In Trying To Avoid One

Let Me Tell You, Though: Being The Smartest Boy In The World Wasn’t Easy. I Didn’t Ask For This. I Didn’t Want This. On The Contrary, It Was A Huge Burden. First, There Was The Task Of Keeping My Brain Perfectly Protected. My Cerebral Cortex Was A National Treasure, A Masterpiece Of The Sistine Chapel Of Brains. This Was Not Something That Could Be Treated Frivolously. If I Could Have Locked It In A Safe, I Would Have. Instead, I Became Obsessed With Brain Damage.

I Always Thought The Name Of Utah’s Major Newspaper Was Some Sort Of Weird Misspelling Of The Word “desert.” But No, Deseret Is The “land Of The Honeybee,” According To The Book Of Mormon. I Guess I Should Have Figured They Would Have Caught A Typo In The Masthead After 154 Years.

I Know That Knowledge And Intelligence Are Not The Same Thing - But They Do Live In The Same Neighborhood. I Know Once Again, Firsthand, The Joy Of Learning.

My Goal? To Test Out Every Diet And Exercise Regimen On Planet Earth And Figure Out Which Work Best. I Sweated, I Cooked, I Learned To Pole Dance. In The End, I Lost Weight, Lowered My Cholesterol And Doubled My Energy Level. I Feel Better Than I Ever Have.

Since I Was Relatively New To The Bible, I Was Surprised By The Old Testament God. He's Wrathful, But At Other Times, He's Incredibly Compassionate. He's Not A One-dimensional Figure At All.