The girl from Lincoln
always is seen walking.
She walks alone at twilight
with her head down
deep in thought. Continue reading
Unfriendly resting face
I get it. My resting face is not warm. But that’s just because I am usually confused not hostile. I really do think I’m friendlier than I appear. I think. Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection
While touring northern Italy last spring a tour guide pointed out the merlons on a castle. “The shape,” she explained, “showed the allegiance of the inhabitants. The common square shape were partial to the Pope. The M shape were followers of the Emperor.” At one time then, in theory all one would need to do is to look at the castle and know if the people were friend or foe. Continue reading
Lessons learned from Dad
I had the good fortune to be born to good parents. Now, I’m not claiming they were perfect or didn’t make any mistakes. That would be a rose-colored glasses statement and I’m not going there. What I will say is they were good parents in the fact that they loved their kids and tried their best to make a good home. I appreciate both of them and honor them for what they were able to provide and do for their little family. Along the way, they imparted the lessons they learned in life that they thought would help me become a decent human being. Here are a few of my dad’s nuggets of wisdom. Continue reading
Tomorrow
Tomorrow comes as promised
it doesn’t care if today is good or bad.
It doesn’t matter to tomorrow
what kind of today you had. Continue reading
None of my nunya
I realize all I’m saying here is technically it’s “none of my none of your.” Which makes no sense at all. But it is fun to say. Much funner than to say “it’s none of your business.” So, when I feel like I’m becoming a bit to Kravitz-y, I remind myself that it is none of my nunya. In other words, nothing to see here, just keep moving. Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: The Immediate Goodness of God
Right before I read this talk to prepare for this post I read the parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard in the New Testament. This talk is a great cross reference for this parable.
The two examples Elder McKay shared about the women needing to know the goodness of God in their individual circumstances demonstrates that it does not matter if the laborer joins the work in the first or eleventh hour all receive the same wage. Blessings are available to each and all that thrust in the sickle.
Of course, reading the examples of the two women in this talk no one will begrudge either one for receiving blessings. Isn’t it marvelous to think that no matter when we “come to ourselves” the love is waiting for us to accept it? And that there are no favorites or hierarchy when it comes to the Atonement of Christ. It is simply waiting for us to utilize it – no matter how late we come?
by Elder Kyle S. McKay
I hate to inform you but history is not a concrete study
Sometimes two unrelated events come together and school you in a lesson. That happened for me a few years ago when I was trying to rise after a failure of sorts and needed some sort of affirmation that I could be good at something. As I tried to find some validation I decided to combine two things that I like and see if I could make a go at it. So I combined my love of public speaking with local history and sought some outlet for the two. What I settled on was conducting cemetery tours. The lesson I learned fairly quickly is that history is not as concrete as I thought it was. Continue reading
It is what it is
Bubble wrap for feet
Surely, I’m not the only one who gets this? If you see all these crunchy leaves in the path don’t you just have to step on them to get a crunch or two That’s normal, right? Continue reading
