Power of God's love

Another quote from readthescriptures.com. I am including this because of several incidents that happened today, both at home & at work.

"Filled with his love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others."
--Elder John H Groberg, "The Power of God's Love", November 2004 Ensign pg. 9

Nick was "cycling"  today. No, he didn't go out & bicycle, it was too cold & windy for that. Nick is a rapid cycler.

A cycle is the period of time an individual takes to go through one episode of mania and one of depression (or hypomania and depression).

A person can have bipolar disorder & only cycle once in a lifetime. Nick, however, has bipolar II. He can cycle several times in one day. Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between the Asperger's & bipolar, sigh.

Here is just one incident from a day that seemed fraught with "incidents." Nick was fine with me & just a few minutes later, he was "snippy" with Don. Don came back out of Nick's room & sat down at his computer in the front room. I tried to talk to him about the episode with Nick, but he said he was tired of being made to feel stupid. He  just sat at the computer with his head in his hands for a long time.

I am glad that I have two days off & that it is not a week with 2 production days. I don't think I could handle it.

Never assume ...

Wow! This quote kind of hit me. I picked it up from ReadtheScriptures.com

"Never assume that you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees in some private place and speak with Him. What a marvelous and wonderful thing is prayer. Think of it. We can actually speak with our Father in Heaven. He will hear and respond, but we need to listen to that response. Nothing is too serious and nothing too unimportant to share with Him."
--Gordon B. Hinkley "Stay on the High Road," Ensign, May 2004, 114

 I had completed my reading assignment & was requesting another assignment. Last night I almost forgot to read. I was closing the computer down & remembered. Whew! I've come this far & haven't missed a day. Lent is over this week. It's so much easier to read online. The text is so much bigger than the book.

It doesn't seem like I can get away to kneel at "some private place." I pray wherever I am, driving, contending with my grown children, ... I have done this for years. Usually, the only "private place" is the bathroom. I remember I knelt at the toilet to pray many times in the mission office when I was on my mission.

I try very hard to listen to the response from my Father in Heaven. There have been times when I have written the responses I have received, knowing I'll forget if I don't.

Great things

Another President Faust thought

"May we all be faithful in doing the day to day ordinary things that prove our worthiness, for they will lead us to and qualify us for great things."
--James E. Faust, "Some Great Thing", Ensign, Nov. 2001, 46

Some days it is very hard to do the day to day ordinary things.

Random Acts of Kindness

Isn't this a cool quote?

"Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a helping hand, or a gracious smile."
--President James E. Faust, Ensign, Nov. 2002, 21-22

I remember when Don was at Air Force Officers Training School in San Antonio, Texas, in 1983. I was driving from Lawton (Ft. Sill), Okla., to San Antonio alone. I was scared, but determined to go. I stopped at a light in a town in northern Texas, can't remember now where I was. It was early morning & a guy in this big, lifted pickup pulled up next to me in my little dark blue Pontiac T100 with Utah plates. He looked over at me, smiled & said, "Good morning." It made my day. I can still remember his smile 27 years later.

Much more ... muchier

Don & I went on a date today. We went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D in Logan, then afterwards we went to Chili's for dinner.

We have been trying all afternoon to think of the last time we went on a date. I finally  remembered. We went to see Avatar a few weeks ago at the Worm Creek Opera House in Preston. There was lots of blue skin. We didn't see Avatar in 3D. Don-Mike did though. He had taken a date to see it in Logan in 3D.

Alice in Wonderland was wonderful. My favorite line from the movie was from the Mad Hatter to Alice. "You used to be much more ... muchier." I googled the line & got this delightful entry from a blog.

If you go ... enjoy.

Another quote

So, I didn't use either quote, but this one:

In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.  ~Mark Twain

Probably because it has snowed twice today. Both times the ground has been white. Don said it was just a spring shower, only it was so cold it was snow!! I got home from work at the same time as Don, so I sat in his car & we talked. There was blue sky & sun shining on the mountains in front of us & behind us & the snow was pelting the roof of the car.

Spring quotes

OK, color me a slave to my cat. She's meowing to go to bed. Now, why she can't go to bed without me is a mystery. But, she is insisting we go to bed NOW!!! Silly girl!! I think she's slept the day away, now it's time to go to bed.

So, since I can't think when Miss Marsha is demanding to go to bed, I will put the quotes for the bulletin board here, so I won't lose them.

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day."
-   Robert Frost

That was today alright. I didn't take time to put shoes & socks on, just wore my croc sandals & my feet have been cold all day.

"In April, we cannot see sunflowers in France, so we might say the sunflowers do not exist. But the local farmers have already planted thousands of seeds, and when they look at the bare hills, they may be able to see the sunflowers already. The sunflowers are there. They lack only the conditions of sun, heat, rain and July. Just because we cannot see them does not mean that they do not exist."
-   Thich Nhat Hanh 

Can't you just see the sunflowers?? Or are they daisies?

I was really disappointed in the ward book club tonight. I told Don I may not go again.