Quiet time is sacred time—time that will facilitate personal revelation and instill peace.
Discipline yourself to have time alone and with your loved ones. Open your heart to God in prayer. Take time to immerse yourself in the scriptures and worship in the temple.
This is another tidbit from President Nelson’s priesthood session talk in April 2021. It’s a thing I have been working on for two years now and I’m getting better about my own quiet time but also seeing progress in the family having quiet times.
A far cry from sacred time: I got to spend 20 minutes in the car with Mickey and Alex as we went to get dinner and I was reminded of why I want both of them out of the house as soon as possible. Mickey talked about how amazed her friends are at how much time she has spent in her games. Of course none of her friends had the unrealistically cushy life she and Alex both lead in which I provide all their necessities and nothing is required of them in return. Mickey has been at it for years but at least she’s generally pleasant. Alex at least has a semblance of school responsibility for much of the year but he’s also disruptive and rude.
I listened to them talk about the dedicated effort that they each commit to games (Alex had people paying him in in-game purchases for him to play for them) and yet neither of them is making even incremental progress towards providing even a fraction of their actual needs. I’m fairly confident that Mickey will hit a wall in September because I doubt that my patience will become extended between now and then. I expect Mickey will have made no progress by the time she gets back from Florida and I will be giving her a deadline to move out (I don’t know when that deadline will be yet).
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