I was in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) last week for a work trip. (Any of you from Canada?) I LOVED the city. It was so diverse and incredible. And I took a day off to just explore the city with my friends. Good times.

In the middle of the downtown, there is a little park in the middle of a major mall and a lot of office buildings. In the middle of the park is a labyrinth made in the cement with different colored stones. A labyrinth is kind of like a maze but it has no dead ends...just a beginning and an ending.

There was a sign that explained the labyrinth and the tale that if you think about a question or a problem you're having, and if you start at the beginning, by the time you get to the end, you will have figured out the answer. The sign tells you to walk at your own pace and just quietly think.

One of my friends didn't do anything. She just sat in the middle of the labyrinth.
My other friend started at the beginning but got bored before she reached the end.

I started somewhere in the middle and ended up walking out the entrance.

None of us  followed the instructions.

None of us got our answer.

Now, I don't personally believe in "the power of the labyrinth" or anything. But, I HAVE had some things on my mind and some answers I've been needing. And the labyrinth experiment really taught me something.

Sometimes I want to just sit and not do anything, just hoping the answer will come to me or the problem will solve itself.

Sometimes I start on a journey to get my answer but I get tired of trying to figure it out and I give up.

Sometimes I look for a short cut (like starting in the middle of the labyrinth) and then end up right back where I started.

But, when I follow the instructions, I get my answer. EVERY TIME. It might take more effort and time than I would like, but eventually, I get the answer.

I know YOU have questions and problems, because many of you have submitted things you are worried about...or questioning...or wondering. I'm SO glad you've joined me here. And, I want you to know that I am reading every one and I'll be posting a lot in the next few weeks.

And, in the meantime, I invite you to think about my "labyrinth experiment". What are  YOU doing to try and find your answers?

Are you sitting in the middle waiting? Are you giving up half way through? Are you trying to start in the middle?

OR are you willing to do the work to figure out what Heavenly Father wants for you? What He wants you to know?

Because one thing I know for sure...He has the answers and He'll give those answers to you. It might take some time. But even though you and I might not be able to  figure it out, He knows EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. And He'll help us. He'll answer us.

I KNOW that is true.

"You have supposed that I would give it [the answer] unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me. BUT, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind, then you must ask me if it be right, and if it be right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right." (Doctrine & Covenants 9:7-8)