How could this situation become any more distracting? We're 10 minutes into this class, the kid next to me is snoring, the girl in front of me is far more interested in studying her crush's "summer 2010" Facebook album than biology, I just can't seem to quit staring at the giant booger dangling from the professor's nose, and I'm still wondering why on earth there's a kid in the back row wearing a banana suit and a giant cardboard box, the letters DK written across it, sitting in the front corner. When you're a 19 year, old attention defunct student, preparing for an upcoming final is nearly impossible in an environment such as this. And when that mystery DK box suddenly starts rumbling you can just about kiss learning goodbye. Next thing i know my once slumbering neighbor is wide awake, the Facebook stalker on the front row is screaming and that dangling booger is hanging on for its dear life as my professor whips his head around to see what all the commotion is.
Sprinting up one aisle I see a giant, tie clad gorilla and down the other runs the screaming banana from the back row. Laughter echoes throughout the room and for most, the remainder of that class time is spent texting, tweeting and status updating over the hilarious prank we had just witnessed. Along with DK's exit went the focus and opportunity for preparation of 100+ students....
Sprinting up one aisle I see a giant, tie clad gorilla and down the other runs the screaming banana from the back row. Laughter echoes throughout the room and for most, the remainder of that class time is spent texting, tweeting and status updating over the hilarious prank we had just witnessed. Along with DK's exit went the focus and opportunity for preparation of 100+ students....
I left on a mission at age 23, a bit later than the expected departure of a typical LDS missionary. Growing up the plan was always to serve a mission at 19, but when the time came, so did more and more distractions. For years I allowed the metaphorical Facebooking blondes, dangling boogers and sprinting apes distract me from this amazing opportunity of eternal preparation. Most of those distractions weren't even things that were sinful or wrong, but all the same kept me from where my Father in Heaven wanted me to be.
What opportunities of spiritual growth and preparation have the Donkey Kongs in our lives kept us from? Preparation is our purpose! "this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God!" The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan and the time is now! "The day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors." Eliminate the distractions, study the plan, and prepare!
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