Live in this Moment

Yesterday was a singular day. On 3 of 4 Saturday mornings, in soccer season (Spring and Fall), I usually referee the first 3 games of the morning. Yesterday was no exception.

It was a tournament day, with teams from all over the country. I had teams from South Carolina and Iowa that I noticed. The teams were good, precise, well trained and careful. But the weather was amazing.

On the way to the fields, I decided to drive my motocycle. It was 7 am and the temperature was about 50 degrees and VERY foggy. I could see droplets in front of my headlight. The moisture clung to my windshield, my pants, my gloves and my jacket. At the end of my 25 minute drive, my jacket and jogging pants were soaked (thankfully, not all the way through). Visiblility was so short that I found myself losing cars that we more than 1/2 block away. Signal lights were obscured from across the street.

At the fields, you couldn't see the parking lots from the soccer field or any nets from soccer fields one field next to you. And it stayed that way throught the first 2 games. Then, in the middle of the second game, one of the referees mentioned 'I love days like this'. Later I thought on how insightful this comment was.

We only have one day to live. I'm thankful for each one. On that day, I saw how important it was to focus on the moment (you couldn't see anything else anyway). I realize that I really am thankful to wake to each new day. Each day is an adventure. This moment is your moment. Live for this moment - make the most of it. It's all you get. It's all you really need.

A Temple in KC

In October conference, in the first session, in the first talk by President Monson, it was announced that a Temple would be built in the 'greater Kansas City area'. Speculation immediately took hold - where? It will be in Clay county at the Shoal Creek exit of I-435, short of Liberty in Kansas City, MO (5 minutes from Carrie and John Shaw's house - my niece). That was the revelation that I was waiting for last conference, I guess.

I'm sorry that I haven't shared more of my thoughts on this blog with you. I guess that the last entry about conference and it's meaning to me left me with a need to answer that challenge of seeing there revelation, or an incredible experience. There was revelation there, to be sure. But like most revelation, it was spoken for me - t0 my soul. Much of it could be shared, but normally not in a public way. That which is a personal sacred experience can be trivialized and sullied in public declarations. I don't want to seek after public acclaim, but I do want to live in such a way that in the day I see my Saviour face to face, I will feel comfortable.