I remember as a missionary listening to tapes of Truman Madsen (Rachel's grandpa) as he discoursed on the life of Joseph Smith. One of the nuggets that remained with me to this day was the prophet explaining how one must maintain balance in life from the pressures that sometimes seem to overwhelm. He said, essentially, that your bow needs to be unstrung from time to time, otherwise it loses its elasticity. In our case, the bow is our schoolwork. We need to take breaks at times.
Another cool analogy I found on the Internet:
Once there were twin brothers. They were tall, strapping lads who had both become lumberjacks at the same time. One year they took part in a logging competition together. Each was strong and beat everyone they came up against, until they reached the final where they met each other.
They seem evenly matched. The crowd urges them on as they both started cutting timber at a strong rate of knots. After an hour one of the brothers stops for a few minutes. Let's call him the "idle chopper". He soon resumes work but every hour he keeps stopping.
Eventually the competition finishes and it's immediately obvious that the idle chopper cut down significantly more wood than his brother. His brother shakes his hand to congratulate him and asks, "How on earth did you cut twice as much wood as me despite stopping so frequently?"
The idle chopper smiles and says "I wasn't really resting. I was sharpening my axe so my cuts went deeper faster than yours with your blunt axe."
The "idle chopper" was really the "smart chopper" because he'd taken to heart what President Abraham Lincoln had said. Abraham Lincoln said, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
Clearly the LPP is very stressful; remember to take time to renew yourself so that you mind is refreshed and your focus acute. You'll learn better and get more accomplished.
- Tim
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