Get to that Pillow!

As my companion and I dragged our bikes in for dinner the other day, a thought came into my head. "This is the first dinner we have
had that hasn't been at someone's home in the last month." And with
that, I quickly decided to use my hour of dinner as sleep time.



This is a picture Sister McKenna took of me during this much needed 45 minutes of glory.

When I woke up it took me a couple more minutes than usual to get up
due to my neck being kinked. I thought to myself...why couldn't I have
just gone 2 more inches and made it to the pillow. Then all would be
well! Unfortunately I had to pay consequences; luckily just temporary ones though! This just a simple story, but a profound one if you
relate it to the journey of life. Do we really want to end up just
short of the finish line? Or do we want to give our all and have no
regrets.

GET TO THAT PILLOW!!!

Just the other week I was on an exchange with another sister, she
asked me a question. A simple question at that, but it will
forever be a part of me now. "Have you ever felt like you have truly
finished something in life?" My immediate response, "well of course, I
gave my all in basketball." She went on talking about why that was the
reason she wanted to come on a mission, to finally finish something.
As the selfish Sister Duncan I am, I continued to ponder that question. I
finally came to a realization that I hadn't. I haven't finished
anything completely in life. It was a hard pill to swallow, but true. Basketball, piano, school.

 Putting in extra shots after practice, focusing a little more on my homework instead of the radio, or wasting time on Facebook instead listening to my nagging mom tell me to practice the piano. The choice is yours, which one do you want?



BENCHWARMER?

RED CARPET?



PRO?



Be on a video game?



Name get changed to a verb?

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Now there is a difference between this, and being too hard on yourself. I don't want anyone to think they are complete failures in life. We aren't perfect of course. But think right now about your accomplishments. We all have given a lot of effort into certain things in life, but have we came to that point where we know we gave it everything we had. I am
grateful for that sister to ask me that question. So now I pose to you the same: HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU HAVE TRULY FINISHED SOMETHING IN LIFE? If not, go get it! Life is short, so make the most of it. If your answer is yes, then great for you! Go continue to finish other obstacles.

 Heavenly Father wants the best for us, He WILL help us along the way
to finish what we started. I know that to be true. As we seek to grow
in our knowledge of our Savior Jesus Christ- all things are possible.
Not easy, but possible! Temporal or spiritual. No matter if you have been a lifelong member
of the church, never been to any church in your life, or just don't
see the point in religion whatsoever. I would ask you, just give it a
shot! Being apart of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
is the biggest blessing of my life. It's here as Christ's church to
give you a fullness of everlasting happiness! Not to take anything
away from what you already believe, but to add upon those blessings. God wants us to be our happiest, and we will be happy as we
finish the path to eternal life.

As the Snow College women's basketball team would say,

 LEAVE NOTHING