Another Semester Gone By

As things begin to wrap up for the beginning of the semester in a week or so I find myself busier than ever. I don't know why this happens but it seems that the world, and college professors, seems to conspire to destroy the lives of students at that most stressful and critical moment of preparing for and finishing finals. As college becomes ever hectic, and even more so with all of the added responsibilities of being married and having to work basically full time, I find myself trying to think positively as a way to keep my head above water, metaphorically speaking. As I've reflected a little on things that help me to overcome I remembered having heard a talk from David A. Bednar, one of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in which he voiced some very positive advice. He simply stated to the audience that if he could have the wish of his heart, that he would take every single individual aside and tall them that "you can do this". He then went on to testify of all of the various spiritual and religious elements that make that statement valid but I just loved the simplicity and earnestness of his statement, "you can do this". I guess I that I too would echo those words, if you ever are in need of a respite, if you ever feel that you can't go any further, if you feel that you would rather cease to exist than take on the seemingly impossible challenges that lay before you; just know that "you can do this".