Voting day

Tuesday, Nov.7

I have picked up a part time job teaching English online to Chinese kids in the early morning.  It has been a blessing in so many ways.  I recently made a commitment to wake up even earlier to study scripture at the beginning of my day.

This morning I was reading a chapter in the Book of Mormon about a king, Mosiah, who was close to death and wanting his people to govern themselves instead of relying on a king who may or may not lead them in righteousness. I read
"they assembled themselves together in bodies throughout the land, to cast in their voices concerning who should be their judges, to judge them according to the law which had been given them; and they were exceedingly rejoiced because of the liberty which had been granted unto them."

I had not planned on voting this year.  We are only a few months new in the area and though I had registered I hadn't taken the time to learn about the candidates.  I knew upon reading this today of all days, that it was important that I take the time to vote today.  So, even though I ended up spending hours with Tyler creating a perler bead Mario and wasn't sure if I could fit it in between various commitments, I followed through with the impression and did some research and voted.  Nothing miraculous to report.  I just felt good about having followed through and also about having done my Civic duty.

Before doing the Saygobedo challenge I had been very much struggling with following through on commitments made to myself to the point that I really had very little faith in my ability to accomplish anything that was important to me.  I can feel my self-commitment muscles growing and I am so thankful.