I'm doing the right thing. =)

Well, the procrastination bug has bitten me, I've noticed. I still haven't even looked for my scriptures. >.> But I know that I'm procrastinating, so tomorrow I'll get to it, and not allow myself to procrastinate anymore.

And I mean that. I'd do it now but I am about to fall asleep, it's been a long, exhausting day. =D

Anyway, it's great to be able to see the effects of choosing the right, already. My family went out for a picnic dinner tonight, and the missionaries were going to meet us there to teach us an object lesson. I am sick, I really don't feel well, and I really only went to the park because that's where the food was and I was hungry. =D

So, I wasn't feeling well, and didn't really want to hang around for hours when I just wanted to go to bed, so when some not-too-happy things started happening, and some of us started getting irritated with each other, I got up and just started walking home.

I walked away, and I was maybe 2 blocks on my way when I couldn't deny it anymore--I definitely was feeling the impression that I should NOT be going home. Not because home was a bad place to go, but because I shouldn't have left like that. Left with everyone unhappy, left to go home and brood over how unhappy I was, and irritated, left and missed the missionaries' lesson.

But I wanted to go home SO MUCH, I really did. But I felt very strongly that I needed to go back...so I did. And once I started walking back toward the park, I felt better. Not happy, because I still didn't feel great and wanted to just lie down, but not particularly bad either. I felt like I was doing the right thing.

And we had a great evening, when I got back. The lesson was about repentance, how we have to turn to the Lord, and through the atonement, we can be clean again. It was a good lesson.

So, I just wanted to share that, because I don't know that right now I have the Holy Ghost as my constant companion, I think I still have some progress to make before that can happen, but by making the choice to get back on the straight and narrow path, and by showing by my words and deeds that I do mean it, I am regaining my sensitivity to the Holy Ghost. I have no doubt that it was the Holy Ghost telling me to turn around and go back to my family.

It was a good experience for me, because it's one of the things that motivates me to keep on the path that I've chosen now. A confirmation that I'm doing the right thing. =)