# @heypaigeflamm on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BxOgArYjO-6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79127507-heypaigeflamm-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-05-09T03:23:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Paige Flamm (@heypaigeflamm) — https://gondola.cc/heypaigeflamm

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Earlier this year our stake president asked us to clean up our yards, and make our neighborhoods ready for the new Layton Temple that will be built in the coming years. Over the last few months I have not only mowed weekly, but I've also raked moldy leaves we left from the previous fall, and pulled weeds until my bare hands have bled. As I've thought about this task we've been given, to keep our yards beautiful, I've often wondered if we'd been asked to do it to beautify our neighborhoods or if it was to edify ourselves. 
As I've pulled weeds, I've thought about our bad habits. Are we just pulling off the yellow dandelion heads that everyone can see, or are we digging deep and attacking our faults at the root, so that they don't spread and grow? 
As we take the time to pull up the weeds, do we walk pass the ones that look too difficult, and save them for another day? Or do we get the shovel and work at our problem until until it's no longer there. 
I believe that there are a lot of life lessons that can be taught through yard work. 
I'm grateful for the admonition that we've been given to beautify our yards so that in return, I've been able to reflect on the things that I need to change in my own life so that like my yard, I can reach just a little bit closer to my full potential. .
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