101625, Thursday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 229.4, GMI: 6.4, Steps (previous day): 8,448, Blood pressure: 127/77, 76, Reported Sleep 5:02 (58)

Journal Entry

We walked at University Place then had brunch at First Watch. 

We drove up to UofU medical facility for a doctor's appointment for Cathy with Dr. Sundaresh. She had had less than satisfactory appointments with him in the past but he is purported to be an accomplished endocrinologist and Cathy is trying to get her osteoporosis under control.

He is, I think, from India and we got the feeling that he is sort of dismissive of unaccompanied women. I decided to go with her this time and he was very attentive and helpful. We both were pleased with the visit and it looks like he is going to oversee her treatment for at least three next 6-12 months. Anyway, success so that was good.

Then we went to Fashion Place for Cathy but she couldn't find anything that she wanted so we ate at Cheese Cake Factory and came home.

Come Follow Me 

President Russell M. Nelson taught that if the Lord were speaking to us directly, the first thing He would make sure we understand is our true identity: we are children of God, children of the covenant, and disciples of Jesus Christ. Any other designation will ultimately let us down.

D&C 117:4 Let them repent of all their sins, and of all their covetous desires, before me, saith the Lord; for what is property unto me? saith the Lord.

 "Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what the Lord calls coveting “the drop,” while neglecting “the more weighty matters.” Myopic selfishness magnifies a mess of pottage and makes thirty pieces of silver look like a treasure trove. In our intense acquisitiveness, we forget Him who once said, “What is property unto me?”

Such is the scope of putting off the burdensome natural man, who is naturally selfish. So much of our fatigue, brothers and sisters, in fact, comes from carrying that needless load. This heaviness of the natural man prevents us from doing our Christian calisthenics; so we end up too swollen with selfishness to pass through the narrow needle’s eye."

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Apostle