Hello dears!
Today I said, "I could never step backwards to become the person I did not admire in Jr. High." I have changed dramatically! I was so miserable in Jr. High. Now I feel happy and confident! I love reading.
My goals for the summer:
1. Read the rest of Jane Eyre
2. Read the rest of Mansfield Park
3. Work steadily on Personal Progress Program and Preach My Gospel (studying)
4. Be in good shape = be as healthy as plum pie
5. Habit of scripture reading -every morning
6. other
7. another
8. bla
9. gaaaa
10. Sha bling!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
My interesting day as the only girl in the house.
Alright Sparky Here's the Deal.
My Mom and my two sisters -Amy 'n' Jenny- left yesterday on a two week trip to Missouri! I am sure they are having a blast! I am not having such a great time. UGH. I really don't have a lot of nearby friends to hang out with either. I don't know how to have an enjoyable time. It seems like all I have done so far is work work work. There -of course- is nothing wrong with work. I suppose I am just having a negative attitude and i'm being spoiled. I need to be more thankful for the things I have. I have such a geat family, great friends, I have great opportunities. I have lots of fun.
Maybe what's wrong with me is that I am jealous of those around me. Maybe I want everything for myself. This is selfish of me. Maybe I should focus on other people being happy instead of focusing on myself.
I think this is how I should do things this week. This is part of what will help me have a good time. hmmm. is that selfish. =thats ironic. haha
Its very weird to hang out with boys all day. My sisters like to do exactly what makes me happy. boys like chess. Funnn.
We're watching Merlin right now. It is very interesting. Kind of evil.
"If you cross that line again, I will brake that promise without a single thought." -King Luther
ahhh! that was very scary.
My heart is racing like a freaking ant on a horse.
Well, good night.
My Mom and my two sisters -Amy 'n' Jenny- left yesterday on a two week trip to Missouri! I am sure they are having a blast! I am not having such a great time. UGH. I really don't have a lot of nearby friends to hang out with either. I don't know how to have an enjoyable time. It seems like all I have done so far is work work work. There -of course- is nothing wrong with work. I suppose I am just having a negative attitude and i'm being spoiled. I need to be more thankful for the things I have. I have such a geat family, great friends, I have great opportunities. I have lots of fun.
Maybe what's wrong with me is that I am jealous of those around me. Maybe I want everything for myself. This is selfish of me. Maybe I should focus on other people being happy instead of focusing on myself.
I think this is how I should do things this week. This is part of what will help me have a good time. hmmm. is that selfish. =thats ironic. haha
Its very weird to hang out with boys all day. My sisters like to do exactly what makes me happy. boys like chess. Funnn.
We're watching Merlin right now. It is very interesting. Kind of evil.
"If you cross that line again, I will brake that promise without a single thought." -King Luther
ahhh! that was very scary.
My heart is racing like a freaking ant on a horse.
Well, good night.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
My thoughts pertaining to Parenting
This Post is mainly to get my thoughts out of my jumbled mind.
I have formed my own opinion regarding how parents should guide children down the straight and narrow path. I have heard several different opinions at home, school, and church from all ages about this specific subject. From what I have gathered in my curious teenage brain, I have formed my unique opinion about Parenting. -keep in mind, this article is typed by me, I am the "victim?" for parents... I am the one who is preached to-
For as numerous years, my mother and father have raised, nutured and cared for me. This post is not to get after them. Don't get me wrong. I give thanks every day for such righteous parents. However, I do find something terribly wrong with one of their methods to, "lead me down the straight and narrow path". Something so wrong that it offends me when they do. I do not know my pride is the part of the reason why I take so great an offense.
My mother reads LAST DAYS articles on the computer and it seems to me, she does not form her own opinions on very many things but only believes what she reads without question. One of my most respected teachers, Mr. Clark, said, "I hope you don't believe everything you hear without a thorough study on the topic. I hope you don't believe everything I tell you." I think what he means is, we should get as many opinions on the subject as possible, then ask ourselves, "WHAT DO I (I,I,I) THINK OF THIS?" I do not know if my own mother does this or not. I do not think she does; she believes some crazy things.
When she reads these very random articles, she desperately attempts to force her own kids to believe as she does. The key word is FORCE. Just today, I was listening to a random song, "American Pie". It is very nearly 8 minutes long and it was made during the Vietnam War. Dear Reader, it must be understood that during this time, a large amount of strange songs were written during this time. Some songs have the lable as DRUNK SONG, HIPPIE SONG, DRUG SONG, etc, etc, etc. Yes, this is true. It is also true that NOT ALL songs and NOT ALL people were evil during this time. Obviously we still had good people in the world; we still had an LDS prophet. The song was very interesting. I did not find anything wrong with it, neither did dad. I actually researched the meaning and found out for sure if the song had a trace of EVIL content (my mom said that songs from this time period are all evil and cursed with black magic-I have a tendency to argue with what she says a lot of the time...). Fortunately for me, the song was not bad at all. The song is just about mourning for the loss of great singers/musicians that died in a plane crash (Ricky Valens, etc.) I just HATE HATE HATE it when my mom goes on and on in persuasion. Then after thats not enough and I still am honest in saying, "Thats great, but I don't believe it.", mom ends with, "Well, I'm in charge and I've been around a lot longer than you have, SO you BETTER believe what I TELL YOU!!!". Grrrr. This kind of talk bugs me, probably one of my biggest pet peeves. I am annoyed by it for a couple more reasons. One, if I disagree, they do not accept the disagreement (they don't accept that everyone thinks differently) and they are severely angry with me for hours. UGH. I have had enough. The following paragraph will be my own opinion.
Parents should give their opinion. Say, "This is my opinion..." Then they can tell their opinion and leave it at that. Kids should respect their parent's opinon enough to consider their words. BUT to force children to believe exactly as the parent does is despicable. Sharing opinions with parents does not always have to be a girl's cat fight. If both have said their part, then there is no more to say. BOTH sides should separate to think the conversation over in their minds.
Parents need to be limited on what they should tell their child to do. Kids NEED NEED NEED to think and decide for themselves. That is what will help them. They will more fully understand that choosing the right in every aspect of life will give them true happiness. As soon as kids reach the age when they can decide and think for themselves, they must only do that. Parents can give opinions and advice. They should not be bossing them around. If they do, the kids will be BABYSAT the rest of their lives, until they learn to be INDEPENDANT.
Thanks for reading! And I am now satisfied... I finally got that mess out of this brain.
I have formed my own opinion regarding how parents should guide children down the straight and narrow path. I have heard several different opinions at home, school, and church from all ages about this specific subject. From what I have gathered in my curious teenage brain, I have formed my unique opinion about Parenting. -keep in mind, this article is typed by me, I am the "victim?" for parents... I am the one who is preached to-
For as numerous years, my mother and father have raised, nutured and cared for me. This post is not to get after them. Don't get me wrong. I give thanks every day for such righteous parents. However, I do find something terribly wrong with one of their methods to, "lead me down the straight and narrow path". Something so wrong that it offends me when they do. I do not know my pride is the part of the reason why I take so great an offense.
My mother reads LAST DAYS articles on the computer and it seems to me, she does not form her own opinions on very many things but only believes what she reads without question. One of my most respected teachers, Mr. Clark, said, "I hope you don't believe everything you hear without a thorough study on the topic. I hope you don't believe everything I tell you." I think what he means is, we should get as many opinions on the subject as possible, then ask ourselves, "WHAT DO I (I,I,I) THINK OF THIS?" I do not know if my own mother does this or not. I do not think she does; she believes some crazy things.
When she reads these very random articles, she desperately attempts to force her own kids to believe as she does. The key word is FORCE. Just today, I was listening to a random song, "American Pie". It is very nearly 8 minutes long and it was made during the Vietnam War. Dear Reader, it must be understood that during this time, a large amount of strange songs were written during this time. Some songs have the lable as DRUNK SONG, HIPPIE SONG, DRUG SONG, etc, etc, etc. Yes, this is true. It is also true that NOT ALL songs and NOT ALL people were evil during this time. Obviously we still had good people in the world; we still had an LDS prophet. The song was very interesting. I did not find anything wrong with it, neither did dad. I actually researched the meaning and found out for sure if the song had a trace of EVIL content (my mom said that songs from this time period are all evil and cursed with black magic-I have a tendency to argue with what she says a lot of the time...). Fortunately for me, the song was not bad at all. The song is just about mourning for the loss of great singers/musicians that died in a plane crash (Ricky Valens, etc.) I just HATE HATE HATE it when my mom goes on and on in persuasion. Then after thats not enough and I still am honest in saying, "Thats great, but I don't believe it.", mom ends with, "Well, I'm in charge and I've been around a lot longer than you have, SO you BETTER believe what I TELL YOU!!!". Grrrr. This kind of talk bugs me, probably one of my biggest pet peeves. I am annoyed by it for a couple more reasons. One, if I disagree, they do not accept the disagreement (they don't accept that everyone thinks differently) and they are severely angry with me for hours. UGH. I have had enough. The following paragraph will be my own opinion.
Parents should give their opinion. Say, "This is my opinion..." Then they can tell their opinion and leave it at that. Kids should respect their parent's opinon enough to consider their words. BUT to force children to believe exactly as the parent does is despicable. Sharing opinions with parents does not always have to be a girl's cat fight. If both have said their part, then there is no more to say. BOTH sides should separate to think the conversation over in their minds.
Parents need to be limited on what they should tell their child to do. Kids NEED NEED NEED to think and decide for themselves. That is what will help them. They will more fully understand that choosing the right in every aspect of life will give them true happiness. As soon as kids reach the age when they can decide and think for themselves, they must only do that. Parents can give opinions and advice. They should not be bossing them around. If they do, the kids will be BABYSAT the rest of their lives, until they learn to be INDEPENDANT.
Thanks for reading! And I am now satisfied... I finally got that mess out of this brain.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Fab quote from Re-joyce
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson
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