I recently blogged about
taking strides to make some physical changes.
And to reach some of those goals,
I've had to experience the feeling
of being hungry.
(Side Note: I've also been learning a lot about
the sensation of being "Hangry"...
a hybrid of HUNGRY
and ANGRY
due to to being sooo hungry...
it's a real thing...
but that's another blog post for another day...)
Tonight though, I realized that lately
I have also been a whole different kind of hungry.
This week as I have made my way
through the ups and downs of my day to day life,
I have been "hungry" for something;
wanting and craving something;
something that I felt was missing.
But what that something was,
I just couldn't put my finger on.
I was getting all the things done on my checklist,
but I still felt an emptiness that I couldn't fill.
And then tonight as I sat in the temple,
I realized I had really been in need
of the nourishment that is THERE so ABUNDANTLY.
There in the temple,
for the first time in a few weeks,
I experienced a spiritual "feast";
something my malnourished spirit
was in great need of.
And so now I'll add to my
fitness/healthy "To Do" list,
along with eating broccoli,
drinking lots of water,
exercising,
getting enough sleep,
and avoiding that terrible awful sugar stuff...
to make sure I feed my spirit.
And not ever go too long without
going to the place where that kind of hunger,
and that kind of need,
can be filled!
"I know your lives are busy.
I know that you have much to do.
But I make you a promise
that if you go to the house of the Lord,
you will be blessed;
life will be better for you."
--Gordon B. Hinckley
