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Emptying my head

I’ve got a lot rolling around in my head these days, but I’ve been struck by a cold and none of it’s coming out very coherently. So I present instead some random thoughts.

I found this post really interesting, and it put together really well some thoughts I’ve been trying to sort out about compassion. I feel like I’m getting a masters (or maybe just intense beginners) class on compassion lately.

This post is part of that class too. Read it, if just for the second paragraph.

This is my new favorite blog. She writes gorgeously and honestly.

These pictures inspire me.

These inspire me even more. (I LOVE the idea of pininterest, and love collecting pictures, but I have the feeling I’d just end up taking everyone else’s pictures.

I’ve been listening to this album nonstop this week: Lamb of God: a sacred work for choir, orchestra and soloists, it’s so amazingly gorgeous. I can’t recommend it highly enough in preparing for Easter.

Speaking of Easter, I am not the least bit prepared. I haven’t gotten out any of our Easter books, I don’t know that the Easter bunny has thought about baskets… I need to get in touch with that guy.

Do you want to see some stuff I’ve made recently?

These little guys were a quick make- and the girls love them. They’re supposed to have legs, but, well, they don’t.

I made the two little bear/bunnies for a baby shower gift- the dark brown and green for her new little boy, and the white and pink for his big sister- because you know she’d try to steal the other one. :) The Godzilla was just for fun, and is sitting on top of my desk, though Z wants it desperately. I expect it will end up in her room by the end of the week.

I have the problem that I just have too many things I want to make. This is my craft book shelf:

(And I realized that one book is missing.) I compiled a list, and out of these books, there are over 50 projects that I want to do. That’s a lot.

My next project is supposed to be this:

 

A quilt for Z. The fabric is even cut into strips to be further cut so I can start sewing:

But I found this fabric the other day:

and I am completely and utterly distracted. I’m envisioning a quilt with 12 inch “windows” from this fabric, surrounded by thin brown strips (to make the window frame), then basket weave squares (like in the skull quilt above) in these colors:

with a little of this thrown in for good measure.

Or maybe that on the back? I’m not sure yet.

But I do need to get to the skull quilt first, as Z is getting a new bed, and needs a bigger quilt to go with it. All of her current quilts are definitely toddler bed-ish size, and she, sadly is not.

I don’t think I have anything else to say. I’m going to go make the lasagna that we’re going to have for dinner. What are you up to today?

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At this moment

I was about to start a new post when I found this unfinished one from earlier in the month. There were a couple of things I wanted to remember in it, so here they are, before I type anything new.

- Part of why I’m tired is because someone yelled “Momma” at 3 am this morning. I went in to see what was  going on, and both girls seemed asleep. I assumed it had been Tiny, as she has a tendency to talk (and yell) in her sleep. Z had kicked off her blankets and it was cold, so I covered her up. I didn’t touch Tiny because if you touch her she wakes up and starts demanding things.  This morning, Z mentioned that she had been cold in the night and had yelled for me. We had an impromptu lesson on reaching down and pulling up her own dang covers. (Presented much more kindly, of course.) I even had her lay in bed and practice.

- I’m reading Heidi with Z before bed. I’d never read it before, and I really like it. We’re reading an abridged version, and I need to get the real one, there’s a lot of good stuff in it. Z is loving it. We read a couple chapters and then she said no thank you to another one. She usually only does that if there’s something scary in the book, but everything was happy, so I asked her why she didn’t want to keep reading. She said that she was afraid we’d get to the end of the book. That’s my girl! I promised that we could start over again at the beginning if she wanted to once we’d finished.

-I ordered business cards for my etsy shop today from Moo.com. They have pretty awesome cards, and you can have different designs or pictures on one side of every card. And no, there is nothing in my etsy store yet, but the cards were free through a dealie thing, and baby steps, right? Once we move I’m hoping to get the box of stuff I have to sell photographed and up on the site. I’ll let you know.

-I finished Evelyn Waugh’s Work Suspended. Goodness, I love that man’s writing. This is a collection of his short stories, and they’re brilliant. I know I throw that word around a lot, but he really was. He just had the ability to capture the joy and tragedy and absurdity of life with such affection.

Ok, here I am again today. :)

At this moment:

I should mention that I finished the unabridged Heidi and it was marvelous.

I’m listening to this over and over again. I just love it.

I really want to make this for the girls’ new room.

Speaking of their new room, I can’t wait until they are in it! We’re days away from being able to start to move, and I can’t wait. We are precisely at the point where we can’t pack more without tripping over boxes, but I still want to get more done.  Hopefully we will have everything moved by the middle of next Saturday, and hopefully I will have had the chance to unpack some things as we went. I will post pictures when I have them.

Z gets to sing with the primary during Sacrament tomorrow. She also gets to say the prayer in opening exercises. In her words, “There are so many exciting things I get to do!”

I can’t stop thinking about these two posts. (Here and here ) I don’t have much to comment about them, they’re just truly awe inspiring accounts of the hand of the Lord in people’s lives. I highly recommend them, but make sure you have time and tissues.  I will warn that the first one is absolutely devastating – the last lines will rip you open.  It’s amazing to me how much people endure in this life, in the valleys of death we must walk through.  And we never really know what people are going through, or have gone through- do we?

I’m heading to bed.  What’s going on with you at this moment?

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Check out my new blog!

Remember my blog post from a couple days ago? The post full of recommendations? Well, since then I’ve thought of more to post, and I didn’t want to just go back and add them to that post, because they’d get lost, so, long story short, I have a new blog, just for the things I like the best. So if I’ve ever told you about something and forgot to send you a link to it, this is where you should go. If you want a new game to play or a new book to read, check it out. You might find something you like.

Here it is:  May I Recommend…

Let me know what you think!

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All in one place: A reference post

Apparently I recommend things a lot, and I thought it might be useful to someone (ahem, Becky, Sherry… :) ) to have all my recommendations in one place. SO… while this may not be every recommendation I have ever made, it will be as many as I can think of at the moment. Hopefully you find something you like; personally, I love all of these things. And I’m not getting paid by any of them to say that. (And I’m in no way guaranteeing any of them, though to the best of my knowledge and experience they work great.)  I’ve included links to everything, so I’m not really going to go into too much description of what they are, just why I like them. :)

Crafting stuff:

Fat Quarter Shop: This is where I buy all my fabric online. They have fair prices, sometimes amazing sales, and they stock a TON of stuff. They also carry packs of fabric that’s already cut, and quilt kits. Their shipping prices are good, and they have great customer service.

Joann Fabric and Craft: This is where I buy a lot of my fabric in person. Good prices, great coupons, really nice selection.

Custom Crops: This is where I buy scrapbook and other crafting supplies online. They have the best prices on Cricut cartridges that I’ve found, if you’ve tumbled down that particular well. They also carry glimmer mist and lots of other wonderful things.

Homemaking:
Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life: This book changed my entire outlook on homemaking and cleaning. Seriously life changing.

Education:

100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing the Right Curriculum and Approach for Your Child’s Learning Style : This book is essential for anyone starting out homeschooling, or just trying to sort out their view of education or trying to figure out their child’s learning style.  I seriously cannot recommend this book highly enough. A word of warning though- DON’T get the Kindle edition- there’s a multi page survey in graph form (that’s essential to the whole point of the book) that is rendered completely ineffective in digital form.

A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning, A Charlotte Mason Education, and More Charlotte Mason Education: Charlotte Mason’s philosophy is what we’re following for our homeschooling, and these books give the best introduction and practical application I’ve found. The first is long and is meant to be read over a period of time and thought about, the second two are super fast reads but SUPER informative. I recommend reading the second two first, and then getting into the first one. (I really should have put them in a different order, shouldn’t I? HAHA, I’m not changing it now!)

Reading:

LeapFrog – Letter Factory: This DVD, along with the Talking Words Factory, Word Caper, Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory make up a FANTASTIC introduction to letters and reading. They really work incredibly well. There are math DVDs too, but we haven’t used them as much. I should get them out again.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: This is the book we used with Z, and it is fantastic. We did have to stop at around lesson 65 as it takes the kids up to a 1st or 2nd grade reading level, and she hit her personal ceiling.  HIGHLY recommended.

Now I’m Reading! Playful Pals, Level 1 : This is what we’re working through now for reading lessons, and Z is loving them. Each “book” has 10 mini books inside, and there are 5 or 6 sets.

There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book): Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie series is a new hit at our house. The words are straight forward enough that Z can read them, and the pictures are hilarious enough that she WANTS to read them.

Tell Me A Story Cards: OK, so technically I haven’t actually tried these yet, but I have it on good authority that they’re amazing, and I just ordered them. There are 4 sets, “Mystery in the Forest”, “Fairy Tale Mix Up”, “Little Robot’s Mission”, and “Circus Animals’ Adventure”. The pictures on the cards look really evocative, but vague enough that you could get some really great story telling happening.  At less than $10 a set, I kind of want all of them.

Art:

Come Look With Me: World of Play : This series of books is so fantastic that I want to own every single one. Each two page spread contains a full page reproduction of a piece of art, and the facing page has a little paragraph about the piece and the artist, and questions intended to get your kid really looking at the art, finding new things, thinking about it. I LOVE these.

MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds and Art with Anything: 52 Weeks of Fun Using Everyday Stuff (Mary Ann Kohl Books): Both of these are chock full of AWESOME and fairly easy art projects.

The Artful Parent: This blog is full of super fun ideas for art projects to do with kids, we’ve stolen at least 4 or 5 since I started reading it just about a month ago.

Filth Wizardry: Also full of crazy fun art ideas. So inspiring.

Yoga:

Jillian Michael’s Yoga Meltdown: It’s a quick, intense, good workout. Lots of movement within poses to keep your heartrate up, short periods of holding the poses to build strength.

Fat Free Yoga and Ultimate Stretch Yoga Workout : Both of these are Kundalini Yoga, and so there’s lots of movement, lots of crazy breathing. :) I LOVE both of these. They both come equipped with a heavy duty Matrix menu where you can pick and choose which parts you want to do, which is awesome when you have a specific amount of time.

Shiva Rea – Creative Core Abs and Yoga Shakti: Both of these are by Shiva Rea, who is a crazy amazing yogi. They’re both very flow-y, with a lot of standard yoga asanas that flow effortlessly (hah!) into each other. Yoga Shakti includes some super heavy duty moves, but they tend to be inspiring rather than depressing (at least to me). Both workouts are filmed in amazing settings- one of the beaches is seriously SO pretty. And Yoga Shakti comes with a Matrix menu. The Creative Core Abs really is “creative”; she introduces the movements and then says “do what you want! Let your body move!”, which could be kind of irritating if you don’t like that kind of thing. I enjoy it, and definitely feel it the next day.

Gaiam Kids: Yogakids Fun Collection: The two dvds in this collection are awesome. My girls LOVE them, and love yoga because of them.

Music:

Cape Verde: I love this album for it’s “multi-culturalism”, but mostly for it’s ability to make me feel like I’m living in an Ocean’s Eleven style heist movie. The girls really enjoy it too.

You Are My Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell: This is what Z calls “calm music” – calming and quiet without being boring. I turn this on when the girls are getting crazy and it tends to tone things down a bit.

Here Come the ABCs, Here Come the 123′s, and Here Comes Science by They Might be Giants: Awesome music that teaches basic letters, numbers, and science concepts in a way that won’t want you to cut your ears off. Seriously, some of the songs are really catchy. We listen to “High Five” in increments of about 30 times in a row.

That’s all that I can think of at the moment. If I’ve recommended something to you and forgotten and you think it would be helpful, let me know and I’ll add it.

Now it’s your turn! What do you recommend?

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Random thoughts

Are you ready for summer? We are.

She would wear this everyday if I’d let her. She won’t be so eager once she starts swim lessons, but that’s a fight for another day. :) Our “summer” starts in a couple of weeks- preschool ends and swim lessons start- I’m excited. I love our preschool and the fun things we do with our friends for adventure days, but it will be nice to just have time to be outside and play. (Of course, seeing as I have to have everything organized, we still have a “schedule” for the summer – lots of pool days and park days and beach days and adventures. But it’s a lot more open  than the non-summer months have been.)

I really think my Auntie (and my favorite Uncle and cutie pants cousin too…)  should come visit me for a weekend (at least) and go to the beach with us…. I’m just sayin’….

I really feel like I should be heading to bed, it’s late (for me) but I totally scored today and took a 2 hour nap, which I think may doom me for falling asleep at any normal time. But who knows, maybe it won’t.

I’m reading some really interesting books right now- Come Be My Light by Mother Teresa, which is fascinating- I’ve not read much about her before; and Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life by Margaret Kim Peterson, which is hands down one  of the best books I’ve ever read. It looks at the spiritual implications and ramifications of homemaking and housekeeping, and as  my dearly loved Brandy expressed about it- it’s extremely validating. Peterson puts into words so many things I’ve felt, and explores connections that I immediately recognize as truth.  My favorite part so far – when speaking about the scripture in  Matthew about feeding the hungry and clothing the naked, and “as you did it to the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” :

“There is a tendency, I think, on the part of those of us who are well fed, clothed, and housed to imagine that the needy people to whom Jesus refers in Matthew 25 are people we don’t know- the sort of people who are served at homeless shelters and soup kitchens, at which we ought therefore to volunteer at least occasionally. But housework is about feeding and clothing and sheltering people who, in the absence of that daily work, would otherwise be hungry and ill-clad and ill-housed.”

Isn’t that stunning?

Oh, and this too:

“God’s own presence with his people is mediated through dwelling places and domestic activities. In the book of Genesis we read of how the Lord appeared to Abraham as he sat at the door of his tent beside the oaks of Mamre. God’s appearing took the form of a visit from three strangers whom Abraham and Sarah welcomed by preparing and serving a meal of bread and meat and curds, and as they welcomed these strangers they welcomed God himself and became recipients of God’s promise and blessing.”

I love it.

Truly a random thought- did you know I never actually learned to type? Like I never took a class or anything. I just wrote hundreds of papers in high school and college and by the middle of my freshman year in college (I’m fairly sure), my fingers had the muscle memory from all the hunt and peck. I have no idea how fast I type now, but it’s not too shabby. Like I said- random.

We just started watching Modern Family- it’s cute. And we’re catching up on Doctor Who, which is fantabulous. I love that show. Not at all convinced I’m going to love the new Doctor, but I thought that about David Tennant too, and I absolutely adore him.

Ooh, I’m also reading poetry by Kay Ryan, current U.S. poet laureate, and absolutely LOVING it. I’m not huge on poetry- it has to hit the right tone for me- but she’s awesome. Snarky, smart, slightly biting- perfect.

Polish and Balm

Dust develops

from inside

as well as

on top when

objects stop

being used.

No unguent

can soothe

the chap of

abandonment.

Who knew

the polish

and balm in

a person’s

simple passage

among her things.

We knew she

loved them

but not what

love meant.

So lovely.

I bought new sandals. They’re awesome and my toenails are painted red in their honor.

I really want another s’mores cupcake like the one B brought home for me the other day. It was super yummy. And it had toasted marshmallow frosting.  That’s just awesome.

I really don’t want to plan out dinners for the next week. Anyone have any great ideas of new (fairly easy) recipes I can try?

I’m running out of random thoughts, so I will tie this up with some cuteness.

All I will say about the contents of that cup is that while it should have kept her awake, it did not. Thank goodness. :)

She is not, in fact, re-inacting the Monty Python Silly Walks sketch, although I can see how you’d think that.

Really, I think this is the absolute cutest, to die for picture ever of all time:

Grandpas are just the best. :)

Hopefully that was sufficiently entertaining and didn’t bore anyone to death.  I think I may be ready to fall asleep. And I want to get my booty out of bed tomorrow morning and do some yoga, so I better get to it.

What’s going on with you? :)

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Well hello, peoples

It was pointed out to me this evening that I haven’t posted in a while. And it always slightly disappoints me when I go to my regularly scheduled blogs and there’s no new post, so…..

B was gone to Ireland for a week and a half, 8 days, somewhere in there. He’s back now, which is lovely. I missed him. The girls missed him. We enjoyed the fact that we live in the future and have the equivalent of video phones, except without the accidentally answering it with your hair in curlers. Wasn’t that always the fear about video phones? And it was before answering machines, so the idea that you could JUST NOT ANSWER THE PHONE wasn’t a possibility? Wow I’m kind of rambly tonight.

While he was gone I:

watched a lot of movies set in the 1920s (including but not limited to: Being Julia, Gosford Park, and The Cat’s Meow),

worked on some projects which I will not detail here as they are intended for a couple readers of this blog,

hosted both an Oscar party and a jewelry party (both great fun),

skipped on over to Santa Cruz where we visited beloved friends, bought wonderful things (including a pair of foxy boots that make me look like a space pirate- seriously, just add a jaunty cap and I could be piloting a dirigible), and went to the beach. The girls LOVED it. We need to do it more often.

did NOT finish Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, which I feel like I’ve been reading for YEARS now,

went to bed early a bunch of nights. It’s tiring doing this mom thing on my own!

But now he’s back- hooray! And just in time for my birthday, an occasion on which I was thoroughly and gorgeously spoiled. I received not only awesome rag doll Alice in Wonderland toys, but also a new Haunted Kindle! which I’ve decided should actually be officially named The Haunted Kindle. The original haunted Kindle (lower case h) still works fine, but is a little “janky” as B puts it, and has it’s personality quirks. It will have a loving new home (not on a lovely farm with lots of room for it to run…) and I will enjoy the razor quickness, longer battery life, and overall slickness of The Magic Haunted Kindle of Doom, complete with swanky pink case.  All the books are moved over, and I will continue trudging through Positive Discipline for Preschoolers.

In other birthday news, this post really rings true for me.

And speaking of posts that ring true, this one is amazing. (The comments are amazing too.)   I’ve been thinking a lot recently (inspired by lessons and things, not life tragedies) about how so many things that happen in life happen because we’re living in an imperfect world and sometimes that just sucks, and that most of the time the horrible things that happen are NOT God’s will, but that if we turn them over to Him, He will sanctify them for our good and make them part of a positive process for us.  And that’s so much better than holding on to bitterness and anger over them, because there is no positive process there.  Anyway.

And speaking of thinking about things, I’ve been thinking lately about how we don’t receive more knowledge until we do something with the knowledge that’s already being offered to us. And how sometimes (many times?) our definitions and assumptions of how things work get in the way of our seeing the way they really do work. I’ll write more about this later, I think.

And with no sneaky segue,  can I just sa that daylight savings time is killing me? I just thought I’d mention it. I will not mention how my children are doing with it for about another week or so. Or maybe never. Don’t want to jinx/mess up anything. Let’s just say there’s a yin/yang element to it.

My cousin just had a baby girl who is currently in the NICU (I think), please extend prayers on her behalf (the baby and the mama. And the daddy. And the grandparents and uncles and aunts for good measure. And the little sister of the baby).

I think that’s it for now. I’m tired and going to bed.

Goodnight.

Oh goodness. I was about to go to bed when all drama erupted. Let’s just say that if you’ve told a little girl that she isn’t supposed to get out of bed, but that if she needs to pee in the night that she can call you and you’ll come get her, you need to have a contingency plan for what happens if you don’t hear her.  And I will pass along the wisdom of said same little girl, “When you have all your crys in you, it feels all frusterating. But when you get all your crys out, it feels happy!”. Do with that what you will. Just keep in mind that getting all said crys out can take upwards of 15 minutes.

Goodnight.

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Randomness

Some bits and pieces from life recently:

My new favorite band is Rock Sugar. A rock band stuck on a desert island in 1989 with only the 80′s pop cd collection of a 13 year old girl…  Absolutely hilarious and awesome.

Men’s moguls was KILLING me last night. Seriously, the Olympics has some kind of spores or something ( as my brother used to say about Harry Potter) – I don’t care in the least about men’s moguls, but I was on the edge of my seat  screaming as those last 3 skiers went down.  And did you see the US guy totally biff it toward the end there? B totally caused that.  He gave it to the universe, and the universe gave it right back. :)

We’re getting a new couch! B used his day off today and went and picked it out while we were busy with preschool- total surprise. We get it in a couple weeks. Woo hoo!

I have Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance stuck in my head. It will. not. leave. I won’t link to it so as to save you from the same fate.

I’ve been thinking about this post about girls and sports (and the drive to win vs. being “nice”) a lot over the last couple of days, especially in light of the Olympics and an interview I watched with the women’s mogul gold medalist, who talked about how it made her sad to have taken the gold from the Canadian who almost won.  I don’t know that I’m coming to any conclusions, especially since I never participated in competitive sports of any kind.  If anyone has any insights and wants to talk about it, I’d love to.

And now, some pictures!

Valentines girls

Tiny loves Pooh bear. I believe she currently has 6 stuffed Poohs.

She also loves dancing.

and is apparently considering following in her namesake’s shoes, playing the role of an updated Eliza Doolittle in an as yet unscheduled performance of My Fair Baby.

Z loves posing.

I believe that’s all that’s going on at the moment. I have a baby blanket to finish, and a large number of projects to start and finish. I need to write them all down so I can get them going and done.

What are you up to?

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Random recommendations

A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis: A gorgeous little kid’s story about a penguin named Edna who decides to look for “the something else”- something not like the white, black, or blue that make up her days and nights (the ice, night, and water). It’s short, the art is lovely, and it contains such a wonderful lesson about widening your horizons to look for truth.

Wheat Thins Flatbread Tuscan Herb flavor: My new favorite food. Seriously, so so tasty. Z even likes them, and she doesn’t eat “herb-y” things.

The Cricket’s  Orchestra by Meaghan Smith: I’ve been listening to this album non-stop all day. It’s part 30′s big band, part rock-a-billy (only 1 song’s worth), part blues, part some other things I’m too lazy to think of. Lots of piano, lots of instruments, and a gorgeous old school sounding voice.  It’s total and utter Maryanne music. And it’s only $5! What do you have to lose? I mean, other than $5? It’s SOOOO good.  Listen to Heartbroken (my favorite) at the link.

The Vintage Pearl’s personalized necklaces: I got these for all the women relatives this year for Christmas. The quality is great, and they turned out truly lovely.  Now to get one for me!   (Actually, I’m looking at this one, (with “connect”, of course) but that’s another discussion entirely!)

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids: This book is amazing. It’s so inspiring, and exactly what I needed to be reading right now. The main concept is that kids are bombarded with too many toys, too much information, too many activities, too many choices, and that by simplifying in all of those areas and introducing more rhythm and routine into the day, they will better thrive (and so will parents and family life). Instituting even a couple of the suggestions have made a world of difference in our house.

That’s all I’ve got for now- what do you recommend today? :)

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Read me

There are posts from me all over the internets today.

My brilliant photographer friend Jessica asked me to guest post about Z’s photography at Momshots.

My friend Hilary started a new blog about weight loss, and I’m contributing posts about my love/hate relationship with Jillian Michaels, I mean, my attempt to work out throughout the year.  Check it out here.

And there’s a new post up at Modern Day Martha about our balcony garden.

The prolificness can’t last, so enjoy it while it lasts!

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Some things I’m thinking about

I’m having one of those weeks when it seems like an understanding is coming, growth is on the way, if I can just sort out the thoughts in my head.  These are some of the lampposts lighting my way:

“Perhaps the greatest indicator of character is the capacity to recognize and appropriately respond to other people who are experiencing the very challenge or adversity that is most immediately and forcefully pressing upon us. Character is revealed, for example, in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to detect the hunger of others when we are hungry; and in the power to reach out and extend compassion for the spiritual agony of others when we are in the midst of our own spiritual distress. Thus, character is demonstrated by looking and reaching outward when the natural and instinctive response is to be self-absorbed and turn inward. If such a capacity is indeed the ultimate criterion of moral character, then the Savior of the world is the perfect example of such a consistent and charitable character.”   From this amazing talk by Elder Bednar

“Your brightness is my darkness. I know nothing of you and, by myself, cannot even imagine how to go about knowing you.  If I imagine you, I am mistaken. If I understand you, I am deluded. If I am conscious and certain I know you, I am crazy. The darkness is enough.”  -Thomas Merton, a Catholic monk.  I originally read this as being about an inability to really know other people, and typing it now I realize it’s actually probably about an inability to comprehend God, but it’s opened up some interesting thoughts with my interpretation.

I thought I had more, but I don’t. That’s it for now.