Today I decide to be wealthy.
Our friends went to church with us, and left after Sacrament meeting. I have a church calling now, to help with visiting teaching as a supervisor.
It was Book of Mormon day in all three meetings. The part that I want to hold onto the rest of the week is that the Lord will prepare the way for those who keep--or seek--to keep his commandments.
And I appreciate again the reminder that the current unemployment/underemployment is an affliction going on in the world, and not a character flaw on my part. Though I have a lot of characters flaws and thought on them today.
Pam had an interesting story during Sunday School class, about the little things that we sometimes have to encourage us. She was a single mom, divorced, with two teenagers she was raising, and barely making it financially. She got engaged to Jim, divorced man in the church, with his kids, retired businessman. And she found a picture of some lace in a bridal magazine that she would have liked for her wedding dress, but knew that she'd never be able to find it out on this side of the continent, and that she'd never be able to afford it. She found it in a store that she rarely shops, and some celebrity had ordered a surplus for her outfit, paid for it, and the remainder was on sale, so Pam had it for her wedding dress.
I had a similar thing happen, when I went to University of Oregon. While I was in high school, we had "The Apollo of Bellac" in one of my English classes, and I liked the play and I wished I could be in it, playing Theresa. I was in the cafeteria line at college, and saw the open audition flyer. I thoroughly enjoyed auditioning for the role, nailed it, got complimented by my co-auditioner, but didn't get the part. I did perform in it, and enjoyed it very much.
Our neighbors had us over for meatloaf tonight. It was a very nice dinner, cozy and comfortable. I tried to stay focused in the present, as the cars went by on the night street in the rainy dark. I didn't want to think about us having to move away.
I watched and read a talk the author J.K.Rowlings gave, about her time of poverty, and what she learned from it. I need to reread it, as I felt that I only touched the very outer part, and have yet to incorporate any part of it in my being. http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/06/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination
Today I decide to be wealthy.
Our friends went to church with us, and left after Sacrament meeting. I have a church calling now, to help with visiting teaching as a supervisor.
It was Book of Mormon day in all three meetings. The part that I want to hold onto the rest of the week is that the Lord will prepare the way for those who keep--or seek--to keep his commandments.
And I appreciate again the reminder that the current unemployment/underemployment is an affliction going on in the world, and not a character flaw on my part. Though I have a lot of characters flaws and thought on them today.
Pam had an interesting story during Sunday School class, about the little things that we sometimes have to encourage us. She was a single mom, divorced, with two teenagers she was raising, and barely making it financially. She got engaged to Jim, divorced man in the church, with his kids, retired businessman. And she found a picture of some lace in a bridal magazine that she would have liked for her wedding dress, but knew that she'd never be able to find it out on this side of the continent, and that she'd never be able to afford it. She found it in a store that she rarely shops, and some celebrity had ordered a surplus for her outfit, paid for it, and the remainder was on sale, so Pam had it for her wedding dress.
I had a similar thing happen, when I went to University of Oregon. While I was in high school, we had "The Apollo of Bellac" in one of my English classes, and I liked the play and I wished I could be in it, playing Theresa. I was in the cafeteria line at college, and saw the open audition flyer. I thoroughly enjoyed auditioning for the role, nailed it, got complimented by my co-auditioner, but didn't get the part. I did perform in it, and enjoyed it very much.
Our neighbors had us over for meatloaf tonight. It was a very nice dinner, cozy and comfortable. I tried to stay focused in the present, as the cars went by on the night street in the rainy dark. I didn't want to think about us having to move away.
I watched and read a talk the author J.K.Rowlings gave, about her time of poverty, and what she learned from it. I need to reread it, as I felt that I only touched the very outer part, and have yet to incorporate any part of it in my being. http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/06/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination
Today I decide to be wealthy.
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