Attraction and effort

What do you want more of in your life right now?

I’ve been praying for more personal discipline recently.

Being a stay-at-home mom and being self-employed have really tested the extreme boundaries of my personal discipline.

I’ve prayed a lot. I’ve cried. I’ve done research. I’ve listened to podcasts.

I’ve thought about it a whole lot.

And then finally, I just started making little changes.

I stopped trying to wait for the perfect strategy or the ideal calendar.

And when I would try something, I’d learn pretty quickly or not if it worked.

And all of a sudden, I’m realizing I’m doing a whoooole lot better than I used to.

It’s like a combination of the law of attraction, and the snowball principle.

The Lord teaches more about this skill in D&C 88: 40, and He actually gives a bunch of really cool examples:

“For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own”.

We attract what we already have.

And we grow what we put effort into.

Learn some truth, seek for it earnestly, and you’ll be given even more truth.

Start studying the scriptures, put effort into learning more, and you’ll get even more knowledge about them.

Give some mercy, pray for an even softer heart, and soon you’ll have so much more mercy to give.

So what do you want more of in your life today?

Start with the basics.

Put in some effort.

(Remember, the Lord LOVES effort.)

And you’ll attract even more of it.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black