I decided since the first point of 'blogging' is to publish your thoughts I might add a couple of mine. My mind has been bombared with a lot of different thoughts, causing a lot of different emotions. Confusion. Frustration. Exasperation. Negativity. Finally, in the early hours of the morning as I was up rocking Teagan my mind finally cleared up a little and pulled some good stuff from the recesses of my memory. In the off chance that maybe someone else has, is or may someday struggle with these same issues, I've decided to share them.
The things we say about another person are more a reflection of ourselves than they are of that other person. This is so true! I think about the times I have been angry or annoyed with someone and remember the way I talked about them, or described something that may have happened between us, and I can see that when I thought I was just venting my feelings I was doing more than that. I was showing my own character and shortcomings, not those of the other person. Ouch!
"Please remember this one thing. If our lives and our faith are centered upon Jesus Christ and His gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong. On the other hand, if our lives are not centered on the Savior and His teachings, no other success can ever be permanently right." --Howard W. Hunter Hope! So if my day or week or month seems really bad, is it fair to evaluate where I'm centered and make necessary adjustments if I am wanting things to get better?
"We must learn to distinguish between those things that are vital and essential to our salvation and that of our loved ones', as opposed to those things that are important to us and our worldly needs and expectations" (Barbara Campbell, "Eve and the Mortal Journey" pp 70-71). Sort of puts things into place, so to speak.
"If I make errors [in judging] people, I want them to be on the side of mercy." Hugh B. Brown
"What's the use of running if you are on the wrong road?" Richard L. Evans
"If we bear our weaknesses and mistakes, hurt feelings and misgivings serenely, and if we accept the down times and learn from them, they will pass and return less often" (Patricia Holland, Portraits of Eve).
"Our Father in heaven needs us as we are, as we are growing to become. He has intentionally made us different from one another so that even with our imperfections we can fulfill his purpose. My greastest misery comes when I feel I have to fit what others are doing, or what I think others expect of me. I am most hapy when I am comfortable being me and trying to do what my Father in heaven and I expect me to do" (Patricia Holland).
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Thanks Trish for sharing your thoughts! The last quote really hit home for me right now. I sometimes wonder, "am I doing things based on what I want or what somebody is expecting me to do?" I want to be happy and I think sometimes as women in the gospel we often put ourselves last. When its not a bad thing but sometime we have to be our own advocates. Hope you guys had a great weekend. I am really going to come and see you this week.
I'm with Holly! I like these quotes too! I was thinking about this stuff too. Last night Nathan was watching Batman Begins and there was a line that Katie Holmes said to Batman. He was trying to convince her that he really was different on the inside than she thought. And she said, "It's what you DO that defines you." Makes me think... whatever we are spending our time doing is what defines us, not what we claim to be, or think we are, or hope to be. Love it.
I like that. It is very insightful and worth reading. (Not that I dont read your blogs) but it really does have a good message and I enjoyed reading it. Thank you!
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