Hard Work

Last night 

I made dinner

and spent 3 hours cleaning the

bathroom(tub and all)

mopping my floors, 

vacuuming(even the furniture)

I love feeling accomplished

It is so easy to be lazy

but once you get up and get something done

you feel better about yourself 

and who doesn't like that?

Years ago, President of BYU-Idaho, Joe J. Christensen

gave a talk titled

"What It Takes to Be Happy and Successful"

The very first thing he says can make us happy is hard work. 

Here is a section from that talk.

"If you want to be happy and successful you must decide that hard work is a part of the answer. 

I have not met many happy and successful people who were lazy. 

The scriptures tell us to 'Cease to be idle; … cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated' (D&C 88:124). 

In other words, you don’t succeed by being lazy and staying in bed all day."