My oldest daughter earned her YW medallion today. Those of you who are LDS know what this is. For those of you who aren't, I'll explain. Starting at age twelve, the young women in our church receive a booklet of goals to work on, focusing on eight values. Each section has seven small activities that must be accomplished before they can tackle a ten hour project. For example, in the faith section, the girls may read certain scriptures, and then write in their journal about how they apply to their lives. Or they might learn a couple of church hymns, and how to conduct them. The ten hour projects are much more in depth. One thing my daughter did was make dinner for our family every night for a couple of weeks. She taught herself to play the flute and she made a cross stitch picture of the Hawaii temple. She read the Book of Mormon entirely, and that's just half of the goals she did.
I was so proud of my daughter for the way she approached the goals. She moved through the different challenges with enthusiasm, and couldn't wait to reach the end of her journey. Now she's beginning it again, just because she can.
Maybe I need to move forward a bit more like her? I hope that by the end of my own personal journey, I'll want to continue with my good eating habits. Eventually the doctor hopes I'll be able to add in a few things, like wheat or eggs, twice a week. I think by the time I get there though, I won't be so interested in eating the same foods anymore. I hope by then, I'll really have made this good eating a habit!
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