The Sunday Post - Issue #7

I know this one is posted late.  I literally sat here not knowing what to say.  It is generally the same old crap re-packaged in new paper and bows.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Someone used the word "reactivating" in church today while they were giving their testimony and I found myself thinking about how I don't like that word at all.  That word to me isn't real, it doesn't do our fellow members justice.  We are human beings that need care, friendship, fellowship, and love.  The word reactivating just doesn't seem to fit the bill in my opinion.

The one thing that keeps coming up in my mind is something that I had forgotten about and have started to implement in my life again - do one hard thing a day.  Or if you are a fan of the new "Alice In Wonderland" movie, do one impossible thing each day. "Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast."  and  "Precisely. Gentlemen, the only way to achieve the impossible, is to believe it's possible."  When I say do something hard each day, I'm talking along the lines of going out of my way to do something I normally wouldn't do, something that puts me outside my personal bubble or comfort zone, something that takes courage to do.  It is something that is definitely challenging but has been well worth it so far.  I encourage you to do the same.

I've been wanting to blog about a few things but I seem to just stuff the thought of doing so in my procrastination box.  Hopefully I will get to them soon.

I try to be as friendly as possible and to meet and talk to new people all the time and yet I still feel quite alone.  It is tough on me that's for sure.  No matter how much I pray it still feels like nothing will ever change.  I may be going to a singles ward, going to activities, running and playing basketball by myself, but nothing in the big picture changes.  No job, school still on hold, so on and so forth.

It sucks.  And I don't know how much more I can handle.  I have a ton of motivation but no idea how to get from point A to point B.  Anyway, here is the quote of the day.

Quote of the Day(Courage):

"As an exceptional son or daughter of God, you are sorely needed. There is an urgent need for men and women who will stand for principles against the growing pressures to compromise those very principles. Men and women are required who will act nobly and courageously for what the Lord has defined as right, not for what is politically correct or socially acceptable. We need individuals who have the spiritual, righteous influence that will motivate others to enduring good."    -   Richard G. Scott,  "Living Right," Ensign, Jan. 2007, 14