Sunday, January 23, 2011

Positive Influences (I like this!)

"Strange that I had not realized before but it is not as a young woman encourages a young man to go on a mission that her greatest influence is felt. Rather it is through her actions as she reveals her commitment and testimony to the gospel of Jesus Christ and gives evidence through her power and influence in the advancement of good."

Do the young men you associate with know that you have a standard of excellence from which you will not depart?

Do they know by what you say and and do that you honor and respect your parents?

Do they know that you follow the counsel of the leaders of the church?

Do the know you will delay dating until after you are 16 because a prophet of the Lord has given that direction?

By your actions to they know that you have made up your mind to be good and that you will not weaken? Can they look to you friendship to gain confidence and respect for themselves?

Will your language, your dress, your choice of entertainment, music, books and movies help the young men who associate with you develop admiration and respect for womanhood?

Can they see in you the refinement and sweetness that encourage an attitude of reverence, respect, and honor for that sacred calling?

( Ardeth G Kapp, "By the Way She Is"New Era Sept_1976 pp10-12)
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So I get hand outs at church consistently which I love, but I think out of all of them, I have kept this the longest. I want who I am friends with know that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I hope that I will always be able to answer yes to these questions and lead by example.


Favorite Character Defining Quotes



"Treat everyone with politeness even those who are rude to you,
not because they are nice but because you are."

"Remember who you are,
Knowing who you are,
Changes what you do"

Friday, January 21, 2011

Life is Not Fair


“One day my daughter said to me, 'Life is not fair, life is not fair.' I got fed up. I said, “You’re cute. That’s not fair. You’re smart – that’s not fair. Your family’s well off –that’s not fair. You were born in the U.S. – that’s not fair. Darling, you better get down on your knees and pray that things don’t start getting fair for you.”

-P.J. O'Rourke

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

project:closet 2

Its sideways again, I know. But just looks at it in awe (with your head tilted a little to the left). One project down. Five billion more to go.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

project :closet

What a mess. This would be my closet about four hours ago. I'm hope to be finished with my whole room make over by the end of the week on top of studying for exams. I'm also realizing its going to upload sideways, sorry.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Wabi Sabi


It is the cracks in the bark of trees that lets us know it is a mature and healthy tree, harboring an ecosystem while protecting itself from many of the denizens of the ecosystem.

It is the lines in a persons face that lets us know how much they have laughed, considered carefully, grimaced in their lifetime.

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Wabi-sabi reminds us that we are all transient beings on this planet—that our bodies, as well as the material world around us, are in the process of returning to dust. Nature’s cycles of growth, decay, and erosion are embodied in frayed edges, rust, liver spots. Through wabi-sabi, we learn to embrace both the glory and the melancholy found in these marks of passing time.


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a perspective that sees beauty in imperfection

Thank you Dad

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Keep Calm and Carry on...

I think Im obsessed. minus drinking tea and beer.