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Physical, Spiritual, and Emotional Goal: We've already learned that getting out and moving in fresh air brightens mood and strengthens muscles. Let's combine this with serving our sisters. Certainly, in all but the iciest weather, we can walk to visit teach. It's been said there is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing. Bundle up and go visit. “The responsibility for each person’s social, emotional, spiritual, physical, or economic well-being rests first upon himself, second upon his family, and third upon the Church if he is a faithful member thereof.” (Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, Nov. 1977, p. 77.) "Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day, when you lounge around doing nothing. It's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it." Margaret Thatcher
Storage Goal: Hopefully, you are beginning to use your storage as an integral part of your daily food preparation: oats with bottled or dried fruit for breakfast (microgreen smoothie optional), lentil soup made with dehydrated veg mix and bean sprouts for lunch, bean burros or tostadas with bottled salsa, sprouts, and microgreens and Spanish rice made with dehydrated tomato and peppers for dinner. It's so simple and saves bundles of money. Eating like this also saves your health. Nevertheless, this means going to the cannery and restocking food storage should be part of your monthly budget. Don't use it up without replacing it regularly. "As you practice the principles you learn, you will see your food storage program grow, you will save money, you will learn new methods of storage, you will enjoy your food insurance against the day of need, and you will feel the approval of your Father in Heaven as you follow this law." New Era, November 1984
Provident Living Goal: "If you don’t have a traditional garden plot, you can plant vegetables and herbs in containers that fit on driveways, balconies, roofs, and even window sills. This activity can be interesting and rewarding for adults and children alike. Planting a garden, even a small one, allows for a greater degree of self-reliance. With the right information and a little practice, individuals and entire families can enjoy the many benefits of planting and tending a garden." lds.org Here's a fun, gardening idea for those short on space. How exciting to take up 4 square feet for a nice sized garden. It could be used indoors in front of a sunny, sliding-glass door or with supplemental lighting during winter. Mmmmm...greens during winter. In days gone by, Brigham Young wondered why more saints didn't grow strawberries and greens in greenhouses as he did. Pioneers were known to suffer vitamin deficiencies because they lacked vitamins C and B during winter such as strawberries and greens have in abundance. Consider some sort of indoor gardening with sprouts, microgreens, or one of these great water barrel gardens. Or maybe this one with an added drain/bucket.
