Good Keeping.

My iphoto library has become unreadable. AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!

I think it's time to call a computer expert to finally get this Mac baby functional again.

I have made a goal to start walking {for exercise} again, despite the repercussions I may (or may not) suffer for the rest of the day. Honestly, I think the plantar fasciitis and the RA in my knees and hips will bother me regardless of whether I have walked the 3.34 mile loop around my neighborhood or not. So I'm walking - I could use the calorie burn + the energy that comes along with it, and the aches and pains happen just the same, even when I restrict my daily activity. (My goal, to clarify, is to walk 3x a week {not 7... or 5...} in favor of moderation and common sense. I have absolutely no desire to run a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or anything else. I am considering taking up swimming in the near future if I can get over the anxiety of being seen publicly in a swim suit.) 

I took an amazing bike ride with Bill and Mar last Friday... bonus pat on the back for doing something active for date night!

Sometimes I walk by myself, I often walk with Billy-my-hero, and I occasionally walk with my friend Jeanne. Today as I walked alone, listening to some of my favorite messages from conference, the word keep stood out to me.


keep {verb} - (1) have or retain possession of. (2) continue or cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.


"Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man..."
(Ecclesiastes 12:13, shared in this talk)

"And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; ... and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever." 

(From Abraham 3:26, shared in this talk)

"If you're not hearing the music of the gospel in your home, 

please remember these two words: keep practicing." 

(from this talk)

"God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are becoming than about who we once were. 

He cares that we keep on trying." 

(from this talk)

I am encouraged to keep on keeping on.