Today in church our Stake President talked about a story he had heard about a mule that fell into a well. The farmer decided that is would be impossible to get the mule out so he began filling in the well with dirt. The mule had the choice of either letting the dirt slowly bury it, or to shake off each pile no matter how much it hurt when it hit and simply step on top of it. In the story, the mule chose the latter option and eventually was able to climb out of the well.
We are always, always, always going to have challenges in our life. A religion professor once told my class that if we aren't having trials of some kind we need to evaluate what we are doing wrong in our life. Trials are meant to make us better. Sometimes we might get huge clods of dirt or rocks dropped on our back, and it is going to hurt. However, we still have to shake it off and step up or we are going to get buried.
I also did a little bit of cooking over the past several days. I made asparagus risotto on Thursday night. It was yummy, but I believe I prefer the corn and tomato kind I have made before. You can find the recipe here. Thank goodness for allrecipes.com! The picture doesn't look that appetizing, but the picture was an afterthought because I was very hungry when I made this.
Today for supper I baked parsnips, stuffed and steamed an artichoke, and made a little bit of pasta. It was quite delicious. I melted a little bit of butter with italian seasoning and garlic powder to dip the artichoke leaves it. I found my artichoke recipe here. I improvised a bit per usual. I used a kraft blend of asiago, ramano, and parmesan cheese. I also used italian breadcrumbs instead of italian bread.
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