“Having a place to go is HOME. Having someone
to love is FAMILY. Having both is a BLESING.”
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Home and Family
White Christmas
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas just like
the ones I used to know where treetops glisten and children listen to hear
sleigh bells in the snow.” – White Christmas
Most people that have experienced a white
Christmas will never want to go another year without one. I have grown up in
Iowa my whole life so there is usually snow during Christmas time and usually a
lot before it too. Even though Iowa has snow Missouri usually doesn’t. I
usually spend my Christmas in Missouri with both sides of my family. In
Missouri there isn’t a whole lot of snow during the whole winter but there is
still always some. There has been a few years were there has been snow but for
the most part there hasn’t been lots of it on the ground for Christmas. To me I
just don’t have that feeling of Christmas and the cold when it is 50 degrees.
It just has a weird feeling to it, but its still Christmas and other places are
like this every year.
Places that are farther south usually never
have snow during Christmas if they even have snow at all for the year. Many
people there have never even seen snow at all. I have thought about how these
people feel if they watch movies during Christmas time. Most of the movies have
snow in it so they can’t really relate to them. Other then movies, Santa is a
huge thing and he is usually depicted with a snowfall. My question that I keep
asking is if down south do they have a different Christmas economy then here in
Iowa/ Missouri.
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Dr. Seuss Quotes
Dr. Seuss has
some of the best quotes in the world. They don't just sound cool but they also
have a very inspirational feel to them. Here are some of my favorites and why
they can be inspirational.
1. "Today
you are You, that is truer then true. There is no one alive who is Youer than
You." This is honestly my favorite quote. It reminds me that I am one of a
kind and that no one else is like me. It also reminds me that everyone is one
of a kind and that you don't have to be like others because no one is the same;
everyone is unique.
2. "You
have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can
steer yourself any direction you choose." Everyone has a brain and
almost everyone has shoes on their feet. These are the only two things you need
to go places in the world. Everyone has a choice of which way to go and which
direction they want to take their life.
3. "It is
better to know how to learn than to know." This is so true. Some people
are naturally smart so they don't have motivation or ways to learn but some day
in their life they will have to learn how to do something new and they may not
be able to do it. Also if you don't know a whole lot then in order to learn you
have to be able to apply yourself and learn how to do something you can’t.
4. "A
person's a person, no matter how small." When I think of this I think of
minorities or people that aren't the most popular or they have a disability.
They are still people. We still need to treat them the same and not look at
them like they are aliens.
5. "I
meant what I said and I said what I meant." Even if someone doesn't think
things through they still meant what they said. It is the person that is receiving
the message that has to interpret it and make the meaning different. In our
world this can get many people into trouble because others can’t always understand
what they are trying to get at.
6. "Teeth
are always in style." This is so true. I believe that everyone should
constantly smile because life is amazing and you have to make the best out of
all situations.
7. "From
there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere." Even though this is supposed to be a cute little rhyme
quote, it has meaning behind it too. I see it as through our journeys both good
and bad there are going to be funny things on the way or things that make us
laugh. Laughing is one of the most important things in the world because it
makes us feel good inside and out.
8.
“Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s a great balancing
act.” This is so true. We have to watch where we step and how we do things so
we don’t go over board and fall off our balancing board of life.
9.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get
better. It’s not.” When I read this it helps me remember that even though I’m
just one person I have the ability to do so much. It only takes one person to
make a difference in the world.
These
are just a few of the many amazing quotes that Dr. Seuss has written. All these
quotes are inspirational with life meaning. I believe that more people should think
about these quotes because they could bring more meaning to their life.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Faith in a Chair
Have
you ever sat down and the chair either broke, someone took it away or there
just wasn’t a chair there? If this has happened to you then you probably fell.
For a while after you were probably very hesitant on sitting down. This hesitation
is not always a good thing but also not a bad thing either. Hesitation is in
someone’s life makes him or her very closed and not really open to wanting to “sit”
again.
After
this hesitation it could take a while to be comfortable again. With chairs it
is really hard to not sit again but if a person took it out from under you then
obviously it’s going to be harder to trust that person again. There will be
that awkward leaning back and holding the chair before you sit down. This way
it’s for sure that the chair is there.
This
can relate to lots of things because in different components of life we have
the hesitations at first and then we have to get through it but over times it
goes away and what was bad isn’t anymore. This happens with siblings and how
they hurt you but you go through that proses of getting to love them again. It
happens when you might hurt yourself and you get very worried about doing it
again until you either forget about it or you hurt yourself over again.
Hesitation
and having faith go hand in hand lots of times. Along with faith we also have
to have hesitations. With God we have to have faith in Him but at first and
through out there will always be that feeling of hesitation in him and this isn’t
a bad thing. We just have to remember the God is there, just like that chair;
once it awhile stuff gets messed up but we have to stand back up and keep on
having faith.
Wi-Fi
“Faith
is like Wi-Fi, it’s invisible but has the power to connect you to what you need.”
This
is one of the best similes I have ever really saw when it comes to faith and
having it relate to something that my generation would understand a bit easier.
Today so many people don’t really understand how to believe in something they
can’t see. But we have this phenomenon happen so often in our normal life that
believing in God should be actually really easy and not questioned.
Today
Wi-Fi is this invisible thing that no one quits understand. Well some people
get it but the average person probably doesn’t know the science behind it. With
this we have to trust that we will get what we need and that it comes through
the air. This is the same when we talk on the phone with someone. There is no
proof that the two phones are connected but somehow everything works out and
its ok the conversation happens and there is usually no problem.
People
don’t really think about these things like Wi-Fi and talking on the phone these
days. They just ignore it and use Wi-Fi and never really have a second thought
about it. They don’t really have to have faith in this happening because it is
just something that happens. So why do people not believe in God/ harder to
believe in Him. He isn’t there in the sense that we can see Him but there is
definitely proof that He is there and that He is working for us.
I
believe that people have trouble believing in God because they can’t really see
that the things that happen in the world is all because of Him. They really
can’t hear that “phone call” when they pray to God. Faith is something that is
really hard. There may not always be proving unless you look for it. Wi-Fi is
the same just the prove is a little bit easier so see.
Wi-Fi
gets us what we need and this is the same with faith. Faith gets you what you
need too. Having faith in God means that He is in your life. That’s a big deal
because with God all things are possible. So remember to have faith in God and
to know that its just like Wi-Fi in so many ways.
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