Do it Anyway!

Yes, I love church. I love the gospel and don't want to say things that sound otherwise but...
I thought today would be the perfect opportunity to miss church.  It was stake conference.  I had no obligations. I have an out of town guest.  I gave the woman I drive every week advance notice so that she could ask someone else for a ride.  It seemed like the perfect storm. 

I couldn't do it.  We went.  How could I tell/show my kids that I just didn't want to go and I had the perfect excuses not to.  I'm their example.  It's my job.  Period.

While I was there I thought about one of my dad's favorite phrases:  "What does that have to do with anything?"  He used to say that works for every rationalization.  You're too busy--"What does that have to do with anything?"  You're uncomfortable with the situation--"What does that have to do with anything?"  Every excuse there is for anything you should do that you don't want to--"What does that have to do with anything?"  Do it anyway!

Wisdom can drop on your head anywhere, but I tend to believe that it comes easier when you put yourself in the right place at the right time.  Even if I didn't get a great lesson form the talks that were being given, I did get a personal message from my dad.  Sometimes that's how things go.