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Monday, November 16, 2009
Where Is Your Heart At?
I just joined Tumblr.
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But don't go there right now because it won't have anything on it. :-)
Today has been a day of reflecting for me. My heart is pretty smiley right now and I'm very happy with the life I have right now. I just want to share it with everyone! I have FHE in a half hour though so I have to hurry. Ha.
Okay so I had an incredible Sunday yesterday. I taught Gospel Doctrine (my favorite calling by far!) for the first time this semester (yes I have been called all semester long but I just haven't had to teach. weird.) and it was on Temples and Family History. I kid you not, every lesson I have taught since having a teaching calling has been for me. It makes me smile thinking about all the lessons I've given too, and how I lovelovelove each one. Anyway, this was such a good experience because it talked about how much we can do and all the tools we have at our disposal. One of the things we talked about was writing in a journal. Everyone struggles with this. Seriously. I definitely do. I try to write in my journal as often as I can (usually once a week) and for the first time in my life I have almost filled an entire journal. Cool right? So my roommate, the baller that she is, is best friends with President Eyring's granddaughter (or great granddaughter I'm not sure) and she went over to their house once because he was in town visiting his son (who actually used to be my stake president!) and she shared this awesome experience...He gathered the family together in this library room or something and what he does, every day, is does a journal page on the computer. He does a picture, shares spiritual experiences, feelings, everything he did that day. The picture he takes with his iphone. He types it all up on the computer, and then emails it to EVERYONE in the family. How amazing! After hearing that, I really want to be better at journal writing. I guess having a blog helps a TON. Let's be honest. Typing 3 pages is a lot faster than hand-writing 3 pages. Ridiculous. I love my ward too by the way. So many nice people. Especially our leaders.
Another thing I wanted to tell everyone about was my Eternal Marriage class today. We started talking about the natural man and how to overcome it by having divine qualities. And of course we started the movie Tuesdays With Morrie (which is also an amazing book and I highly recommend you read it if you haven't!). My teacher assigned us to take notes like mad which was very easy to do considering the content of everything. Basically, for those who are wondering, its about a guy named Morrie, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), who teaches a previous student of his about living life as he begins to die. It's a real eye-opener because it teaches you also about the meaning of life and how to live it to the fullest. How unimportant all the games are and how we just need to be honest with each other and not protect each other's feelings when it's important to share them. Okay really I'm just going to share my notes. I think that's best in order to get my point across. Haha.
The last great journey is dying and something of value can be learned from it.
Find time--make time--to thank people, to talk to them.
What is it about silence that makes people so uneasy?
Dying is just one thing to be sad about, but living unhappily is another.
Are you giving to your community?
When you know how to die, you know how to live.
Catch your breath every now and then!
How do you see time?
We must love one another, or die.
Aging is not just about decay, it's about growth.
Mourn, and then detach. Don't give yourself time to self-pity. It's not worth it. You have a whole day of living ahead of you.
Don't ever lose the desire to be touched--Don't be scared to let people in--Don't spare people's feelings by denying them.
Did you ever stop to think about what you're running from?
We didn't even finish the movie and I'm already pondering on how I can make my life better. What am I holding back from? What can I change? Who am I not letting in? What am I running from? How am I living? I really want to be a better person. I love my family so so much (every part of my family!!!!) and I want them all to know it. I know I don't know everyone in my family as well as I could or am able to, but I really do love my family so much. I wish I could see all of you all the time and I hope with all my heart that one day we can all live closer and I will be able to devote more time. I don't like how school envelops all my time right now. It is so so hard, but I know this is where I need to be. I want you to know I'm sorry I don't keep in touch as well as I should and I don't see you all as often as we all would like. I do love you all so much. You have a huge part of my heart and soul...
rachaelrae.tumblr.com
But don't go there right now because it won't have anything on it. :-)
Today has been a day of reflecting for me. My heart is pretty smiley right now and I'm very happy with the life I have right now. I just want to share it with everyone! I have FHE in a half hour though so I have to hurry. Ha.
Okay so I had an incredible Sunday yesterday. I taught Gospel Doctrine (my favorite calling by far!) for the first time this semester (yes I have been called all semester long but I just haven't had to teach. weird.) and it was on Temples and Family History. I kid you not, every lesson I have taught since having a teaching calling has been for me. It makes me smile thinking about all the lessons I've given too, and how I lovelovelove each one. Anyway, this was such a good experience because it talked about how much we can do and all the tools we have at our disposal. One of the things we talked about was writing in a journal. Everyone struggles with this. Seriously. I definitely do. I try to write in my journal as often as I can (usually once a week) and for the first time in my life I have almost filled an entire journal. Cool right? So my roommate, the baller that she is, is best friends with President Eyring's granddaughter (or great granddaughter I'm not sure) and she went over to their house once because he was in town visiting his son (who actually used to be my stake president!) and she shared this awesome experience...He gathered the family together in this library room or something and what he does, every day, is does a journal page on the computer. He does a picture, shares spiritual experiences, feelings, everything he did that day. The picture he takes with his iphone. He types it all up on the computer, and then emails it to EVERYONE in the family. How amazing! After hearing that, I really want to be better at journal writing. I guess having a blog helps a TON. Let's be honest. Typing 3 pages is a lot faster than hand-writing 3 pages. Ridiculous. I love my ward too by the way. So many nice people. Especially our leaders.
Another thing I wanted to tell everyone about was my Eternal Marriage class today. We started talking about the natural man and how to overcome it by having divine qualities. And of course we started the movie Tuesdays With Morrie (which is also an amazing book and I highly recommend you read it if you haven't!). My teacher assigned us to take notes like mad which was very easy to do considering the content of everything. Basically, for those who are wondering, its about a guy named Morrie, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), who teaches a previous student of his about living life as he begins to die. It's a real eye-opener because it teaches you also about the meaning of life and how to live it to the fullest. How unimportant all the games are and how we just need to be honest with each other and not protect each other's feelings when it's important to share them. Okay really I'm just going to share my notes. I think that's best in order to get my point across. Haha.
The last great journey is dying and something of value can be learned from it.
Find time--make time--to thank people, to talk to them.
What is it about silence that makes people so uneasy?
Dying is just one thing to be sad about, but living unhappily is another.
Are you giving to your community?
When you know how to die, you know how to live.
Catch your breath every now and then!
How do you see time?
We must love one another, or die.
Aging is not just about decay, it's about growth.
Mourn, and then detach. Don't give yourself time to self-pity. It's not worth it. You have a whole day of living ahead of you.
Don't ever lose the desire to be touched--Don't be scared to let people in--Don't spare people's feelings by denying them.
Did you ever stop to think about what you're running from?
We didn't even finish the movie and I'm already pondering on how I can make my life better. What am I holding back from? What can I change? Who am I not letting in? What am I running from? How am I living? I really want to be a better person. I love my family so so much (every part of my family!!!!) and I want them all to know it. I know I don't know everyone in my family as well as I could or am able to, but I really do love my family so much. I wish I could see all of you all the time and I hope with all my heart that one day we can all live closer and I will be able to devote more time. I don't like how school envelops all my time right now. It is so so hard, but I know this is where I need to be. I want you to know I'm sorry I don't keep in touch as well as I should and I don't see you all as often as we all would like. I do love you all so much. You have a huge part of my heart and soul...
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Need You Now
Okay for some reason I have been on a serious Lady Antebellum craze lately. Actually, I really have gotten into some country music lately. It's really strange because if you know me, I'm not always proud of the fact that I'm from the South but recently I really really love it and my accent has come out a lot more. It's fun. I'm really liking it a lot. Haha. I don't like country either, but I really like it a lot lately. Still not into the super twangy stuff and I don't really know If I ever will be, but I think it's a good thing I'm getting into my southern roots. If you have any recommendations for me, let me know! :-)
So my roommate blogs about her love life a lot and I realized that I don't do that at all. I leave little hints every now and then, but nobody gets them because NOBODY knows whats going on half the time. And let's be honest... the majority of the time, I don't either. Anyway, the point is, I decided I'm going to blog about my love life tonight. Because all my other blogs have been kind of boring lately. So I'm gonna bring on the good stuff.
Where to start... Oh goodness. Okay well, for those who are close to me, you have probably heard me talk about Brian--my best friend of...4+ years now. And if you know that, you also know that friends is all we ever have been for many many reasons. Some of which I still am confused about. Haha. Anyway, he just got off his mission. I've gone to Utah a couple times, he's come up here, and we've hung out and had A LOT of fun together. It's so so complicated though because I feel like there is something there, but because we never have enough time to explore that, there hasn't been a lot of progress made. In the past I had forgotten what it was like to miss someone... and he's made me remember that feeling. I also don't think he really knows how much I care about him and I don't really know how to convey that to him. Even as just friends, this has got to be one of the hardest relationships I've ever been in. But it's totally worth it. And I'm honestly happy with everything.
K so then there's Sam. He's from Washington. And he was in my ward last semester but we never really talked or hung out. Anyway, we started talking on facebook a lot. I won't lie, I'm pretty interested. He's very much my type. He's tall, and has dark hair and GORGEOUS green eyes. He's super athletic and funny too. Anyway, he came to visit last week and we went out to Jamba Juice (I highly highly recommend the pumpkin splash drink they have! so good!) and it was just really fun! We had good conversation and he was very respectful. We'll see though.
There's also Jared. Who was also in my ward last semester and is friends/roommates with these other guys I was interested in. He's a stud and sooo funny. He went to Ukraine on his mission, very cool I know. I love Russian so it's a total plus. He doesn't have any idea that I'm interested either. He kind of reminds me of Korben in his sense of style and his sense of humor. Which is appealing cuz Korben is like my best friend and what girl doesn't want a guy who has similar qualities?
That's pretty much it... I'm sure I drive my roommates crazy with all this stuff. Especially since I'm so on and off with all of them. I really really like Brian a lot. Sam and Jared are kind of "let's see what happens" type of things. Like I would be okay if we ended up just being friends. I'm just takin it a day at a time though. What else can I do! Whatev. It's fun. :-)
So my roommate blogs about her love life a lot and I realized that I don't do that at all. I leave little hints every now and then, but nobody gets them because NOBODY knows whats going on half the time. And let's be honest... the majority of the time, I don't either. Anyway, the point is, I decided I'm going to blog about my love life tonight. Because all my other blogs have been kind of boring lately. So I'm gonna bring on the good stuff.
Where to start... Oh goodness. Okay well, for those who are close to me, you have probably heard me talk about Brian--my best friend of...4+ years now. And if you know that, you also know that friends is all we ever have been for many many reasons. Some of which I still am confused about. Haha. Anyway, he just got off his mission. I've gone to Utah a couple times, he's come up here, and we've hung out and had A LOT of fun together. It's so so complicated though because I feel like there is something there, but because we never have enough time to explore that, there hasn't been a lot of progress made. In the past I had forgotten what it was like to miss someone... and he's made me remember that feeling. I also don't think he really knows how much I care about him and I don't really know how to convey that to him. Even as just friends, this has got to be one of the hardest relationships I've ever been in. But it's totally worth it. And I'm honestly happy with everything.
K so then there's Sam. He's from Washington. And he was in my ward last semester but we never really talked or hung out. Anyway, we started talking on facebook a lot. I won't lie, I'm pretty interested. He's very much my type. He's tall, and has dark hair and GORGEOUS green eyes. He's super athletic and funny too. Anyway, he came to visit last week and we went out to Jamba Juice (I highly highly recommend the pumpkin splash drink they have! so good!) and it was just really fun! We had good conversation and he was very respectful. We'll see though.
There's also Jared. Who was also in my ward last semester and is friends/roommates with these other guys I was interested in. He's a stud and sooo funny. He went to Ukraine on his mission, very cool I know. I love Russian so it's a total plus. He doesn't have any idea that I'm interested either. He kind of reminds me of Korben in his sense of style and his sense of humor. Which is appealing cuz Korben is like my best friend and what girl doesn't want a guy who has similar qualities?
That's pretty much it... I'm sure I drive my roommates crazy with all this stuff. Especially since I'm so on and off with all of them. I really really like Brian a lot. Sam and Jared are kind of "let's see what happens" type of things. Like I would be okay if we ended up just being friends. I'm just takin it a day at a time though. What else can I do! Whatev. It's fun. :-)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground
Stress sucks. And I really don't think it likes me very much. I don't handle it well. I'm a very laid back person and very non-confrontational. So when stress hits, it is literally a nightmare. I wish I knew of a stress management class. Except I don't know how much good that would do for me because it would probably just stress me out even more having to deal with that class on top of everything else in my life. Ha. I may look into it.
I have 17 credits for next semester: Motor Development, Chemistry 106 with a lab, Exercise Physiology with a lab, Sports Nutrition, Photography, & Weight Lifting for women. Yeah I'm gonna be pretty busy. The response I've gotten when I tell people that has been pretty 50/50 too. So I can't figure out if I'll end up dropping or not. A lot of these classes will be a cake walk, it'll just be putting the time and effort into them is what will be hard. I'm really excited about photography though. It's gonna be tight.
Flag football ended pretty well! It was actually a really exciting week for that! We were...1 and 5? I think. And then we had a playoff game last Tuesday and we won 18-0. SWEET. Semifinals were an hour later and we won that game too!!! 18-13. HECK YES. Finals were rough. The team we played was very rude and NOT fun AT ALL to play with. So it made it really difficult. I really wanted to take a few girls out. Seriously. We lost 13-0. SUCKED. BUT! At least we got second place. And I made some really awesome friends from being apart of this team :-) It was seriously a blast. If it were possible for me to love football more than I already do, I would say this experience did it.
Well, Chemistry is calling may name unfortunately. Until next time.
I have 17 credits for next semester: Motor Development, Chemistry 106 with a lab, Exercise Physiology with a lab, Sports Nutrition, Photography, & Weight Lifting for women. Yeah I'm gonna be pretty busy. The response I've gotten when I tell people that has been pretty 50/50 too. So I can't figure out if I'll end up dropping or not. A lot of these classes will be a cake walk, it'll just be putting the time and effort into them is what will be hard. I'm really excited about photography though. It's gonna be tight.
Flag football ended pretty well! It was actually a really exciting week for that! We were...1 and 5? I think. And then we had a playoff game last Tuesday and we won 18-0. SWEET. Semifinals were an hour later and we won that game too!!! 18-13. HECK YES. Finals were rough. The team we played was very rude and NOT fun AT ALL to play with. So it made it really difficult. I really wanted to take a few girls out. Seriously. We lost 13-0. SUCKED. BUT! At least we got second place. And I made some really awesome friends from being apart of this team :-) It was seriously a blast. If it were possible for me to love football more than I already do, I would say this experience did it.
Well, Chemistry is calling may name unfortunately. Until next time.
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