Lately I have had this thought that sometimes we put too much emphasis on the eternal perspective. Now while I don't agree with it 100 %, I think that there is some truth to it. I believe that everyone interprets different areas of the gospel differently although the doctrines remain the same. It is important for us to have opinions per se so that we may be able to share them with others and give different perspectives.
That being said the eternal perspective sometimes gets a lot of emphasis. But of course it does!!!! It is the reason we are here. It is the reason I get up in the morning, otherwise I would lay in bed and feel sorry for myself because of ALL THE TRIALS I have been dealt. (blah blah blah) Without this goal to look forward to or to have in store, there would be no purpose for me here on earth, right? I need the eternal perspective. I cling to the eternal perspective. It is what helps me to know that I will be able to live with and raise Daxton again. I NEED that. I have to have that.
Everyone needs a goal, something to work towards, otherwise we would wander aimlessly from point A to point B and seriously, where is the fun in that?
A while back I posted on "what I was looking forward to." It was a question posed to me my a friend. My response was nothing, I am glad for the now. I am not wishing my days away to some event or holiday.... at least not right then. I was just glad that I had 3 beautiful children and I could eat them all up every day and see the things that they were learning and learn with them. It was a "happy time" (LOL). What I didn't realize at that time was that the Lord was helping me to enjoy each moment with my precious Daxton so that I wouldn't have any regrets from "wishing away the time."
This is a frequent occurrence in my life. When I was in school, I wished away the time I would be finished. Whenever I was pregnant, I would wish away the time until I wasn't anymore. If we had a fun trip planned, I would wish away the time until that trip. Heck, I wish away the time until bed time when I have a little bit of peace of peace and quiet (funny since I only see the girls like 4 hours a day, how selfish is that?) And I missed all those events in between by wishing the days away.
Lately I have found myself going through the day to day wishing away the time to the eternities where I can see Daxton again. I miss him so much. In the meantime, I have been doing the mundane things of life and not really "enjoying" it. I don't want to miss out on important events in my girls life, just because I am wishing away time, so I have decided to stop and smell the roses, to sit down and play with the girls, to enjoy their birthday parties, their little chatter, and them playing with each other. Time is much more enjoyable this way.
While I find that it is important to have an eternal perspective in order to keep my eye on the goal ahead, I am going to stop and enjoy the here and now. It is the here and now that will determine where I end up in the eternities. It is the here and now I learn what it is Father in Heaven wants me to know.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Friends come and friends go..... but true friends stick around
I have been thinking a lot lately about what a "true" friend is.... this is what I have come up with
A true friend will give you an honest answer
A true friend will stand by your side, even when you are wrong
A true friend will love you through the good and the bad
A true friend will beat you at a game of settlers when you really need to win :)
A true friend will pluck your eyebrows and pop your pimples
A true friend will be a shoulder to cry on when you need it
A true friend will drop what they are doing just to come over and help you with your problem
A true friend knows your faults and still loves you
A true friend comes over to your house and scrubs it when you can't get out of bed
A true friend makes you laugh
A true friend won't make you cry
A true friend won't judge you
I will add more as they come to me.... or you all can help me come up with some.
A true friend will give you an honest answer
A true friend will stand by your side, even when you are wrong
A true friend will love you through the good and the bad
A true friend will beat you at a game of settlers when you really need to win :)
A true friend will pluck your eyebrows and pop your pimples
A true friend will be a shoulder to cry on when you need it
A true friend will drop what they are doing just to come over and help you with your problem
A true friend knows your faults and still loves you
A true friend comes over to your house and scrubs it when you can't get out of bed
A true friend makes you laugh
A true friend won't make you cry
A true friend won't judge you
I will add more as they come to me.... or you all can help me come up with some.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Time and a Season
Off and on I have thought about going to graduate school. I just don't know what I want to be when I grow up yet. I want to do Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, but I don't know if I am ready to sign my life away to insane hours in the hospital. I would also like to teach, so maybe I could be an NNP who works for a little while and then teaches.... who knows.
Well often as you may know, when you apply to graduate school you go through a series of interviews. One of the questions I imagine them to ask is this:
"What do you do when you are in a situation and it doesn't go as you had planned?"
Seems fairly easy if you keep it general enough. I was sitting at work contemplating what my answer might be. This is what I came up with.
When I am in a situation, I look at all possibilities of what could happen. My knowledge is limited so I look to others are are more experienced than I am, whether they be professors, colleagues, friends, people with similar circumstances, church leaders, etc. I then take that newly acquired information and brainstorm with my own knowledge base.
I then come up with a plan. In order to be successful, I will need to come up with a couple of planes, in case the original leads to a new course along the way. As I proceed with that new plan, I continue to look around me at what has changed. The new plan is a apt to change hourly, daily, yearly, but the goal is always the same: to reach the best possible outcome.
My plan has changed, my situation is different. I have one goal set to accomplish and my route is generally the same. Sometimes different paths are made in order to reach the final destination or goal. At work, my goal is to keep the babies alive and safe. At home my goal is the same oddly enough. Sometimes our babies at work die, sometimes, but not always our babies at home die. We do everything we know how to keep them safe.
At work we suction them, feed them, watch for disease processes, and give them the treatments they need to accomplish the goals in order for them to go home. At home, we teach our children the gospel, how to live righteously, choose the right, and we set an example for them. Sometimes we are not always successful in these goals, but we do the best we can with what we have.
My life situation isn't what I planned for. I have to make a new plan, I have to go on. I think that we are given challenges to make us stronger to teach us to be better nurses, mothers, and better people altogether. In order to do this, we need to surround ourselves with people who are more knowledgeable so that we can learn from them. We need to have teamwork and collaboration with those we are working with; spouses, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc.
As our knowledge and experience grows, we need to share with others what we have learned through our life experiences. I love my baby. I miss him so much, and I hope that some of my life experiences will me to learn and grow and help others to do the same.
loves
Well often as you may know, when you apply to graduate school you go through a series of interviews. One of the questions I imagine them to ask is this:
"What do you do when you are in a situation and it doesn't go as you had planned?"
Seems fairly easy if you keep it general enough. I was sitting at work contemplating what my answer might be. This is what I came up with.
When I am in a situation, I look at all possibilities of what could happen. My knowledge is limited so I look to others are are more experienced than I am, whether they be professors, colleagues, friends, people with similar circumstances, church leaders, etc. I then take that newly acquired information and brainstorm with my own knowledge base.
I then come up with a plan. In order to be successful, I will need to come up with a couple of planes, in case the original leads to a new course along the way. As I proceed with that new plan, I continue to look around me at what has changed. The new plan is a apt to change hourly, daily, yearly, but the goal is always the same: to reach the best possible outcome.
My plan has changed, my situation is different. I have one goal set to accomplish and my route is generally the same. Sometimes different paths are made in order to reach the final destination or goal. At work, my goal is to keep the babies alive and safe. At home my goal is the same oddly enough. Sometimes our babies at work die, sometimes, but not always our babies at home die. We do everything we know how to keep them safe.
At work we suction them, feed them, watch for disease processes, and give them the treatments they need to accomplish the goals in order for them to go home. At home, we teach our children the gospel, how to live righteously, choose the right, and we set an example for them. Sometimes we are not always successful in these goals, but we do the best we can with what we have.
My life situation isn't what I planned for. I have to make a new plan, I have to go on. I think that we are given challenges to make us stronger to teach us to be better nurses, mothers, and better people altogether. In order to do this, we need to surround ourselves with people who are more knowledgeable so that we can learn from them. We need to have teamwork and collaboration with those we are working with; spouses, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc.
As our knowledge and experience grows, we need to share with others what we have learned through our life experiences. I love my baby. I miss him so much, and I hope that some of my life experiences will me to learn and grow and help others to do the same.
loves
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