Going Through Motions

I’m sitting here rather uninspired.

Yeah, there are things on my mind. Thinking about never denying a generous thought and my new rule. Thinking about Alexander Hamilton (the play and the person) and whether anybody can change the world nowadays. Thinking about Senator Romney and the preposterous vitriol aimed at him for standing up for what’s right. Thinking about how even though gaming is a “waste of time”, people aren’t, and there are a lot of people in the gaming community. Thinking about how to fix my snowboarding boots that broke two days ago.

Yet, feeling decidedly uninspired to write about anything.

So here I am, going through a motion. Because you know what? I’d like to write weekly here.

Sometimes in church we voice the idea that “you can’t treat the gospel like a checklist”. And that’s probably true, long term. But also, if I open my scriptures once a day just to check it off the list, I at least open a line for God to get through to me in an actually impactful way. Kneeling and “praying til you feel like you want to pray” is almost the definition of doing something just because it’s on a checklist.

I’ve found that snowboarding, confidence makes or breaks me. If I believe I can do something, I can. If I don’t, I can’t. (Somebody credit my subconscious plagiarization right there. Henry Ford? I think?) If I pretend to hit a jump, I quite literally hit the jump. (whether I land properly is a different story.)

Fake it til you make it, something something, et cetera.

Points to anybody who can find counterexamples to the following statement (I’m sure there are some):

Doing something properly is better than faking it. But faking it is better than not doing it at all.