Sunday, September 28, 2008

Poor Boring Blog

Have you ever had those days that go on FOREVER. I just had one of those yesterday. It seems like everything that happened yesterday happened a year ago. lol. Gotta love it when that happens. 

I don't think I can put what I feel into words. But I don't people are supposed to. If only feelings were like colors. With colors you can come up with random words that describe every level of that color. Can you imagine feeling "tickle-me-pink" or "macaroni"?

I wish we could put everything into words. Do you think there will ever be a time when we can put everything into words? Does the celestial language have a word for everything? I guess if God knows everything that would include how to explain everything. How strange. I wonder what that language sounds like.  Maybe it's a combination of several languages. Like how Joseph Smith had to say adieu in Jacob because no English word could justify the meaning behind it. Maybe we will find a definition for all words through all our languages. I doubt it. But I wish I could know more about that. You know, I think that's sad too. That the English language doesn't have a word like adieu. We need to work on that.

And they say that certain animals can see colors outside the colors we can see. Well that means that color exists right? Well, what does it look like? What would we call it? How did we ever come up with white or black in a world where nothing is absolute? How did we come up with any absolutes. Like happy and sad, black and white... and how did we come up with clear? How do you make something clear?

If you can't tell I'm really tired right now and so my brain is flying... not that it's not always that way... annoyingly I might add. I envy people who can turn their thoughts on mute. I wonder sometimes what it's like to think about nothing. Everytime I try to think about nothing, I quite literally think about nothing. And the concept of nothing. Which by the way is another absolute that doesn't ever technically exist.  I mean you can have zero apples on a table, so in that sense yes, there is nothing if you mean apples. But there is never nothing. And there is another absolute. Never and always... on this planet, I don't think this exists either. I say on this planet because God is always, our spirits are always, lots of things are always. But earthly wise, nothing is always... ah nothing... I can tell this is going to go on forever. 

I wish instead of boring the crap out everyone with my rambling I could just understand all these things. I wish I could comprehend forever and always and happy, but I can't. Maybe eventually I will, but not here. 

That's another thing I think drives a lot of us crazy, but it's very true. We will never understand celestial things on a telestial world. Sad to say, that is entirely true. When it comes to things like this I like to think of math. Sick, I know. But math is very much related to religion. 

First of all, you can't understand calculus in algebra. Not gonna happen, no matter how hard you try.

Second, laws do set us free. In math we learn more laws, and when we learn those laws we can do more with them. But there are always more laws to add to that. The same goes for progressing. As we progress God gives us higher and higher laws, and when we can learn to obey them he gives us more. But by knowing more and more laws the more power we hold, and therefore the more free we are. Math and religion are very similar. 

Ok. I'm done being boring and I seriously need to go to ward prayer. ;D

Friday, September 26, 2008

My Goals

These are my goals:
1. Try my hardest at whatever I set out to do
2. Listen twice as much as I talk
3. Be happy no matter what may be happening
4. Remember that I matter to my Heavenly Father 
(and not care if I matter to my friends)
5. Be of service to others in whatever way they need me to be
6. Love myself no matter my shape, intellect, or abilities
7. Learn a little about a lot of things and learn a lot about a few things
8. Enjoy loving people without letting it hurt me
9. Accept everyone and forgive quickly
10. Do everything and anything that brings me closer to my Heavenly Father

Sunday, September 21, 2008

E'en the Past Enjoy

Every sun sets. Every tree eventually loses its leaves. Every book ends. Every moment changes.

But if the sun never set, we'd never see it rise. If the tree never lost it's leaves we'd never see it bloom. If the book never ended, there'd be no "happily ever afters". It's true that every moment changes. But with each end, there's a new beginning. 

And yes, sometimes the sun rises on a cloudy day. Sometimes trees don't bloom as beautiful as the year before. And some books don't have happy endings. But the great thing is, it's a cycle. The sun will eventually set again. The tree will eventually lose its leaves again. And there will always be another book. 

Sometimes it's hard to let the sun set when the day has been so beautiful. It's hard to believe that any day could be as beautiful as the one you just had. 

But then again. If we never had cloudy days, we could never dance in the rain or see the lightning or hear the thunder. We'd never have that moment when we're lost in God's power. 

"For he lives twice who can at once employ
The present well, and e'en the past enjoy."
-Alexander Pope


Friday, September 12, 2008

Uprooted

The roots have been pulled. They needed to plant her into a new place because her roots had grown too large to fit in the old pot. They searched, but there weren’t many places she could survive so finally they planted her somewhere they thought was nice. She did well there for a while but the scientists saw that she was wilting, and that she needed a new environment fast. But they waited. They slowly pulled the other plants around her, and each one took a small part of her roots. Then they tried to pull her, but she was stuck. Even with the little amount of root she had she still held on. Eventually the scientists got her out of the ground and put her back in the pot for a while. But again she soon grew too big for it. So the scientists planted her in a new place. This time she wasn’t near any other plants. She didn’t wilt this time, but her color was off. She was supposed to be a vibrant green but she was closer to a yellowy green. But even then she was surviving, and the scientists didn’t worry about her anymore. 

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Locked Out?!

So... I'm kinda bored. Yes right at this moment I am locked out. I knew I was though. I couldn't find my keys this morning and I thought I wouldn't be back until after 8. But then I realized that I forgot socks for work, and I didn't have my computer or my textbooks and... yeah well. Today was the one day I actually would have liked to go home. lol. It figures.

So classes have BEGUN!! I love all my teachers, but I don't think I can say the same about the subjects they teach. History of Psychol.....zzzz.... oh... um... oh right. I think I can at least force interest in the other classes. I have Music Civilizations 2 and the teacher is hilarious, New Testament with a teacher I've had before, Biology with another awesome teacher and we're studying topics that I actually have a little interest in, Orientation to Psych Major isn't going to be hard so I have to like it, and I'm in an orchestra which I think is going to be really fun. Oh and recently I joined a Weight Lifting class. Weird huh? It's for my generals don't worry. lol.

Work has been going well. It's hard to work that much and get everything else done too, but I think I'll manage. It's hard to believe that I worked that much before, but then again I wasn't taking classes then, and I was bored all the time.

I'm pretty excited about my apartment situation. I mean, by no means will it be perfect, but I think, for me at least, it's going to be fun. My in-my-bedroom-roommate is Robyn. I met her last June when I moved back, and we just barely found out that we were roommates. She goes to UVU, and has served a mission in the Ukraine I think. She's teaching me Russian. Well kinda. I know how to say hi. I don't know how to spell it though, so you will have to take my word for it. hee hee.

So I'm just living day to day now. I really can't wait to go home for Christmas. I want to see Monie and her new baby. Plus, I miss my best friend. It's even harder when I don't have one at all, so I'm super excited to see her. Ooooh, and I'm pretty excited for Justin to get home. I might get to see him soon after too. He's starting to worry me a little bit, but I think it'll be ok. Especially since I just told him that I'm planning on serving a mission. lol

Oh yeah! Big news. When I turn 20, I'm going to start getting ready to go on a misson. That's October 11 which is NOT very far away. My mom was like, "That's funny. I never imagined you going on a mission." Bro. Preble said that finances wouldn't be an issue either. He said, "There'll be some way to pay for your mission, even if I have to do it." He's pretty awesome, and funny. But I've already talked about him enough in my blog. lol.

So that about wraps it up... my life in a little blurb. And what's funny, is most of this occurred in the past week. lol. So onward to studying! YAY! ... not.