What are you waiting for?

I just finished the first section of the book entitled: Water Sports.  
     My first thought comes from when she states that she "adopted the Aloha Spirit and slowed down to appreciate the power and beauty  of the Pacific Ocean."  How often do I get a chance to slow down and appreciate, or rather, how often do I let myself slow down and appreciate what is around me?  It is so easy to get busy and caught up in what we think is important.  And just now I realized how hard it is to really slow down.  I just got back from hiking the Y in Provo.  I've been here over a year now and just barely did it.  But even then, I found myself hurrying, wanting to get to the top as fast as possible.  Why? The sooner up the quicker the pain was over? or just because I don't know how to slow down?  Everything is either at one of two speeds, fast or faster.  So it is time to find the time to slow down.  Just relax....
     Thought number 2 comes from the questions at the end of the first essay.  She says " Never let age, flab or dignity stop you. Go do it."  For the longest time I have let so many things stop me.  I'm not skinny enough, I don't know anyone, i'm not smart enough or talented enough. Blah, blah, blah.  I'm great at making excuses or justifying things.  Well, I've started doing better at that, finally.  I want to go to a concert, so I'm going to buy tickets for it.  I want to go on a trip, so I'm going to make the plans for it.  Go do it!  Quit putting it off.  No more some days and maybes.  I don't want empty yesterdays! (Pres. Monson)