Friday, December 11, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Harvest of Happiness
"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." --Henry David Thoreau
I love the Autumn, the crispness of the air and the colors of leaves, I love life. I wish this time of year would linger a little longer before winter begins. I wish I could take a few more walks in the balmy afternoon and cherish the time spent in each day.
If I could wish for one thing right now,it would be MORE TIME. Where does it go, I know how it passes but why so fast and where are the fruits of the labor which I spend days achieving. They are the happy and content children & husband sleeping, the clean house and the bills paid. Why should I want of more and yet I do.
I am so grateful for all that I have, all that I am and will be; all that my children are and will be, I am happy to receive the future and yet I wish to linger a little longer in Autumn, my favorite season. The Harvest of Happiness a year well spent.
I love the Autumn, the crispness of the air and the colors of leaves, I love life. I wish this time of year would linger a little longer before winter begins. I wish I could take a few more walks in the balmy afternoon and cherish the time spent in each day.
If I could wish for one thing right now,it would be MORE TIME. Where does it go, I know how it passes but why so fast and where are the fruits of the labor which I spend days achieving. They are the happy and content children & husband sleeping, the clean house and the bills paid. Why should I want of more and yet I do.
I am so grateful for all that I have, all that I am and will be; all that my children are and will be, I am happy to receive the future and yet I wish to linger a little longer in Autumn, my favorite season. The Harvest of Happiness a year well spent.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Simplify
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-Albert Einstein
I've tried for almost a decade to simplify my life. It works! That's the good news, the bad news is that I keep having to simplify something. Why do humans feel that they need to add something to everything? Let it be. Let it be. Just breathe.
-Albert Einstein
I've tried for almost a decade to simplify my life. It works! That's the good news, the bad news is that I keep having to simplify something. Why do humans feel that they need to add something to everything? Let it be. Let it be. Just breathe.
Wisdom
Philosopher Immanuel Kant said:
"Science is organized knowledge, Wisdom is organized life."
This quote represents a personal goal in progress, and also the
secret for efficiency and success in life. Unfortunately, judging from my unfinished paperwork I am not yet wise.
"Science is organized knowledge, Wisdom is organized life."
This quote represents a personal goal in progress, and also the
secret for efficiency and success in life. Unfortunately, judging from my unfinished paperwork I am not yet wise.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Secret to Stopping Bloody Noses Forever
Ian (18) and Conor (12) have suffered from bloody noses for years especially in the winter time and during hay fever season. I found that using vitamin K stopped the bleeding of the noses after even the first dose. I purchased Nature Made Calcium 750mg+D+K (40mg) and they completely stopped, (two tablets a week only). If I see blood on a wash cloth I ask "have you taken your vitamin K this week?" and I find that they have forgotten. I don't know that the calcium hurts but the K really helped cure the problem. No more Bloody Noses in the Bandley House.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Destiny of the Sword of Laban
Jack a client/friend of mine and I were talking about the destiny of the sword of Laban and... I ended up finding that it has a physical earthly resting place. I thought it was interesting and am writing what I found in the Journal of Discourses, Brigham Young related:
Brigham Young, on June 17, 1877, related the following: "I lived right in the country where the plates were found from which the Book of Mormon was translated, and I know a great many things pertaining to that country. I believe I will take the liberty to tell you of another circumstance that will be as marvelous as anything can be. This is an incident in the life of Oliver Cowdery, that he did not take the liberty of telling such things in meeting as I take.
"I tell these things to you, and I have a motive for doing so. I want to carry them to the ears of my brethren and sisters, and to the children also, that they may grow to an understanding of some things that seem to be entirely hidden from the human family. Oliver Cowdery went with the Prophet Joseph when he deposited these plates. Joseph did not translate all of the plates; there was a portion of them sealed, which you can learn from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. When Joseph got the plates, the angel instructed him to carry them back to the Hill Cumorah, which he did.
"Oliver says that when Joseph and Oliver went there, the hill opened, and they walked into a cave, in which there was a large and spacious room. He says he did not think, at the time, whether they had the light of the sun or artificial light, but that it was just as light as day. They laid the plates on a table; it was a large table that stood in the room. Under this table there was a pile of plates as much as two feet high, and there were altogether in this room more plates than probably many wagon loads; they were piled up in corners and along the walls.
"The first time they went there the SWORD OF LABAN hung upon the wall; but when they went again it had been taken down and laid upon the table across the gold plates; it was unsheathed, and on it was written these words: 'This sword will never be sheathed again until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our God and his Christ." I tell you this is coming not only from Oliver Cowdery, but others who were familiar with it, and who understood it... I take the liberty of referring to those things so they will not be forgotten and lost." (19 Journal of Discourses 38)
Interesting, Huh.
Brigham Young, on June 17, 1877, related the following: "I lived right in the country where the plates were found from which the Book of Mormon was translated, and I know a great many things pertaining to that country. I believe I will take the liberty to tell you of another circumstance that will be as marvelous as anything can be. This is an incident in the life of Oliver Cowdery, that he did not take the liberty of telling such things in meeting as I take.
"I tell these things to you, and I have a motive for doing so. I want to carry them to the ears of my brethren and sisters, and to the children also, that they may grow to an understanding of some things that seem to be entirely hidden from the human family. Oliver Cowdery went with the Prophet Joseph when he deposited these plates. Joseph did not translate all of the plates; there was a portion of them sealed, which you can learn from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. When Joseph got the plates, the angel instructed him to carry them back to the Hill Cumorah, which he did.
"Oliver says that when Joseph and Oliver went there, the hill opened, and they walked into a cave, in which there was a large and spacious room. He says he did not think, at the time, whether they had the light of the sun or artificial light, but that it was just as light as day. They laid the plates on a table; it was a large table that stood in the room. Under this table there was a pile of plates as much as two feet high, and there were altogether in this room more plates than probably many wagon loads; they were piled up in corners and along the walls.
"The first time they went there the SWORD OF LABAN hung upon the wall; but when they went again it had been taken down and laid upon the table across the gold plates; it was unsheathed, and on it was written these words: 'This sword will never be sheathed again until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our God and his Christ." I tell you this is coming not only from Oliver Cowdery, but others who were familiar with it, and who understood it... I take the liberty of referring to those things so they will not be forgotten and lost." (19 Journal of Discourses 38)
Interesting, Huh.
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