Great Fireside Tonight!

This evening we had a Stake Fireside where we basically just watched clips from varying movies (mostly Disney) and shared comments about their application to our lives. My favorite was the clip about the Miracle on Ice in 1980. I was unaware of the fact that Al Michaels only got this offer because no one else was willing to take it. And look what that game did for his announcing career. Just incredible. "Do you believe in miracles?" I know I do! Anyways, as a result of that fireside I wrote the following e-mail to my siblings and thought I would share it here.
"Hey!
I know I already wrote, but it was before we had an awesome Stake Fireside this evening. I thought specifically about Hillary when this was shared, but I know that it is applicable for you both.

 One thing that was shared by President Heaton was the fact that he once had a spiritual impression concerning the biggest project of his career. I dont know what that entailed, but I do know that President Heaton is the Head Honcho over at the MTC, so it probably had something to do with missionary work. Anyways, he said the impression he got, was to stop trying so hard. To let go and trust the Lord. (He shared this after a film clip from Star Wars where Luke is told to let go, use the force and "trust me") I thought about my mission and how I sometimes thought that I had to do everything perfect or else the work would fail. I was wrong. I may have my faults and weaknesses and problems and everything else, but this is the Lord's work. He will take care of it all. In 2 Nephi 27:20 the Lord teaches Nephi that He is able to do His own work. If Heavenly Father wanted to, He could just pull everyone to the Gospel, have them all be baptized and be saved in the Celestial Kingdom. But that is not His plan. We struggle. We make mistakes. And through it all, we learn. When President Heaton received the inspiration to stop trying so hard, it did not mean he got to relax and not do anything. He still had to work hard, but he had to learn to let go of the worry, I think. He had to stop trying so hard and let things flow the way they needed to flow. And it worked out. I hope this is helpful for you. Love you!"

So those are some thoughts that I had. Life really is wonderful! I hope we don't forget that!