How do I get this Goodness Started?

Motivating yourself-Seeing the need

There are many reasons why we should have a food storage.

The first and foremost being, that we have been commanded to do so.

Secondly, it’s a very logical thing to do.

There are many reasons why we would be using this storage -- once we have it; from medical emergencies causing disruption in our work, unemployment, natural disaster and many other temporary setbacks upon which, a storage of food is a comforting thing to have to fall back on in a time of distress.

So how do we get motivated to do it?

 I guess the most important thing would be that you have to have an understanding of the importance of it.

ANALOGY: We buy toilet paper because we understand the importance of having it around. It’s a crisis if we forget to buy it and we find we are stranded and there is none. So we put it as a priority to make sure we keep it stocked and handy. It’s not an item that we discuss or advertise. But we sure make sure we are prepared for it.

We just do it.

The same should apply to food storage.

In the words of our dear prophet, President Spencer W. Kimball “Do it”

So this week, take inventory of what you have. Organize your space. Make a Shelf of Shame of nearly expired goods, (great RS comment!) Challenge yourself to use certain items. Rediscover cooking. Save money by staying home and not eating out. Then use that extra to stock up on a few supplies that your family likes to eat. Go through your storage and organize it in a way that is easily accessible, easy to see what you need and easy to rotate.

Then get going.

Once you get a couple shelves of storage you can stand back and admire it and feel great about the start you made. And keep on going…..

D&C 58: 28,27,26

For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch a men do good, they shall in nowise lose their reward.

Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;

For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.