Hey all,
So summer seems to be slipping by so fast! I can't believe there's only another month left before I head back to school. It seems so far away, yet so close at the same time. I finally found a place to live in lethbridge, so I'll be living with a different set of 4 girls this year. I'm excited and also nervous because I haven't met them before.
I'm in the process of renovating my room here in Ottawa. If any of you have seen it before, it was light and dark blue for many many years. I'm now updating to a more modern, yet feminine style. I'm going with white, a purpleish-pink, and grey. I'm really excited for it and I hope I can get it all done before the end of August. My friend from Lethbridge is coming to visit at the end of August and she's driving back out west with me (road trip!!).
In other news, I have my G-test tomorrow for my driver's license. If I fail this, I have to start all over from the beginning, so I'm really nervous. I'm taking in my grandpa's car too, so I don't have much experience driving it. We're going out early tomorrow, before the test, to practice and everything. Pray for me!! I really can't afford to fail this!
That's pretty much all there is to update. My life is pretty boring and normal, working at Subway and going to church. Not much else to report.
Until next time,
-J
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Monday 6 July 2009
Year of Change?
When I re-named my blog at the beginning of the year to "A Year of Change", I was looking forward and setting goals to change my life. I am only just beginning to see that change. A familiar quote comes to mind: "Be the change you want to see in the world". It is quite ambitious to think that one person can help to change the world, but as others see you try, and notice your light and dedication to your cause, they may decide that they can change it too.
I get so frustrated by John Meyer's song "waiting on the world to change" because the rising gener
ation are the people who can actually help to make a difference! We have that power! It has become common in the public eye to have tv shows, movies, pictures, music and books which have inappropriate subject content, namely some type of pornography. The change I am proposing is to try to cut back, if not eliminate the explicit media you are exposed to. If you do not feel comfortable, if you do not feel uplifted by something you read, listen to, or watch, then chances are, it is not good for you.
Our Sunday school lesson and one person's testimony touched on this yesterday at church and it got me thinking. What kinds of media am I exposing myself to? What am I reading or watching and how is it affecting me? When I started to think about these things, there were a number of songs, movies/tv shows, and books that I know I should not be reading. We have been de-sensitized and it may feel like a type of sacrifice to cut these things back from our lives. I am sincerely going to try, because I believe it can help change me, and maybe help change someone else too with my example.
To some, this may seem like such a small act, but by removing these harmful influences in our lives, we can feel uplifted, enriched, and blessed by the more positive things we find to fill our time. Our spirits and minds will be more open to inspiration and the "stage of our mind" will be occupied with the things of the Lord and not the things of the world. I hope you can take this challenge with me, and if you are already trying or have mastered this in your own life, I congradulate you!
Until next time,
-J
I get so frustrated by John Meyer's song "waiting on the world to change" because the rising gener
ation are the people who can actually help to make a difference! We have that power! It has become common in the public eye to have tv shows, movies, pictures, music and books which have inappropriate subject content, namely some type of pornography. The change I am proposing is to try to cut back, if not eliminate the explicit media you are exposed to. If you do not feel comfortable, if you do not feel uplifted by something you read, listen to, or watch, then chances are, it is not good for you.Our Sunday school lesson and one person's testimony touched on this yesterday at church and it got me thinking. What kinds of media am I exposing myself to? What am I reading or watching and how is it affecting me? When I started to think about these things, there were a number of songs, movies/tv shows, and books that I know I should not be reading. We have been de-sensitized and it may feel like a type of sacrifice to cut these things back from our lives. I am sincerely going to try, because I believe it can help change me, and maybe help change someone else too with my example.
To some, this may seem like such a small act, but by removing these harmful influences in our lives, we can feel uplifted, enriched, and blessed by the more positive things we find to fill our time. Our spirits and minds will be more open to inspiration and the "stage of our mind" will be occupied with the things of the Lord and not the things of the world. I hope you can take this challenge with me, and if you are already trying or have mastered this in your own life, I congradulate you!
Until next time,
-J
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