Disclaimer

The scripture at the top of my blog is not referring to blogging, journaling, or any such thing. It is actually talking about prayer. I just thought it sounded appropriate out of context.

Pure Disbelief

This post contains major spoilers for the musical Kiss Me, Kate.

Approaching Perfection

I am obviously not perfect. After all, I said I would have posted again by yesterday, and I didn't. But I do believe in trying to become perfect. It's sort of part of my religion.

In one family night last year, Dad was talking about how we can progress without getting overwhelmed by that we are supposed to do and become. His suggestion, which I had heard many times before, was to choose one or two trouble areas to focus on at a time.

A couple weeks later, during a Relief Society lesson, we were reading and listing qualities Paul said we should have as Saints. I thought ours looked something like a to-do list, and joked about going through the day, checking things off as we were kind or had minds single to the glory of Christ throughout the day- impossible, as these are supposed to be continual qualities, not events.

But then I thought that it could work in a way.

So a couple times since then, I have made checklists. I pick a couple areas to focus on and break them down into ways to accomplish the goals, with the intention of reviewing my performance at the end of the day. That way, I would have regular reminders of what I am trying to do and regular self-evaluation. So far, I have not kept it up more than a couple of days at a time. But I still think there is some value in the idea. Maybe on my next chart, I should make a space for following through with my goals.

I'm Back

So, I'm back from my unplanned and unnannounced sabbatical. Apparently someone stopped by while I was gone. Hello, someone, if you return. I will post again today, tomorrow, or both. I have a couple topics in mind, but need to give them a little more thought first.

Biting My Tongue

There are a couple things that I really want to say, but never do.

The first one is "I love ___".
Thing is, I don't love ___. I just really like the way the words feel in my head. But since I'm not really in love, I don't say it.

The second is "I quit".
Those words have such a nice sense of finality to them, and are a great way to let off the frustration that comes with my job. But I keep them in my head, just to make sure nobody takes me seriously and I end up leaving a job I still need.

Alma 51:16

In context (verses 14-16)

And it came to pass that when Moroni saw this, and also saw that the Lamanites were coming into the borders of the land, he was exceedingly wroth because of the stubbornness of those people whom he had labored with so much diligence to preserve; yea, he was exceedingly wroth; his soul was filled with anger against them.
And it came to pass that he sent a petition, with the voice of the people, unto the governor of the land, desiring that he should read it, and give him (Moroni) power to compel those dissenters to defend their country or to put them to death.
For it was his first care to put an end to such contentions and dissensions among the people; for behold, this had been hitherto a cause of all their destruction. And it came to pass that it was granted according to the voice of the people.

I usually don't get very much out of the war chapters in the Book of Mormon. I don't skip them when reading straight through, but I don't put in a lot of effort trying to apply them to my life. But these verses caught my eye when I was skimming through the book recently, and I thought they make a great example for the importance of being united. As we are told, "If ye are not one, ye are not mine." Or "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

It Actually Happened

I checked the hits on this site and I have had a visitor. Welcome, visitor. And if you come back, can you let me know how you came across this?

And I'd just decided that nobody would come by unless I started giving out my address, and was about to end the experiment.