“Slow it down”
If you are Zach’s missionary mailing email list, then you know why I chose this quote this week. If you aren’t on it, you can read all his letters at https://zachfioretahitimission.blogspot.com)
Last weekend was General Conference weekend. General Conference is a semi annual event that takes place in the church, where we have the opportunity to listen to leaders speak. There are 5 sessions – 2 hours each session – that you can watch. We try to watch them all, but if you miss them, they are always available online for reply and they get transcribed too. We discuss many of these talks during our church meetings. It is a great weekend – very inspirational!
Zach of course watched them all in the MTC. (I said to Rob, I love General Conference weekend even more now because it is the one time I will be able to know exactly what Zach is doing at that exact same time. Creepy Mom! haha) On Friday when he texted me at the beginning of the day (his P day) we were able to chat about some of the talks that we both liked and were touched by the most. In his email this past week, he shared this:
Back to conference. There is so much I could talk about, but I’ll talk about President Ballard’s talk. President Ballard started his talk by talking about appreciating family and the time we have with them, before it’s too late. We have to always be in the moment. It’s hard to always be in the moment with technology, but when we’re old, what will we remember? What will we want to remember? That beautiful moment with family? Or your phone with family in the background. He really got me thinking to always be in the moment. Another thing he said was to SLOW IT DOWN. One of my favourite songs is “Slow it down” by the Lumineers. Its about a girl and a guy who’s love doesn’t work out because they want different things pretty much. The chorus is the guy asking the girl to slow it down ( from the “fast life”) and come back to him. I had never thought of myself from the girl’s perspective. In life, we get caught up in so much everyday. Sometimes we have to just slow it down, and come back to what’s important, whatever that may be for you. Take a break from the business of life.
Appreciate your family and friends! Create memories you will want to have and cherish forever!
