Friday, April 25, 2008
Note to self...Try not to be a garbage truck
One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a car jumped out of aparking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on hisbrakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driverof the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he wasreally friendly.So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your carand sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught mewhat I now call 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'He e xplained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run aroundfull of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full ofdisappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dumpit and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take theirgarbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on thestreets.The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage truckstake over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning withregrets, so..... 'Love the people who treat you right. Forgive theones who don't.'Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
—Carlos Castaneda
I do sometimes seem to want to pick miserable...cause I am too tired of being strong...what a dumb choice. As I sit here thinking about why that is, I guess it is because I thought miserable took no work, and strong takes so much...does it take work to be miserable...I am going to pay attention to my thought process when I am allowing the waves of disappointment and overwhelm to crash over me...am I investing as much negative energy as it takes to hold the waves at bay when I make myself see the bright side. Another dark thought I admit to myself, seems like I am giving the other person involved a get out of jail free pass when I choose strong...and when I am mad I want them in jail......ah............so it is punitive, I want to punish someone, and I do. Me...maybe them. Certainly me. If that isnt a lesson in do unto others as you would have them do unto you...what is? Gotta choose what I work on alot more carefully. Taking the high road is always work...I hadnt really thought about taking the low road is work too...because you dont really control that, you have no choice in the fall. ( who does that sound like?) Kinda like falling down a hill...it doesnt feel like work, it hurts and it takes you down...have to climb back up though, and even if you choose to sit at the bottom and wallow...you have to control your thoughts, stay dark, cause we want to be optimistic, the light in us fights...and optimism makes you climb back up...might as well take control of yourself and climb in the first place...less cuts and bruises and you feel better at the end of the day.
—Carlos Castaneda
I do sometimes seem to want to pick miserable...cause I am too tired of being strong...what a dumb choice. As I sit here thinking about why that is, I guess it is because I thought miserable took no work, and strong takes so much...does it take work to be miserable...I am going to pay attention to my thought process when I am allowing the waves of disappointment and overwhelm to crash over me...am I investing as much negative energy as it takes to hold the waves at bay when I make myself see the bright side. Another dark thought I admit to myself, seems like I am giving the other person involved a get out of jail free pass when I choose strong...and when I am mad I want them in jail......ah............so it is punitive, I want to punish someone, and I do. Me...maybe them. Certainly me. If that isnt a lesson in do unto others as you would have them do unto you...what is? Gotta choose what I work on alot more carefully. Taking the high road is always work...I hadnt really thought about taking the low road is work too...because you dont really control that, you have no choice in the fall. ( who does that sound like?) Kinda like falling down a hill...it doesnt feel like work, it hurts and it takes you down...have to climb back up though, and even if you choose to sit at the bottom and wallow...you have to control your thoughts, stay dark, cause we want to be optimistic, the light in us fights...and optimism makes you climb back up...might as well take control of yourself and climb in the first place...less cuts and bruises and you feel better at the end of the day.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Thought for the day
Robert Louis Stevenson:
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves all of us not to talk about the rest of us
Why do we fear that which we see as faulted in others...why not see them as a chance to learn somthing new and to broaden our understanding. Having lived in UT for so long I forget how much diversity the world offers us. If we are to hope to bring unto Christ his lost sheep...we must love them like Christ...there is no love in judgement...and it is very dificult to reach someone with your fear in the way. I want to love my neighbors...not notice what I wish was different...but I battle noticing the negative, or slip into annoyance easily...
Today there were two little boys riding skate boards out front...they were flying off the ramp and up my driveway, very near the cars...I was bugged, I actually had the thought "Why do their parents let them do that..." Then my mind wandered back...several years when my own boys were young and rambuncious and were climbing too hgh in trees and running pel mel through the neighborhood...I loved my boys and was doing my best...my neighbor too could be doing her best...just as likely that she was than that she wasnt...so I watched them take their lives in their hands and enjoyed the moment and the memory of days long past...
All is well.
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves all of us not to talk about the rest of us
Why do we fear that which we see as faulted in others...why not see them as a chance to learn somthing new and to broaden our understanding. Having lived in UT for so long I forget how much diversity the world offers us. If we are to hope to bring unto Christ his lost sheep...we must love them like Christ...there is no love in judgement...and it is very dificult to reach someone with your fear in the way. I want to love my neighbors...not notice what I wish was different...but I battle noticing the negative, or slip into annoyance easily...
Today there were two little boys riding skate boards out front...they were flying off the ramp and up my driveway, very near the cars...I was bugged, I actually had the thought "Why do their parents let them do that..." Then my mind wandered back...several years when my own boys were young and rambuncious and were climbing too hgh in trees and running pel mel through the neighborhood...I loved my boys and was doing my best...my neighbor too could be doing her best...just as likely that she was than that she wasnt...so I watched them take their lives in their hands and enjoyed the moment and the memory of days long past...
All is well.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Today's thought
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
—Plato
I know that when I see service, kindness and thoughtfulness it makes me want to be different. There is a commercial on TV, I think it is a Wakovia commercial...It is just like that...one good act inspiring another. Or the Movie Pat it Forward...watch it if you havent...it is about changing the world...
Ya Know...Random acts of kindness...that is one of my family's favorite Family Home Evenings...secret service...
Have a great day.
—Plato
I know that when I see service, kindness and thoughtfulness it makes me want to be different. There is a commercial on TV, I think it is a Wakovia commercial...It is just like that...one good act inspiring another. Or the Movie Pat it Forward...watch it if you havent...it is about changing the world...
Ya Know...Random acts of kindness...that is one of my family's favorite Family Home Evenings...secret service...
Have a great day.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thought for the day
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
—Saint Francis de Sales
The Savior had strength in his gentleness, a great example. I see that in my children...I hope to see it in myself more.
—Saint Francis de Sales
The Savior had strength in his gentleness, a great example. I see that in my children...I hope to see it in myself more.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Oh Boy...we get our Girl
I called Sean last night and he asked if maybe Mary, Marci's Mom and I could BABYSIT ELIZA while Marci attends a wedding n Navoo...I said "WOO HOO!!!" I am going to take a couple days off so we can do fun baby things around town on my days...She is about to have her birthday...One on the first of May...wish I could move Springville down here so I could see her all the time...
Cant wait to get to know her even better!!! How fun will it be when I can have little Lily come too.
Today's thought
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”
—Thomas Paine
And so it is...that we came to learn and grow...not romp and play.
—Thomas Paine
And so it is...that we came to learn and grow...not romp and play.
Friday, April 18, 2008
TODAY
“If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.”
Corrie TenBoom quotes
It is true, that no matter where we are sent...if we believe the tools we need are always there to complete the task we have been asked to complete, then we will succeed and the challenge will strengthen us not weaken...conversely, if we believe we are abandoned and alone and choose not to see the tools at our disposal...we will be weaker from the challenge...because alone we are not strong enough to win all matches...but if we see beyond ourselves...we can not fail.
Corrie TenBoom quotes
It is true, that no matter where we are sent...if we believe the tools we need are always there to complete the task we have been asked to complete, then we will succeed and the challenge will strengthen us not weaken...conversely, if we believe we are abandoned and alone and choose not to see the tools at our disposal...we will be weaker from the challenge...because alone we are not strong enough to win all matches...but if we see beyond ourselves...we can not fail.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Today's thought
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway
Mary Kay Ash
What are we capable of that would defy the odds? What is it that we have decided is impossible for us, and isnt? What we say in our own mind has far more long reaching consequences than the physical reality of the situation. We can do hard things, even impossible things...we need only believe we can.
Mary Kay Ash
What are we capable of that would defy the odds? What is it that we have decided is impossible for us, and isnt? What we say in our own mind has far more long reaching consequences than the physical reality of the situation. We can do hard things, even impossible things...we need only believe we can.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Thought for the day
RISK....
Had a friend once who said you have to risk it all to have it all..
Risk brings change and opportunity, it brings knowledge...
This week help me to have the courage to risk more...and to expect more
Had a friend once who said you have to risk it all to have it all..
Risk brings change and opportunity, it brings knowledge...
This week help me to have the courage to risk more...and to expect more
Friday, April 11, 2008
Thought for the day
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.”
—Mary Anne Radmacher
Do your best everyday...and things will be wonderful.
Even though I know that in my head, I do sometimes lose heart...or my body doesnt want to cooperate...but when I do give it my all in what I do, I feel good. That feeling of acceptance within myself is worth the effort.
—Mary Anne Radmacher
Do your best everyday...and things will be wonderful.
Even though I know that in my head, I do sometimes lose heart...or my body doesnt want to cooperate...but when I do give it my all in what I do, I feel good. That feeling of acceptance within myself is worth the effort.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Thought for the day
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Thomas Edison
What a great reminder...Opportunity knocks alot..
I am going to set a goal to have a better attitude about those parts of my life that seem dark, dreary, or unfair. I have been praying hard about some things lately. One of the is the inequality of work, I feel so burdened and overwhelmed with the sheer amount of stuff that needs ackomplished every day....what is the opportunity in that?? What is the lesson...I can roll up my sleeves and do as much as I can every day and not worry about who else is doing what...and use the worry energy wisely, or I can do what I have been doing. I dont feel so great about the attitude I have had lately...so I think I will try the other :)
Everything is a lesson, and we will go home learning something...I want to go home learning what my Father had planned for me to learn, and not the adversary;s cirriculum. My Urim and Thummim is found within, found in my attitude.
Thomas Edison
What a great reminder...Opportunity knocks alot..
I am going to set a goal to have a better attitude about those parts of my life that seem dark, dreary, or unfair. I have been praying hard about some things lately. One of the is the inequality of work, I feel so burdened and overwhelmed with the sheer amount of stuff that needs ackomplished every day....what is the opportunity in that?? What is the lesson...I can roll up my sleeves and do as much as I can every day and not worry about who else is doing what...and use the worry energy wisely, or I can do what I have been doing. I dont feel so great about the attitude I have had lately...so I think I will try the other :)
Everything is a lesson, and we will go home learning something...I want to go home learning what my Father had planned for me to learn, and not the adversary;s cirriculum. My Urim and Thummim is found within, found in my attitude.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
A beautiful Girl here with us
Lily Elizabeth Armour arrived safe and sound on April 3rd, she weighed 8 lbs 13 ozs, was 20 inches long. She is well..has a petite voice and a petite appetite.
Join with us in celebrating her arrival....what a blessing for each of us...Her mom and dad are so excited...and her brothers cant wait to get to know her...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Lilly is on her way...today...right now.
Her mom is doing as well as anyone would expect...at a 4, and still no medication...she is on a petosin drip...
I hate petosin...it is the friend of Drs and the enemy of mothers round the world...
Anyway...things are moving along and I would expect that April 3rd will be a special day for all of us...
Beth is in the hospital having Kaitlyn today...a double special day...
Melanie and the baby girl are next...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Thought for the day
In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are...
Gamaliel Bradford
How are we in small matters?
How am I? I see myself as being the same in all matters...well...maybe more thoughtful in great matters...slower to react...so maybe I should slow down in my reaction and I can grow more.
What do you think? Am I different in matters small and great?
Gamaliel Bradford
How are we in small matters?
How am I? I see myself as being the same in all matters...well...maybe more thoughtful in great matters...slower to react...so maybe I should slow down in my reaction and I can grow more.
What do you think? Am I different in matters small and great?
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
OH BABY
Here is a bright spot...
Branden and Ilia are having their baby in 2 days...or less
Lilly Elizabeth...keep posted for more fun facts about the newest member of our family
Life Lesson
You can not please all of the people all of the time.
sometimes you cant even please some of the people some of the time.
It is only important to please the Savior...
What a relief...
I am feeling blindsided by unhappy people...and unhappy things...I feel like I am being pulled down ...I have tried hard to ignore it...that is not my answer, it keeps knocking when I ignore it....I can address it, that is negative...UGH...
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
If you chase two rabbits both will get away....
Chinese proverb.
sometimes you cant even please some of the people some of the time.
It is only important to please the Savior...
What a relief...
I am feeling blindsided by unhappy people...and unhappy things...I feel like I am being pulled down ...I have tried hard to ignore it...that is not my answer, it keeps knocking when I ignore it....I can address it, that is negative...UGH...
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
If you chase two rabbits both will get away....
Chinese proverb.
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