Diner in Kamas. At 2:30 PM it was jammed. No room in the parking lot and a huge waiting list. I've never seen it like that before. So we drove back down to Orem and had lunch at Cubby's on State street.

I also recently read that Vessel Kitchen restaurant is moving in to the facility recently abandoned by the Corner Bakery near Target in Orem. We really like Vessel Kitchen but they have a restaurant in American Fork that Cathy got "Gluttoned" at twice. We are hoping that this new one will be run a little better.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 68:33 And a commandment I give unto them—that he that observeth not his prayers before the Lord in the season thereof, let him be had in remembrance before the judge of my people.

"The purpose of prayer, however, is not to appease a vindictive Deity; nor is it to court favors from an indulgent Father. It is to attune oneself with the spirit or light which “proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space.” In that light is to be found sure answers to all our needs.

Prayer is the key which unlocks the door and lets Christ into our lives"

President Marion G.Romney

"In the 1960s, a professor at Stanford University began a modest experiment testing the willpower of four-year-old children. He placed before them a large marshmallow and then told them they could eat it right away or, if they waited for 15 minutes, they could have two marshmallows.

He then left the children alone and watched what happened behind a two-way mirror. Some of the children ate the marshmallow immediately; some could wait only a few minutes before giving in to temptation. Only 30 percent were able to wait.

It was a mildly interesting experiment, and the professor moved on to other areas of research, for, in his own words, “there are only so many things you can do with kids trying not to eat marshmallows.” But as time went on, he kept track of the children and began to notice an interesting correlation: the children who could not wait struggled later in life and had more behavioral problems, while those who waited tended to be more positive and better motivated, have higher grades and incomes, and have healthier relationships.

What started as a simple experiment with children and marshmallows became a landmark study suggesting that the ability to wait—to be patient—was a key character trait that might predict later success in life."

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf