Day 31 - The Word Contained - Second time round
I spent the day trying to be as contained as possible. I did pretty good but it sure is easier when you are totaly focased on the task. I'm glad we have the gospel. As I focused on being contained today, the world around me was being about as un-contained as they could. They don't contain their emotions. They don't contain their language. They do have good qualities about themselves, but they don't even know how to begin to contain themselves. and then to top their day off, they go to the bar and get drunk. I'm grateful I grew up in the church and was taught values. but even with that, it still takes effort to contain ourselves.
I hope each of you had a wonderfully contained day.
Blessings on you.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Day 30 - The Word Cultivated
Cultivated is a word I can get my head around. My first known memory of cultivation came when I was 8 years old. I, according to my parents, had been driving tractors since I was 2. Can you imagine putting your 2 year old in the drivers seat of a tractor? How ever old I was, my dad would show me how to steer the tractor which was pulling a slip where my dad on one side and someone else on the other would grab bales of hay and stack them on the slip. When we got to the end of the hay field, I was taught to turn the key off and my dad would turn the tractor and get it straight so I could do the same thing over again. I have vage memories of that. So when I was 8, I wanted to drive the tracdtor by myself. The tractor had a cultivator on it and my dad had a field that needed cultivating. He finally gave in and away I went. The cultivator was 8 feet wide and it took a long time to get the field done. I started out doing it right but as time went by, I got tired of it. I started to leave a wider and wider space between the 8 foot rows until the spaces were wider than the cultivator. Needless to say, it had to be mostly done over again. I don't remember who did it the second time.
This was a lesson I have always remembered and as I have gone through life it has helped me much. It was good to see my old friend Cultivated this morning as I was checking out the word of the day.
Like cultivating farm land, as we cultivate out minds and souls, we have to be careful to do a good precise job. it's not good to leave spaces between our work. As I got older, I learned how to fortify my job activity cultivation. I learned to do every job (especially for employers) as I would do it for the Savior. It helps me do my best and makes me happy and puts me in a good mood all at the same time.
I didn't realize it until today, but as I have been studing Annalee Skarin's books over the years, a cultivation process has been going on. The scriptures do the same but focusing on a subject puts a bee line on things and that is what she is all about. Actually, this word exercise we are all doing is a cultivation of what each word means and how it affects our inner workings.
I am going to start the C-word list over tomorrow, and I intend to do a better job of cultivating each word this go-a-round.
Peace and Happiness to you all
Cultivated is a word I can get my head around. My first known memory of cultivation came when I was 8 years old. I, according to my parents, had been driving tractors since I was 2. Can you imagine putting your 2 year old in the drivers seat of a tractor? How ever old I was, my dad would show me how to steer the tractor which was pulling a slip where my dad on one side and someone else on the other would grab bales of hay and stack them on the slip. When we got to the end of the hay field, I was taught to turn the key off and my dad would turn the tractor and get it straight so I could do the same thing over again. I have vage memories of that. So when I was 8, I wanted to drive the tracdtor by myself. The tractor had a cultivator on it and my dad had a field that needed cultivating. He finally gave in and away I went. The cultivator was 8 feet wide and it took a long time to get the field done. I started out doing it right but as time went by, I got tired of it. I started to leave a wider and wider space between the 8 foot rows until the spaces were wider than the cultivator. Needless to say, it had to be mostly done over again. I don't remember who did it the second time.
This was a lesson I have always remembered and as I have gone through life it has helped me much. It was good to see my old friend Cultivated this morning as I was checking out the word of the day.
Like cultivating farm land, as we cultivate out minds and souls, we have to be careful to do a good precise job. it's not good to leave spaces between our work. As I got older, I learned how to fortify my job activity cultivation. I learned to do every job (especially for employers) as I would do it for the Savior. It helps me do my best and makes me happy and puts me in a good mood all at the same time.
I didn't realize it until today, but as I have been studing Annalee Skarin's books over the years, a cultivation process has been going on. The scriptures do the same but focusing on a subject puts a bee line on things and that is what she is all about. Actually, this word exercise we are all doing is a cultivation of what each word means and how it affects our inner workings.
I am going to start the C-word list over tomorrow, and I intend to do a better job of cultivating each word this go-a-round.
Peace and Happiness to you all
Monday, July 15, 2013
Days 20 thru 29
Well as you can see, I am once again way behind. I haven't been as diligent with these words as the others. Changeable is something that I have the ability to do. It's one of the blessings of becoming seasoned. Content too. In fact I love having a moment where I can sit on the deck after the sun has gone down and just be content and think of the things I need to change in my life.
I can be curious but rarely in an outward agressive way. And I can be communicative but the more seasoned I get, the more I hold my tounge when I should. I do get goofy with my wife once in a while, but it's usually when she's not in the mood for goofy.
I am pretty much always considerate. Especially if I like you. If a person is hard to like it becomes a chore to be as conciderate. I have found that if I can master it in those moments, that is where real growth takes place. I guess that's why we have those moments. Isn't that curious?
Calm and Collected are also something that gets more frequent as a person seasons. Being young sure has its bennifits, but I would never trade it for the wisdom of seasoning.
Now we are left with Comely, Captivating and Colorful. These are words that I didn't even know what they ment let a lone if I was. I still havent figured out how to impliment them into my redneck being but I do intend to figure it out.
It was good to see Larry Ann(e)? this past week. I love to spend time with Bronwen and some of the reason I don't get my blog done is I have a hard time dislodging my self from our conversations. I appreciate Larry Ann and those of you who are such good friends to her.
Onward and forward. Tomorrow is a new day. Isn't it wonderful to be attatched to such a wonderful project and to be changeable. Onward to Zion.
Blessings on all of you
Well as you can see, I am once again way behind. I haven't been as diligent with these words as the others. Changeable is something that I have the ability to do. It's one of the blessings of becoming seasoned. Content too. In fact I love having a moment where I can sit on the deck after the sun has gone down and just be content and think of the things I need to change in my life.
I can be curious but rarely in an outward agressive way. And I can be communicative but the more seasoned I get, the more I hold my tounge when I should. I do get goofy with my wife once in a while, but it's usually when she's not in the mood for goofy.
I am pretty much always considerate. Especially if I like you. If a person is hard to like it becomes a chore to be as conciderate. I have found that if I can master it in those moments, that is where real growth takes place. I guess that's why we have those moments. Isn't that curious?
Calm and Collected are also something that gets more frequent as a person seasons. Being young sure has its bennifits, but I would never trade it for the wisdom of seasoning.
Now we are left with Comely, Captivating and Colorful. These are words that I didn't even know what they ment let a lone if I was. I still havent figured out how to impliment them into my redneck being but I do intend to figure it out.
It was good to see Larry Ann(e)? this past week. I love to spend time with Bronwen and some of the reason I don't get my blog done is I have a hard time dislodging my self from our conversations. I appreciate Larry Ann and those of you who are such good friends to her.
Onward and forward. Tomorrow is a new day. Isn't it wonderful to be attatched to such a wonderful project and to be changeable. Onward to Zion.
Blessings on all of you
Friday, July 5, 2013
Day 13 - The Word Chosen
Day 13 - The Word Chosen
I had a hard time with the word chosen. I didn't have the definitions of it on the day of and I felt a little out of line considering myself as chosen. When I found where my wife had identified the definitions of the words we are using, I studied them out.
1) Selected from a number; picked out; taken in preference; elected; predestinated; designated to office.
2) Select; distinguished by preference; eminent.
Predestinated:
Predeterminmed; foreordained; decreed
Eminent:
1) High; lofty; as an eminent place.
2) Exalted in rank; high in office; dignified; distinguished.
3) High in public estimation; conspicuous; distinguished above others; remarkable.
There are a number of these things that I hope for and seek. Some of them make me feel uneasy. In a righteous way I hope for at least some of the others. I want to be chosen, but I'm probably going to have to grow into it at this time. I'm glad it came up because I can see it is necessary to focus on in a righteous way.
Day 14 - The Word Confident
Confident is a wonderful word. There are many ways that I am confident and many I am not. For example, I am quite confident in my work skills. I am confident that my mother and my wife and my children love me and most of my grandchildren at any given time. I am confident in my growing relationship with my Father in Heaven and my Savior. I become in-confident when I compare my Heavenly skills with those in this group that I know. I'm really grateful for my skills, but I find myself envying your skills and behind in my progress. But I sure am glad that I am as close to you as I am because I sure do enjoy the discussions and the learning that goes on. As understanding comes, confidence grows. My confidence around the Gospel has grown in leaps and bounds this past year. I am confident that I know that God is in charge and leading me along.
Day 15 - The Word Concise
I had a wonderful experience with this word as I went to work at 4:30 Monday morning. The Spirit came over me and taught me what the Savior meant when He said "I am that I am". I have know for years that we are what we think. Bronwen has been talking to me about how we have taught our bodies wrong things that are the opposite of what we really want. I have been telling my self that old age stinks, and my body hurts, that I have Diabetes etc. The Spirit taught me that I am what I have programed myself to be when in fact, I want just the opposite in reality. Some how I felt how to change all of that and make it right. It was a wonderful AH HA moment. Then my wife gave me two of Annalee Skarin's books that she brought back from our home in Idaho when she was there in May. I spent several years reading and applying Annalee's encouragement and had wonderful experiences with her books. The 2 that Tari brought back were about the pathway of the Gods. They are the only two that I haven't read yet. Well, I started them yesterday and WOW. Because of the experiences I have had this last 15 months and this project and all of the wonderful conversations with Tari and Bronwen, I'm understanding all of Annalee's teachings on a much higher level. I am so grateful for the Gospel and the learning curve that takes place in our lives when we finally get our noses headed in the right direction., and I can see that being concise is one of the main things we have to apply to everything we do in our lives if we are going to become as God is.
Day 16 - The Word Cooperative
This word was refreshing because I don't have as much struggle with it as I do some of the other words. I like to cooperate with people, especially ones who are cooperative. The important thing to me is that I don't cooperate with the enemy. There are many out there, especially in the political world. I am one who looks forward to the cooperation that will go on that will bring about the Millennial reign and do away with all of the tyranny that abounds in this world.
Day 17 - The Word Completed
I do look forward to this part of the journey being completed. But I realize that God doesn't just sit around so, how will it be???
Day 18 - The Word Charismatic
This word makes me laugh. I suppose I hope a bit of charisma wears off on me as the process goes on. Is it possible for an old Country Red Neck to develop charisma? After all, Larry the Cable Guy has a compelling attractiveness or charm that inspires devotion in others. However, I would rather have # 2 happen to me.
Day 19 - The Word Classic
I like Tari's post on this. She is so classy in so many ways. I like to see her in my mind as she will be when the renewal of our bodys comes. She is very pretty with classy taste in most things. I carry a photo of her when she was 19. She is tall and slender and has a great smile and the best of pretty fingers. Her Dream car is an older Jaguar and a 64 1/2 Mustang. She has great taste in music and cloths. Hopefully some day I will be able to provide her with more of the classy things she deserves. She is and always will be a very classy woman
For me, the older I get the more I like fine (classic) things. A perfect water melon chilled to perfection. A great prime rib or rib eye. A 66 GTO or a 57 Chevy. A great Pickup. New Caterpillar equipment. A good pair of boots. Long tailed shirts. Each new grandchild. Children who really have their act together. How good a man my father was and I didn't even know it until I became a classic (you know, older). I have been blessed to know many men and a few women that are true classics. And because of them my life has been blessed immensely. I am also blessed to know up and coming spiritual giants. I am positively sure that my Father and Mother in Heaven and my Savior Jesus Christ are Classic. And I am very grateful for classic books and experiences that teach me classic truth.
Now, as you have seen, I was very behind with these posts. I doubt it will be the last time, but I am glad for tomorrows word, Changeable. I change daily and have much hope of becoming perfect in all things.
Blessings on all of you.
I had a hard time with the word chosen. I didn't have the definitions of it on the day of and I felt a little out of line considering myself as chosen. When I found where my wife had identified the definitions of the words we are using, I studied them out.
1) Selected from a number; picked out; taken in preference; elected; predestinated; designated to office.
2) Select; distinguished by preference; eminent.
Predestinated:
Predeterminmed; foreordained; decreed
Eminent:
1) High; lofty; as an eminent place.
2) Exalted in rank; high in office; dignified; distinguished.
3) High in public estimation; conspicuous; distinguished above others; remarkable.
There are a number of these things that I hope for and seek. Some of them make me feel uneasy. In a righteous way I hope for at least some of the others. I want to be chosen, but I'm probably going to have to grow into it at this time. I'm glad it came up because I can see it is necessary to focus on in a righteous way.
Day 14 - The Word Confident
Confident is a wonderful word. There are many ways that I am confident and many I am not. For example, I am quite confident in my work skills. I am confident that my mother and my wife and my children love me and most of my grandchildren at any given time. I am confident in my growing relationship with my Father in Heaven and my Savior. I become in-confident when I compare my Heavenly skills with those in this group that I know. I'm really grateful for my skills, but I find myself envying your skills and behind in my progress. But I sure am glad that I am as close to you as I am because I sure do enjoy the discussions and the learning that goes on. As understanding comes, confidence grows. My confidence around the Gospel has grown in leaps and bounds this past year. I am confident that I know that God is in charge and leading me along.
Day 15 - The Word Concise
I had a wonderful experience with this word as I went to work at 4:30 Monday morning. The Spirit came over me and taught me what the Savior meant when He said "I am that I am". I have know for years that we are what we think. Bronwen has been talking to me about how we have taught our bodies wrong things that are the opposite of what we really want. I have been telling my self that old age stinks, and my body hurts, that I have Diabetes etc. The Spirit taught me that I am what I have programed myself to be when in fact, I want just the opposite in reality. Some how I felt how to change all of that and make it right. It was a wonderful AH HA moment. Then my wife gave me two of Annalee Skarin's books that she brought back from our home in Idaho when she was there in May. I spent several years reading and applying Annalee's encouragement and had wonderful experiences with her books. The 2 that Tari brought back were about the pathway of the Gods. They are the only two that I haven't read yet. Well, I started them yesterday and WOW. Because of the experiences I have had this last 15 months and this project and all of the wonderful conversations with Tari and Bronwen, I'm understanding all of Annalee's teachings on a much higher level. I am so grateful for the Gospel and the learning curve that takes place in our lives when we finally get our noses headed in the right direction., and I can see that being concise is one of the main things we have to apply to everything we do in our lives if we are going to become as God is.
Day 16 - The Word Cooperative
This word was refreshing because I don't have as much struggle with it as I do some of the other words. I like to cooperate with people, especially ones who are cooperative. The important thing to me is that I don't cooperate with the enemy. There are many out there, especially in the political world. I am one who looks forward to the cooperation that will go on that will bring about the Millennial reign and do away with all of the tyranny that abounds in this world.
Day 17 - The Word Completed
I do look forward to this part of the journey being completed. But I realize that God doesn't just sit around so, how will it be???
Day 18 - The Word Charismatic
This word makes me laugh. I suppose I hope a bit of charisma wears off on me as the process goes on. Is it possible for an old Country Red Neck to develop charisma? After all, Larry the Cable Guy has a compelling attractiveness or charm that inspires devotion in others. However, I would rather have # 2 happen to me.
Charisma:
1)
Compelling
attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.
2)
A divinely conferred
power or talent.
Day 19 - The Word Classic
I like Tari's post on this. She is so classy in so many ways. I like to see her in my mind as she will be when the renewal of our bodys comes. She is very pretty with classy taste in most things. I carry a photo of her when she was 19. She is tall and slender and has a great smile and the best of pretty fingers. Her Dream car is an older Jaguar and a 64 1/2 Mustang. She has great taste in music and cloths. Hopefully some day I will be able to provide her with more of the classy things she deserves. She is and always will be a very classy woman
For me, the older I get the more I like fine (classic) things. A perfect water melon chilled to perfection. A great prime rib or rib eye. A 66 GTO or a 57 Chevy. A great Pickup. New Caterpillar equipment. A good pair of boots. Long tailed shirts. Each new grandchild. Children who really have their act together. How good a man my father was and I didn't even know it until I became a classic (you know, older). I have been blessed to know many men and a few women that are true classics. And because of them my life has been blessed immensely. I am also blessed to know up and coming spiritual giants. I am positively sure that my Father and Mother in Heaven and my Savior Jesus Christ are Classic. And I am very grateful for classic books and experiences that teach me classic truth.
Now, as you have seen, I was very behind with these posts. I doubt it will be the last time, but I am glad for tomorrows word, Changeable. I change daily and have much hope of becoming perfect in all things.
Blessings on all of you.
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