"Investigate new possibilities with friends. Now is the time!"
Does this mean I need to meet new people and expand my list of friends? Or perhaps, now is the time to make plans with my friends. For example, I am trying to find a place to live during the spring and summer of 2012 and then for the following fall and winter semesters. I really want us all to live in the same complex together. I also think it would be way fun to start study nights and Saturday breakfasts and Sunday dinners. Also, there is this bookstore in a neighboring city that will pay individuals $25 to sort books on Saturday mornings. We're poor college kids, we need money, sounds like the perfect fit! There are so many things us friends could do together. What better time to start new traditions and plan for grand adventures than the beginning of a new year!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Day Twelve
"You have a flair for adding a fanciful dimension to any story."
Yeah...I think that comes from my ability to tell half the truth and not the whole truth and a knack for exaggeration...At least when I am telling stories. For example, when I introduce my family. I have two uncles in prison, my papa and another uncle "transport goods across interstate lines", another uncle stakes things out, and people call my dad when they want to get rid of people. Sound like a shady family? Those two uncles in prison? They're prison guards. My papa and the other uncle? Truckers. My other uncle? A surveyor. My dad? A controller and HR Director. He fires people when called upon to do so. That's the way I usually introduce my family to others, for example, the missionaries I write that do not know my family. One Elder wrote me back expressing that he thought my dad sounded like Bourne. It made me laugh! I also recently went to the doctor where I found out that I had to have a surgery done where part of my left buttock would be removed ASAP. I was out for a day and am still recovering. The part of my body that was cut out from me is undergoing research from a pathologist to see if I have cancer. I should hear back from them next week. It's quite entertaining to watch people's reactions! Please don't get me wrong, I know when to be serious and I know when it's okay to be funny.
Yeah...I think that comes from my ability to tell half the truth and not the whole truth and a knack for exaggeration...At least when I am telling stories. For example, when I introduce my family. I have two uncles in prison, my papa and another uncle "transport goods across interstate lines", another uncle stakes things out, and people call my dad when they want to get rid of people. Sound like a shady family? Those two uncles in prison? They're prison guards. My papa and the other uncle? Truckers. My other uncle? A surveyor. My dad? A controller and HR Director. He fires people when called upon to do so. That's the way I usually introduce my family to others, for example, the missionaries I write that do not know my family. One Elder wrote me back expressing that he thought my dad sounded like Bourne. It made me laugh! I also recently went to the doctor where I found out that I had to have a surgery done where part of my left buttock would be removed ASAP. I was out for a day and am still recovering. The part of my body that was cut out from me is undergoing research from a pathologist to see if I have cancer. I should hear back from them next week. It's quite entertaining to watch people's reactions! Please don't get me wrong, I know when to be serious and I know when it's okay to be funny.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Day Eleven
"Now is the time to set your sights high and go for it"
What a perfect fortune for the beginning of the new year (Well, almost beginning...)! I have actually been thinking on the many improvements that I need to make to myself and contemplating how to tackle them. You know, I could make all the plans that I wanted but they would be completely useless if I did not act on them. I was at Target recently and saw a book entitled "The Happiness Project". In it the author explains her experiences over the year. Each month she focused on something different, like cleanliness, energizing, developing talents, etc. Well, I would like to make plans and do them along the same lines. For January, I was thinking I would focus on cleanliness: making sure I kept my room clean, did my chores more consistently and diligently and physical cleanliness. Every month I will come up with something different to focus on. The real struggle will come with keeping up with it. But, I'm going to go for it!
In addition to personal improvement, there is a certain gent that I would really like to get to know. But every time I am around him I suddenly have nothing to say and I just don't know what to do! I suppose it is because I am all twitterpated and such...I don't know...Anyway, I want to develop a friendship with him and I am no longer going to be afraid, I'm just going to put myself out there! I'm just going to go for it! I have nothing to lose and everything to gain! I think it's interesting how formidable some things may seem, like writing a research paper, jumping back into the dating scene after having your heart broken, moving to some place new, or undergoing surgery. However, when you go through it, you realize it was not at all as bad as you thought it would be and you discover that the thing that made it so frightful was yourself. Maybe what we personally percieve is what we will see. So, how would our lives changed if we anticipated joyfully? How much more brave, strong, and comfortable would we be? What would happen if we no longer percieved in fear? Try it and anticipate it joyfully! As my grandmother would say, "If you can't anticipate joyfully, then don't anticipate at all!"
What a perfect fortune for the beginning of the new year (Well, almost beginning...)! I have actually been thinking on the many improvements that I need to make to myself and contemplating how to tackle them. You know, I could make all the plans that I wanted but they would be completely useless if I did not act on them. I was at Target recently and saw a book entitled "The Happiness Project". In it the author explains her experiences over the year. Each month she focused on something different, like cleanliness, energizing, developing talents, etc. Well, I would like to make plans and do them along the same lines. For January, I was thinking I would focus on cleanliness: making sure I kept my room clean, did my chores more consistently and diligently and physical cleanliness. Every month I will come up with something different to focus on. The real struggle will come with keeping up with it. But, I'm going to go for it!
In addition to personal improvement, there is a certain gent that I would really like to get to know. But every time I am around him I suddenly have nothing to say and I just don't know what to do! I suppose it is because I am all twitterpated and such...I don't know...Anyway, I want to develop a friendship with him and I am no longer going to be afraid, I'm just going to put myself out there! I'm just going to go for it! I have nothing to lose and everything to gain! I think it's interesting how formidable some things may seem, like writing a research paper, jumping back into the dating scene after having your heart broken, moving to some place new, or undergoing surgery. However, when you go through it, you realize it was not at all as bad as you thought it would be and you discover that the thing that made it so frightful was yourself. Maybe what we personally percieve is what we will see. So, how would our lives changed if we anticipated joyfully? How much more brave, strong, and comfortable would we be? What would happen if we no longer percieved in fear? Try it and anticipate it joyfully! As my grandmother would say, "If you can't anticipate joyfully, then don't anticipate at all!"
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sorry for the Delay
Sorry for the delay everyone! Life got really busy with school and finals! I will be starting this back up hopefully this week or the first week of January! Thanks for your patience! Happy holidays!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Day Ten
"You will soon be singled out for a promotion. Congrats!"
So, I am going to be completely open and admit that the first thing I thought was, "Yes! I will be promoted from single to 'in a relationship'!" Yeah...I do not see that happening anytime soon, circumstances being as they are...So, how does this relate to my life today? Well, I work for BYU Broadcasting and perhaps I will get assigned another responsibility soon! Other than that, I have no idea. But here is a thought: So often we succeed in competing with others, but never ourselves. One of our greatest focuses should be on improving ourselves and making us the best us possible. Never settle for mediocrity and always give 100% to everything you do, wherever you are, whoever you are with. I believe it is this trait that employers look for. For those that seek to be the best they can be will be promoted.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Day Nine
"Soon you'll have a chance for a profitable transaction."
Exactly what kind of "profitable transaction" does this fortune mean. Does it allude to political, social, economic, metaphysical, physical, grammatically, etc... Well, this Friday is payday and I know that I have the chance to accept that money...which I will most happily do! I am also selling three of my pageant dresses, so perhaps someone will buy one! Oh, that would make my day! The money I earn from the sale of those three dresses will ideally take care of my books for Winter Semester and enable me to pay my parents back for the Fall Semester books. Not relating to finances, perhaps I will have the opportunity to make a good, new friend! I have had that opportunity today. I found out that my friend of about a week feels like she doesn't really have any friends, so My Big Brother and I decided that we are going to fix that. She is an incredible, fun, young woman. Now, I don't know if that is "profitable" in that sense of the word. But it is so important that we remember that we must love and befriend all, giving everything and expecting nothing in return. True love and charity is tested in how we choose to treat others, regardless of what they can or cannot give us in return. May we love and serve all people and immerse ourselves in the service and love of others, regardless of who or what they are! It is then that we discover some of the sweetest, most meaningful, and enduring relationships that will bring us great happiness!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Day Eight
"Your lost treasure will be found within the month."
Lost treasure? Well, this would be a way cool fortune if I had a lost treasure... There are, however, some items that I lost that I would like back again. For example, my high school choir CD, Marshall McDonald's "This is the Christ" CD, and my handy-dandy cooking pot. Perhaps I will find them by December 12, 2011. We shall see! Wait a second...then that means that I need to start actively looking for those items, for when we seek we shall find.
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