Third year Day 86 - Sunday March 9, 2014

After Stephany had gone to bed a few nights ago, she sent me a text with a link to a talk called Enduring Well by Elder J. Christopher Lansing.  Below is a quote from one section of his address.  I was happy and impressed that Stephany found this and sent it to me!!

Just Keep Swimming

"When our only daughter, Lindsay, was young, she and I enjoyed watching movies together. One that we enjoyed and watched together many times was an animated film called Finding Nemo. In the movie, Nemo is caught by a scuba diver and ends up in a fish tank in a dentist’s office. His father, Marlin, is determined to find Nemo. Marlin meets a fish named Dory during his journey. They face obstacle after obstacle as they try to find Nemo. Whether the obstacle is big or small, Dory’s message to Marlin is the same: “Just keep swimming.”

 

Several years later Lindsay served a mission in Santiago, Chile. Missions are hard. Disappointments are many. Each week at the end of my email I wrote, “Just keep swimming. Love, Dad.”

 

When Lindsay was expecting her second child, she found out that her unborn baby had a hole in his heart and that he had Down syndrome. As I wrote to her during this very difficult time, I closed my emails, “Just keep swimming.”

 

Obstacles come into each of our lives, but to get through them and to get where we want to go, we must keep swimming."