Truth confirmed: It is not enough to have one good day. Each day brings its unique challenges and blessings. It takes effort to overcome the natural man, when your day is not going as planned or desired. This is how we grow.
Also, how I really feel, or what I really think, does not always come across through what I do and how I interact with those around me. People may not be reading what I hope that they are from my countenance, my behaviors, and through my choices. I learned this on the stage, and will apply it both there, and offstage.
New Friend: Alex. He is in Beau's "Parade." He was kind and unassuming. He liked my "look-like-full-tattoos on your legs" - tights. I'm sure I will see more of him.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
I have been called to repentance. I am sorry for slacking. I am grateful for friends who call me out to help me change and be better. Don't worry, I will make up for each lost day. Let me start with Valentine's day.
TRUTH confirmed: Valentine's day is sometimes called "single's awareness" day. I don't like this. Ok, so let me rephrase. While that may be inevitable, that we recognize whether we are single or in a relationship, it is up to us what we do with that knowledge. Do we drown ourselves in chocolate and sappy chick flicks, or focus on the love we have to give and receive all around us? (You can opt for both...I did. :) Despite the absence of a man at my side to be my valentine, I had the best Valentine's day thus far in my life, I think. I started my day at work with 6 sister missionaries, and we discussed love and charity. I was taught a truth that influenced the rest of my day: the more we invite the Spirit into our lives, the more capacity we have to love and be loved in return. Love is a fruit of the Spirit of the Lord. If we start our day with this invitation, the rest of our day is influenced for the best. I lived this truth yesterday.
I ran into 2 dear friends that I have not seen all school year, and was blessed with unexpected time to spend talking with them. The love I felt was being exchanged in great intensity, producing joy and enlightenment. OH I LOVE IT! I was also blessed to exchange "time valentines" with a few other friends.
New Friend: Mikey. A BYU rugby player. He was so friendly and genuine. I was introduced to 6 of the rugby players by one rugby player in particular: Ray. I ran into Ray today, after only having met him once in the library a month ago. It was delightful to see him today, and become more than just "someone i met." This is what i am hoping now for the people i meet each day. That many will really become friends...or more. :)
TRUTH confirmed: Valentine's day is sometimes called "single's awareness" day. I don't like this. Ok, so let me rephrase. While that may be inevitable, that we recognize whether we are single or in a relationship, it is up to us what we do with that knowledge. Do we drown ourselves in chocolate and sappy chick flicks, or focus on the love we have to give and receive all around us? (You can opt for both...I did. :) Despite the absence of a man at my side to be my valentine, I had the best Valentine's day thus far in my life, I think. I started my day at work with 6 sister missionaries, and we discussed love and charity. I was taught a truth that influenced the rest of my day: the more we invite the Spirit into our lives, the more capacity we have to love and be loved in return. Love is a fruit of the Spirit of the Lord. If we start our day with this invitation, the rest of our day is influenced for the best. I lived this truth yesterday.
I ran into 2 dear friends that I have not seen all school year, and was blessed with unexpected time to spend talking with them. The love I felt was being exchanged in great intensity, producing joy and enlightenment. OH I LOVE IT! I was also blessed to exchange "time valentines" with a few other friends.
New Friend: Mikey. A BYU rugby player. He was so friendly and genuine. I was introduced to 6 of the rugby players by one rugby player in particular: Ray. I ran into Ray today, after only having met him once in the library a month ago. It was delightful to see him today, and become more than just "someone i met." This is what i am hoping now for the people i meet each day. That many will really become friends...or more. :)
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Sunday
Truth confirmed: Heavenly Father knows my heart. He knows what means the most to me...what tugs at my heart strings...what makes them sing...what aches...and he will test that. He will test my heart. Because He loves me. It hurts...it yearns...it will wait...no, it will actively seek to love and be loved...how? and whom?
New Friend: Ryan. I think I have met him before. Now I know his name. :) In my ward.
Saturday:
Truth confirmed: Trust. When you are gaining speed, cruising down an icy terrain, keep your board straight...otherwise you won't have enough momentum to get up the next hill. Don't turn your board in fear that the speed will cause your downfall...embrace it...you'll need it and miss it. The Lord gives us the experiences, momentum, and strength we need to climb the next hill. Embrace it...don't shy away from the opportunities that come your way, even if it is not your normal comfort zone.
New Friend: Tonight I took my 11 year old cousin, Kai, and his friend, Dese snowboarding at Brighton. We hadn't even made it out of the parking lot, when the boys began requesting hand warmers. We made it down the mountain 3 times before the boys decided their faces hurt enough that they wanted to play in the lodge, while I did 2 more runs. I came back to find the boys giggling amidst a gaggle of inflated surgical gloves. Brilliant. So we rode our boards like sleds down to the parking lot, and began to drive toward the exit, when I saw him. My new friend. He had his thumb out...that's when I knew. So we wedged him into back seat with the 3 boards, and shoved both boys into the front seat. Dese climbs into the front seat questioning: "Do you know this man?" "Nope." Now we do. Hans, is a Brighton employee, who skis, and needed a ride to his car at the base of the mountain. The boys invited Hans to play a rousing game of "Aj" (word associations), and promptly renamed him "Toba." Hans responded by naming my cousin, Sally. These names stuck for the duration of descent through the canyon. I wonder if Hans will ever hitchhike again.
Friday:
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday
New friend: Bryson and Mitch at the grocery store. They did the work, as i was walking down the aisle: "Let's ask her!" Brilliant. So we discussed trash bags. Delightful. This is the stuff that friendships are made of. Why did we not exchange info? I need to work on this.
Truth: Ask your friends what they need. They may actually tell you, so that you CAN serve them and give to them. It was lovely to spend time with my dear friend.
Wednesday
New Friend: Derrick in the wilk dining room. He asked me to watch his laptop for a minute. So i did. I wondered, if someone really did try to steal his laptop, would i chase them down? leave my laptop? etc. So when he returned and said thank you, i replied that it was no problem, as only 5 people tried to steal it. Most likely due to my victorious defense of his laptop, he offered me some of the banana bread he had just purchased from Sugar and Spice. I must admit, for "store bought" it was delicious. We bonded over banana bread.
Truth: Pray more specifically. We are placed in paths and surrounded by friends with whom we can learn from and learn with. I had a very animated and emotionally charged conversation with a dear friend in the HFAC. We came to the conclusion that we will pray specifically: to meet men that will act on faith, rather than fear, and not be intimidated, but rather able to see the potential that we have, that they have, and that we have together, even just for a date. Here we go.
Tuesday
New friend: Chris, who helped with my photo shoot that my cousin Jmo invited me to be part of.
Truth: Giving time to those you love is the best birthday gift. Belgian waffle party for a 51st birthday, Dad!
New friend: Bryson and Mitch at the grocery store. They did the work, as i was walking down the aisle: "Let's ask her!" Brilliant. So we discussed trash bags. Delightful. This is the stuff that friendships are made of. Why did we not exchange info? I need to work on this.
Truth: Ask your friends what they need. They may actually tell you, so that you CAN serve them and give to them. It was lovely to spend time with my dear friend.
Wednesday
New Friend: Derrick in the wilk dining room. He asked me to watch his laptop for a minute. So i did. I wondered, if someone really did try to steal his laptop, would i chase them down? leave my laptop? etc. So when he returned and said thank you, i replied that it was no problem, as only 5 people tried to steal it. Most likely due to my victorious defense of his laptop, he offered me some of the banana bread he had just purchased from Sugar and Spice. I must admit, for "store bought" it was delicious. We bonded over banana bread.
Truth: Pray more specifically. We are placed in paths and surrounded by friends with whom we can learn from and learn with. I had a very animated and emotionally charged conversation with a dear friend in the HFAC. We came to the conclusion that we will pray specifically: to meet men that will act on faith, rather than fear, and not be intimidated, but rather able to see the potential that we have, that they have, and that we have together, even just for a date. Here we go.
Tuesday
New friend: Chris, who helped with my photo shoot that my cousin Jmo invited me to be part of.
Truth: Giving time to those you love is the best birthday gift. Belgian waffle party for a 51st birthday, Dad!
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