by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 30, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
In the beginning of this lesson, Gary Ryan Blair states: No mountains can be climbed, no hearts can be won, no opportunities can be seized, no books can be written, no elections can be won, and no victories enjoyed without risk. I'd like to give a caveat to this...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 29, 2013 | for Home
This morning I took Samson and Caleb (12 and 9) to a sports class at UVU. As usual, grandpa was in tow. When we arrived back home and pulled into the garage, I heard the smoke alarms blaring. Yes, it was the same smoke alarm system that has gone off at odd times...
by Amy Lockhart | Mar 29, 2013 | for Mind
There is nothing I enjoy more than streams filled with icy cold water born from melting snow. The stagnant stream bed is revived and life springs forth almost instantaneously. I can smell the coldness of the water and hear the gentle smoothing of the rocks as the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 29, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Ready to take responsibility for your life? Your life is carefully designed by you. The choices are yours. You choose happiness. You choose sadness. You choose decisiveness. You choose ambivalence. You choose success. You choose failure. You choose courage. You choose...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 28, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
It is easy to justify just one more piece of chocolate. What could it matter? It's just a few more calories. No big deal. It is easy to justify taking a pen from the office. What could it matter? It's just a few cents. No big deal. It's easy to justify cutting in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 27, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Very often the biggest barriers to success are paralysis by analysis, fear of failure, and lack of self-masters. In those cases, giving ourselves a serious dose of motivation is all that is needed to move to the next level. Sometimes, however, there are real...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 26, 2013 | for Body, for Spirit
A friend recently recounted to me how a member of his stake had given tearful testimony about how she was miraculous saved from a serious injury due to divine intervention. He wondered why the Lord saved her and not so many others. Currently one of the women I visit...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 26, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Two days after Sam got his PhD, Sam, Jessica, Belinda, and I, moved to Boca Raton, Florida, for our first post-college shot at the real world. We rented a three bedroom townhouse, moved in our first set of real furniture, and started saving up for our first home. We...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 25, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
The first time I spoke at a convention in Utah over a decade ago, a woman came up to me and said, “It's so nice to see someone who looks so professional and takes homeschooling seriously.” I thought about her comment for a long time. As I walked around...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 24, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
As a very young child I was taught a story from the Gospel of St. Matthew in Sunday School. I came home with a little paper necklace that said, “I'm a Second Miler!” And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 2 Nephi 12:41 This is a...
