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Category: Analyzing Infinity

  • Connect

    Whether you set resolutions or not, it’s tough not to reflect at the beginning of the new year.  We look back on the previous year and take stock.  Where were we this time last year?  Are we better now than we were then?  They often lead to what we can do to improve things that might not be as good as we’d like. 

    I began to think about this a month ago as changes started to happen with my calling.   About the time I was released I saw this post over at I Believe in Miracles where she asks if you’ve picked a word for the year. Just one word to focus on for the year. Hmmm… Oh, yeah. That got me thinking, to be sure.

    Then there were many other posts as New Year’s Eve approached. As I read this one over at Segulla about “Playing Big” my word started to come into focus. Something I’ve felt lacking in me.

    I need to connect. Connect through service, listening, and, if prompted, shared experiences. I want to connect more with my family, to listen more to their needs. I want to feel closer to the family that isn’t near – and there are a lot of them. This is going to take some creativity (especially with all of the changes happening in our family at the moment).  To connect with friends, old and new.  And in connecting to share their burdens and hopefully make them lighter. 

    Hopefully, if I “connect” more, it will be one thing that will help me shine a little brighter.

    What are your thoughts for the New Year?

    My hope for all is that you find joy and laughter through any situation and circumtance.

  • It’s like death and taxes……

    Over 2 years ago I was given the assignment to be the president of our church’s Primary organization.  This organization is for children 18 months to 11 years old and there were around 40 children there each week.  I wasn’t prepared for the rush of love that I felt for every single one of those children.  And I knew when I was called that there would come a day when it would be someone else’s turn.  

    That day was today.  Next week it will be her turn to listen as they sing, “Once There was a Snowman!” lightening fast or “I am A Child of God” as the last song of the day.  It will be her turn to make sure to call on one of the children to say the opening prayer.  It will be her turn to listen as they tell her about their Christmas.  

    She’ll be wonderful. 

    I will miss them, but it was time.

    Next week I will try not to cause too much of  a disruption in Sunday School with my husband.

  • Are you Bold?

    Or maybe not so much…

    I saw this tag on Della’s Blog and it’s kind of interesting to go through and both see what you HAVE done and what you’ve chosen NOT to do.  Or maybe you just haven’t had the opportunity…. It made me think a little… Ok… everything makes me think. 

    The things I’ve done are in bold.  Feel free to swipe the tag for your own and take inventory yourself.

     

      1. Started your own blog
      2. Slept under the stars
      3. Played in a band
      4. Visited Hawaii
      5. Watched a meteor shower
      6. Given more than you can afford to charity
      7. Been to Disneyland  (Would Disneyworld Count?)
      8. Climbed a mountain
      9. Held a praying mantis
      10. Sang a solo (How about a solo on an instrument?  or sung a duet?)
      11. Bungee jumped
      12. Visited Paris
      13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
      14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
      15. Adopted a child
      16. Had food poisoning
      17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
      18. Grown your own vegetables
      19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
      20. Slept on an overnight train
      21. Had a pillow fight
      22. Hitch hiked
      23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
      24. Built a snow fort
      25. Held a lamb
      26. Gone skinny dipping
      27. Run a Marathon (half)
      28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
      29. Seen a total eclipse
      30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
      31. Hit a home run
      32. Been on a cruise
      33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
      34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
      35. Seen an Amish community
      36. Taught yourself a new language
      37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
      38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
      39. Gone rock climbing
      40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
      41. Sung karaoke
      42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
      43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
      44. Visited Africa
      45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
      46. Been transported in an ambulance
      47. Had your portrait painted
      48. Gone deep sea fishing
      49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
      50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
      51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
      52. Kissed in the rain
      53. Played in the mud
      54. Gone to a drive-in theater
      55. Been in a movie
      56. Visited the Great Wall of China
      57. Started a business
      58. Taken a martial arts class
      59. Visited Russia
      60. Served at a soup kitchen
      61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
      62. Gone whale watching
      63. Got flowers for no reason
      64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
      65. Gone sky diving
      66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
      67. Bounced a check
      68. Flown in a helicopter
      69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
      70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
      71. Eaten Caviar (I’ve had foie gras though)
      72. Pieced a quilt
      73. Stood in Times Square
      74. Toured the Everglades
      75. Been fired from a job
      76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
      77. Broken a bone
      78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
      79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
      80. Published a book
      81. Visited the Vatican
      82. Bought a brand new car
      83. Walked in Jerusalem
      84. Had your picture in the newspaper (I was on TV once though)
      85. Read the entire Bible
      86. Visited the White House
      87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
      88. Had chickenpox
      89. Saved someone’s life
      90. Sat on a jury
      91. Met someone famous
      92. Joined a book club
      93. Lost a loved one
      94. Had a baby
      95. Seen the Alamo in person
      96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
      97. Been involved in a law suit
      98. Owned a cell phone
      99. Been stung by a bee

     

    I’m thinking there are still a ton of things left for me to learn and see (Ok… Rock climbing… SOOOOoo not going to happen).

    What have you done?  What would you add to the list?  (For instance – Going to see Wicked completed a lifelong dream of mine to see a Broadway musical.)  What dreams have you completed?  What dreams do you still have yet to finish?  Hmmm… 

    See?  It made me think.

  • It’s FINALLY here!

    vote

     

    I spent the morning finalizing my research.  Like I hadn’t heard enough right?  I didn’t look at the presidential candidates.  My choice there was decided long ago.  State and local elections could be just as interesting where I am.  So I started with my local newspaper to view the whole cast of characters.  Some of them are indeed characters.  I read through lots of issues on a lot of websites and I’ve made my decisions.

    This will be the first year that G. will get to vote as well.  It’s been cool watching him put his opinion together on what’s important to him and why he will vote.

    So what’s important to you?  Whatever it isand whatever your decision… GO VOTE!  You matter.