Scatter Sunshine

1. In a world where sorrow
Ever will be known,
Where are found the needy
And the sad and lone,
How much joy and comfort
You can all bestow,
If you scatter sunshine
Ev’rywhere you go.

(Chorus)
Scatter sunshine all along your way.
Cheer and bless and brighten
Ev’ry passing day.
Scatter sunshine all along your way.
Cheer and bless and brighten
Ev’ry passing day.

2. Slightest actions often
Meet the sorest needs,
For the world wants daily
Little kindly deeds.
Oh, what care and sorrow
You may help remove,
With your songs and courage,
Sympathy and love.

(Chorus)

3. When the days are gloomy,
Sing some happy song;
Meet the world’s repining
With a courage strong.
Go with faith undaunted
Thru the ills of life;
Scatter smiles and sunshine
O’er its toil and strife.

(Chorus)

Text: Lanta Wilson Smith
Music: Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921

This song has been running through my head off and on for the past couple of weeks.
Why?
Because it was part of my inspiration for what I was going to do about Visiting Teaching.
As you see, I've been called as a Visiting Teaching Coordinator.
Which basically means....I tell people to go visit teach and they tell me if they did it or not.

Which isn't the funnest calling in the world.
As the subject of Visiting Teaching has been harped on waaaaaayyyy too much recently. It's basically beating a head horse now. You keep telling us to do it, but no progress is made.
Why? Because people don't like being told what to do mostly...

Which meant, that I needed to change tactics.
It seems like everyone is focused on the numbers. Getting to the girls, but not really getting to know the girls.

So why not do away with the 'Visiting Teaching' part.
What I wanted to do was to go to each apartment and ask the girls to think of everyone in our stairwell as friends. Not to worry about giving a message, but to invite them to events and be social. Smile, Chat. Don't just ignore each other on the stairwell.

Basically they needed to "Scatter Sunshine."
Or, well, scatter good deeds all over.

But how do I get them to 'Scatter Sunshine?"
By taking it upon myself to be the "Visiting Teacher" for this month.
I went to each door, which is a rather brave thing for me to do, I don't like being the one to go out on a limb....
Knocked.
And gave them this:

Bottled Sunshine!!!

^^ That way they can 'scatter sunshine' because they have some in their possession!! Ha ha!

Yes, it was a fun idea to implement. :) I hope it helped.
I may have even started up a few friendships along the way, but we'll have to see how it goes. ;)

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Stop With The Clean Streak

Just kill me now.
Seriously.
Okay, not literally. But really.
Really, there are times I can't stand people's cleanliness habits. (The OCD over the top ones)
And my work...
Has just reverted back to such a standard!

*shakes head*
It all began when we got in a new manager in the store. The Head Guy.
In many ways he's great.
Wanting us to get back to 'Opening Day' standards -which thankfully he recognizes will take time.

But in one way...I think he's gone totally bananas.

You see, in each animal section in the store, there is a list of tasks we're supposed to do for opening and for closing down the habitats each day.
A task sheet,
That in reality, hasn't been followed in years.
Its been there. I've seen it. But never paid attention to it. Haven't had to follow it since I started there.
I've had coworkers who have.
Ones that mentioned that we stopped following them because frankly it was a WASTE OF TIME!

For the most part, it's not that difficult to do these tasks. Most of them are relatively easy and will get done more quickly when the habit has been established again.

But others....one main other....I think is completely pointless.
You see, Four of the Seven days of the week,
We are to pull out all the water and food dishes for all enclosures and clean them.

*bangs head against the wall*
Seriously.
I truly would understand this if the creatures actually got their water and food dishes DIRTY.
>.< Sure. It does eventually.
It's why we clean all the cages once a week. So those dirty dishes can get clean.
But FOUR days?
To make matters worse.
It's not four days.
It's SIX days.
Why?
Because of those cage cleanings. >.<
They take place on the days that the dishes AREN'T supposed to be pulled out and cleaned.
But guess what? They are pulled out and cleaned because that is part of the process of doing the bedding changes!
Sure it's not every dish on those off days.
But really.
Why would I need to CLEAN a dish that I had cleaned the day before?! It's not like the animals (okay there are some, but that's a minority) could contaminate it in 24 hours! Especially when the water dishes are WATER BOTTLES! How could any creature dirty clean water that comes out of that?! They can't! Not unless they chew a hole into the bottle and then....what do you know...it gets tossed out and a new bottle replaces it.
>.<
There is only ONE day in a week where no dishes will need to be cleaned with this old school process.
It's not like they got filthy (98% of them) when we were only doing them once a week!
Grrrrrr
Honestly. I would be more understanding if the whole freaking process was a bit more thought out!
FOUR Days in a week?
Why four? Because we have an 'odd numbered week.' (which is the stupidest reason, it can't kill the animals to skip two days in a row!)
Why not twice a week? Like Wednesday and Sunday or something? Dishes get cleaned, food doesn't get wasted. Water doesn't get wasted (How can this process even be a GOOD thing when the past year I've been subjected to 'save water wherever you can' videos by the company itself?!) If we're doing dishes every single day how is that saving water? Its. Not.

Honestly. It has to be paranoid cleanafroid OCD people who thought up that policy. >.<
And I dislike them intensely for it.
Why clean what already appears clean?!
"Oh no, the animal has touched it with its paws! Its now contaminated! CLEAN IT!" *bangs head against wall*

There has to be a reason why over time we have started to ignore that policy.
It's simple really.
TIME!
Why waste TWO HOURS doing all those stupid dishes
When the department could be OPEN and READY for customers in that time? We could be focusing on tons of other tasks or, surprise, even customer service!

>.<
The new guy thinks that it will be fine.
Because we will have "two people come in in the mornings."
Well. Guess what?
When I've had two openers in the mornings we still only barely managed to get the department open before the store opened, often it was an hour or so after opening that all opening tasks were considered done.

And that was with us not doing this cleaning process!

Sure. Give me a few more times and I'll get it all dialed in and I'll be able to do the job quickly. (the annoying part would be drying things.)
But that's not all.
He wants us to work on doing fish cleaning tasks before the store is opened too...

When before we barely manage to open the department! Gah.
>.<

It's not something I can't handle. Again, it's just a matter of adjusting.
But seriously.
That cleaning thing? Needs to be rethought and revamped and considered six more times so that it's not such a waste in our mornings. >.<

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Given in The Name of the Lord

A third experience in the branch came during a discussion the members were having in Sunday School concerning when you should give to those who ask you for aid.
One of the members, who had come with his wife from Africa to further his education, raised his hand and told us of the following experience.
As he had been walking home in the neighborhood, he had been approached by a man who put a pistol to his chest and demanded all his money.
Our member took the money from his pockets and handed it over to the man and then said, "If you need the money that badly, I have more."
He opened his briefcase and took out additional money, which he gave to the robber, saying, "Understand, you are not taking this from me; I am giving it to you in the name of the Lord because you need it."
He said the robber looked at him in amazement, put the pistol in his belt, and said, "Where do you live?
I'm going to walk you home because you're too good a man to be on these streets, and you are not safe here."

As they started to walk to the member's apartment, suddenly they were surrounded by police cars because a woman had seen the holdup from her apartment window and had called the police.
The police arrested the robber and took him away.
Having been the victim, this member was asked to be a witness later at the trial of the robber.
At the trial, he testified that although the robber had demanded his money, he had told him that he gave the money to him in the name of the Lord and that if the robber need it that badly, he wanted him to have it.

Since then, when I hear the Savior's words, "Him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also," my mind goes back not only to the Holy Land but also to the hard streets in that eastern city.

Stephen A. West -"Out of Small Things" -April 1999 General Conference

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Grouped Together....Not

I came home from work today...
To find that one of my roommates in her 'need the apartment sparkily clean' moods, had moved a few items of mine from the kitchen table over to a corner of the counter that has been unofficially designated 'the place all Sarnic's things here' spot.

*sighs* Seriously, I get it, my timing on 'what needs to be clean when' is super lax compared to everyone else. So what if something sits there for a day or two or six? If it's not in the way (it's not like they ever USE the dinning table anyway...why move it?)

Which I can understand.
You want the place to look nice.
I get it.
Seriously I do.
It's not my style, I don't mind a bit of clutter from time to time.

What I do mind though....
Is when you stuff everything on top of each other willy nilly.
>.<
Placing garbage, and dirty dishes in with fresh food and clean things. All mixed together

Seriously?
In your state of 'cleanliness'
What on earth possesses you to think "Oh I can put this trash with fresh food and put it all in a dirty dish because it's all Sarnic's so it's okay!"
ITS NOT!!

Just because it's all mine, it shouldn't be grouped all in one pile!
If anything, separate it if you feel the need to move it. Don't just put it all in one pile.
I wouldn't do that to you and I'm not the clean ocd person you are!
I would probably throw the trash away or if not, place it nearby my stuff but not mixed in with it! I would stack the dishes in one corner (clean and obviously dirty) and then place everything else in a pile. All together, but not mixed together.
If that makes any sense? I hope it does.
Seriously.
>.<
How can you consider that 'cleaning' at all is beyond me when it's all together willy nilly. It could be unhealthy, unsanitary, distasteful....

Definitely not a fan of these roommates. Not at all.

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

I was at work, trying to help a bunch of customers along our fish wall, which was part fish tank wall like you see in typical pet stores, and huge tanks like you'd see in those museum aquarium places. And a customer, some dude in a brown jacket and a baseball cap, asked to get a specific fish that he saw in our big museum tanks. Which upon closer inspection...were all fish cutouts that were on an animatronic device to make them look like they were swimming, so he tried for other fish, and other fish, and finally I found a fish that I thought looked like what he wanted though the colors weren't quite right as our lighting system was bad and didn't show the true colors of the fish, but when I went to find him...I couldn't really find him, but in a way I did, as he was in front of our big control panel wall thing and he pulled out two Yu-gi-oh cards. One of Tyrant Dragon, the other a virus card something along the lines of "Black Moor" he placed them together and put them in a slot in the control panel and suddenly....everything went...dead. He'd just 'hacked our system' Why? Because we hadn't provided the service that he'd wanted and he wanted us to learn a lesson. He laughed wishing us luck in getting everything back to working order. -basically it wouldn't without fulfilling his demands...which weren't known- and I had to deal with this disaster, and try to explain it to managers who seemed to not know how much of a disaster it was that we had no working fish system at all...then I had to deal with phone calls, multiple ones from that same guy taunting us, asking questions, and such, not liking my answers...and one news company called trying to dig for information on our policies (which included 'what temperature do we fry our French fries at...which we didn't have French fries in our store.) but they wanted to know all the ins and outs on how this could have been prevented and wanted to know if we were following all our policies correctly or if there was more that needed to be 'fixed' I had the presence of mind though not to answer any of those questions, instead directing them to a manager to answer as they would be more of the voice of the store than I would be....

Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)

-S.N.D

A Day In Review -January 27th

Friday, January 27th 2006

-I went and saw my Uncle Shane play with the UPBB (I think that's the acronym) in Temple Square this day.
(I was playing catch up on Jan 31st saying one thing that had happened the week before. Interesting to note on the 30th I got my driver's permit. Yay for legally being able to learn how to drive. :D)

Sunday, January 27th 2008

- It was a sad day today, as this evening Gordon B. Hinckley President/Prophet of the LDS church passed away. He was 97 years old. It was in a way, earth shattering to hear this news as President Hinckley had been leading the church for nearly my entire life before this point. Since I was like 2 it seems like. I didn't think the Church would be the same without him at the head with his sense of humor, his welcome advice and leadership. But I was happy that he's finally able to be reunited with his wife in heaven. And I hoped that our next prophet (Thomas S. Monson) would be just as great as Gordan B. Hinckley was. (I wasn't disappointed. :) He's awesome.)

I was also playing catch up in this entry for the last four months I hadn't written, mentioning that I had gotten Bs for the first time in High School and it was my senior year (I'd gotten As before that point). I also went to Jr. Prom with a guyfriend Tay which was fun. My English class had gone to Cedar City to see the Shakespearian Festival and watch the play the Tempest, I loved the character Ariel in the play. My cousins from Texas also came up for a visit and I convinced them to get into a huge water fight which was awesome! :)

Tuesday, January 27th 2009

-I managed to walk all the way to school and arrived only to realize I'd forgotten my backpack. O.o How I managed to do that I have no idea. I'd been distracted and thought I had it on. -how I couldn't not feel it's weight and wonder at why it was so light... I have no idea.- I had Institute, and ASL fingerspelling before running to take the bus back home so I could grab my backpack for the rest of the school day -Philosophy? Bleh.- I dropped by a Career Fair that was happening there, and thought that the Border Patrol could be an interesting job. Later in the evening I went to a Women's Basketball game, we won, and I also go a free pink t-shirt for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Once again...I ended up with a headache this day and ended up heading to bed soon after getting home.
(Doing these entries makes me realize how often I really do get headaches. O.o)

Wednesday, January 27th 2010

-Today could have started out as a bad day because I left for school a little late, but still made it to class on time. My Into to Communication's teacher was still sick, but she tried to have class anyway by having an internship person come speak to us, but that only lasted like 10 minutes before we were able to leave. I ended up sitting outside my Sociology classroom working on my Psychology reading, and my teacher happened to be waiting there too so me and my friend Kristin ended up getting our papers we'd turned in the other day back before the rest of class so we were able to leave earlier as we didn't have to wait at the end to get them back. My business class was boring as usual, and I spent my 2 hour break finishing my psychology homework and eating lunch. I sat near an older gentleman that soon drove me crazy as he would make 'ear shuddering noises' with his nose and mouth that quickly got on my nerves (I'm sensitive to noise) I had my Psych class, which always goes quickly and I brought up the fact that I wondered if handedness is environmental or genetic because my Mom is left-handed, (I'm a lefty), but my Dad would often hold me in his left arm as he did stuff (he's a righty) which meant that my right arm was constantly pinned against his side. And I wondered if that could have influenced me or not. Still haven't figured it out. lol. I had my "hardest class ever" ASL 4410 today, which went normally enough, we spoke instead of signing today which was a blessing because I still had trouble with the teacher's signing and understanding everything being said. My last class in the evening ASL 3310 went well, the subject actually caught my attention and interest this time around, because it actually applied to me. We were going over how interpreters should present themselves, how they should dress etc.

Thursday, January 27th 2011

-My roommate Tasha gave me a ride into school today because my sister had forgotten to write a paper for school and would need the car later to get to class on time. I met up with Dan at the Thursday Lunch Bunch at the Institute, I had an Anatomy quiz this day, I knew I got #6 right because in the directions the teacher had told us what the answer was. :) In the evening I went with Dan rock climbing at the Quarry. I had a blast! I climbed 5 times. Dan did as well though he didn't make it to the top the last time. :) We had Arctic Circle afterwards and for fun went to Barnes and Noble. Briefly I held his hand. (which I suppose meant we were in the dating stage now.) Later that evening Tasha's boyfriend (though I don't think they were ever official) Dave came over and they hung out 'way too late' in my opinion. And I was annoyed...just because I had completed so little of my homework that needed to be done over the course of the day.

Friday, January 27th 2012

-I started off this entry with a random factoid. That January 27th would be my ideal day to get married. Why? Because I love the cold and having the wedding anniversary later in the month would mean its further from Christmas. "Needless to say, I didn't get married today, but we'll see what the future brings." ;) lol.
I had a filling between teeth 13 and 14 (anatomy comes in handy some times) come loose the night before, so this day I was extremely paranoid about it falling completely out, it seems like my whole mouth was hurting and aching so I was becoming paranoid that all my fillings were failing and the nerves exposed to the air. My 11am class was canceled this day because my teacher's wife was having a baby. (awww) I didn't get to sleep in though (typical) as I was woken up early by Brother Sackett wanting to make sure that Friday Luncheon tickets were given to the right people. My roommate Tiff ended up giving me a ride down to the school so that I could pick up the tickets from Brother Sackett -who wasn't feeling well. :( poor him. My Committee meeting afterwards I had all 'new people' -who hadn't helped out before- show up so it ended up being a bit chaotic trying to get everything all done. Which didn't happen, I had to run to my Deaf and the Law class to get there on time before going back afterwards to finish what had been missed by my committee. Tiff's parents came over later on in the evening and I chatted with them a bit, and I did end up scheduling an appointment to get my filling fixed for 3pm the next day.

Sunday, January 27th 2013

- I went to church today, but I didn't hear much of what was said as I had been totally captivated with a "Pet Store" story idea and spent the whole time writing it down. (I had like 4 days off in a row from work and spent it all writing this story idea, it was so weird to go back to work as my story petstore was totally different from the actual place I work at, but I felt like I should be running into my characters at any moment.) I went with Kikay to the Floofies for dinner before briefly leaving to go to an engagement party of two of my fellow council members (He was proposing to her that night, and we were to celebrate with them when they got back to his apt.) Afterwards I went back to the Floofies to play Apples to Apples, loving that it was snowing the whole time. ^^ Love the snow.

Monday, January 27th 2014

-"I didn't have work today, so I was able to sleep in and spend the day relaxing. I took a shower, did scripture/conference reading and worked on writing, albeit very slowly, still I made progress. ^^ Especially considering that I'm writing on Word. It's a huge step for me."

Tuesday, January 27th 2015

-I felt much better today, not totally well as I've been suffering from a stuffy/runny nose for the past month, but considering that I had to leave work after only 2 hours yesterday due to not doing well...it was a major improvement. I actually had my energy back even if I still had the dumb stuffy nose as well. XP bleh. Still, I was able to be productive at work doing all the tasks that needed to be done, plus a few extras, like helping my manager Sirch clean up and organize one of our backrooms. After work I dropped by Hobby Lobby to get 24 small glass bottles, and a package of fuzzy sparkily cotton ball things. Why? It's a visiting teaching idea as I'm now a Visiting Teaching Coordinator in my ward. But first I had to go to my Institute Class. :) First I grabbed dinner of Taco Bell and got a couple extra tacos with the intention to give them away to people. Which I managed to do. ^^ (sometimes when I do this I don't find someone so I end up eating it later on.) I dropped by Barnes and Noble after class (which is my habit) and ran into an old acquaintance Colby -he was in a group of friends my sister had her first year of college.- Finally once I got home I was able to implement the beginnings of my visiting teaching idea. I took one yellow cotton ball and placed it in the bottles, before going up to the apartment above me to give them some "Bottled Sunshine." (hopefully will do a post on this soon.) as I wanted to encourage them to "Scatter Sunshine." among our stairwell and to not think of doing visiting teaching, but instead on making friends. We'll see how it goes. But I definitely feel like I made friends in this apartment. ^^ It was good to have peppy fun people to talk to. (as my roommates are dour and ghostly)

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

I was in a big meadow/foresty sort of place, and there was this other girl with me, we were hiding out, but then she heard a noise, a noise she had to investigate -it kinda was like a deer- and she went bounding down the hill we were on, over a fence and into the woods....where she was shot and killed by a creepy looking guy in a red plaid lumberjack shirt. He had accomplished his goal in killing her, and ended up dragging her past me. I hunkered down in the tall yellow grass hoping that he wouldn't see me, as I could feel the evil coming off him, he didn't look to me, but I almost felt like he knew I was there, that he would be coming for me next...

Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away...
and I became myself again. :)

-S.N.D 

April 2003 General Conference Sunday Morning

James E. Faust -Dear Are the Sheep That Have Wandered

• Children come into this world with their own distinct spirits and personality traits. Some children "would challenge any set of parents under any set of circumstances. ... Perhaps there are others who would bless the lives of, and be a joy to, almost any father or mother."
• The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.
• Mercy will not rob justice, and the sealing power of faithful parents will only claim wayward children upon the condition of their repentance and Christ's Atonement. Repentant wayward children will enjoy salvation and all the blessings that go with it, but exaltation is much more. It must be fully earned. The question as to who will be exalted must be left to the Lord and His mercy.
• I believe there is a strong familial pull as the influence of beloved ancestors continues with us from the other side of the veil.
• If we do not discipline our children, society may do it in a way that is not to our liking or our children's.
• Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.
• "If you have never had any problems with your children, just wait a while." No one can say with any degree of certainty what their children will do under certain circumstances.

Neal A. Maxwell -Care for the Life of the Soul

• Today, war clouds here and there rain upon the just and the unjust, but Christ's glorious gift of the great Resurrection will be showered upon us all!
• The unfolding of God's work often proceeds quietly.
• Though ours is a time of conflict, quietly caring for "the life of the soul" is still what matters most.
• Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God's astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible. Amid the mortal and fragmentary communiques and the breaking news of the day concerning various human conflicts God lives in an eternal now where the past, present, and the future are constantly before Him.
• Meanwhile, the defining moments in the "life of the soul" continue to turn on whether we respond with self-indulgence or self-denial in our daily, individual decisions, as between kindness and anger, mercy and injustice, generosity and meanness.

Dennis B. Neuenschwander -Holy Place, Sacred Space

• Without the holy and sacred, we are left with only the profane and secular.
• "Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and stand in holy places."
• Great personal preparation is required for us to receive the spiritual benefit of standing in holy places. Holy places and sacred space are also distinguished by the sacrifice they require.
• One may not have the sacred without first sacrificing something for it. There can be no sacredness without personal sacrifice. Sacrifice sanctifies the sacred.
• Though not always tranquil, our homes can be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.

Susan W. Tanner -Did I Tell You ... ?

• "Successful ... families are established ... on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome ... activities."
• Build a home that is a haven of peace and a fortress of strength.
• "It is important for you Latter-day Saint women to understand that the Lord holds motherhood and mothers sacred and in the highest esteem."
• Parenting is not only challenging, but it provides life's greatest joys.
• Love can make the difference.
• Children--as well as people of all ages--improve behavior from love and encouragement more than from fault-finding.
• We demonstrate our love for family members not only in teaching them affirmatively but also in giving them of our time.
• Love endures through the hardships of life.

Richard G. Scott -The Sustaining Power of Faith in Times of Uncertainty and Testing

• A fundamental purpose of earth life is personal growth and attainment. Consequently, there must be times of trial and quandary to provide opportunity for that development.
• God has given us the capacity to exercise faith, that we may find peace, joy, and purpose in life. However, to employ its power, faith must be founded on something. There is no more solid foundation than faith in the love Heavenly Father has for you, faith in His plan of happiness; and faith in the capacity and willingness of Jesus Christ to fulfill all of His promises.
• Never doubt the reality of faith.
• Motivating faith is centered in trust in the Lord and in His willingness to answer your needs.
• "The Lord ... doth bless and prosper those who put their trust in him."
• "Faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." Thus, every time you try your faith, that is, act in worthiness on an impression, you will receive the confirming evidence of the Spirit. Those feelings will fortify your faith. As you repeat that pattern, your faith will become stronger. The Lord knows your needs. When you ask with honesty and real intent. He will prompt you to do that which will increase your ability to act in faith. With consistent practice, faith will become a vibrant, powerful, uplifting, inspiring force in your life. As you walk the boundary of your understanding into the twilight of uncertainty, exercising faith, you will be led to find solutions you would not obtain otherwise.
• Even if you exercise your strongest faith, God will not always reward you immediately according to your desires. Rather, God will respond with what in His eternal plan is best for you. He loves you to a depth and completeness you cannot conceive of in your mortal state. Indeed, were you to know His entire plan, you would never ask for that which is contrary to it even though your feelings tempt you to do so.
• Faith is not just push a button and you get the answer.
• "God never bestows upon his people, or upon an individual, superior blessings without a severe trial to prove them."
• God will never try you more than you can manage with His help.
• God uses your faith to mold your character. Character is the manifestation of what you are becoming. Strong moral character results from consistent correct choices in the trials and testing of life. Your faith can guide you to those correct choices. Clearly, it is what you do and what you think about that determine what you are and what you will become. Therefore, the choices you make need to be inspired by the Lord. Others can encourage you to make the right decisions, but those choices must not be prescribed by them. You need to ponder, pray, and exercise faith to willingly make choices consistent with the teachings of the Master. Such choices are made with trust in things that are believed and when acted upon will be confirmed. Only enough guidance is given to lead you aright and not to weaken your growing character. That guidance will solidify your trust in Heavenly Father and the Savior.
• Faith will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need. Such character is not developed in moments of great challenge or temptation. That is when it is used. Character is woven patiently from threads of principle, doctrine, and obedience.
• Righteous character is what you are becoming. It is more important than what you own, what you have learned, or what goals you have accomplished. It allows you to be trusted. Righteous character provides the foundation of spiritual strength. It enables you in times of trial and testing to make difficult, extremely important decisions correctly even when they seem overpowering. I testify that neither Satan nor any other power can weaken or destroy your growing character. Only you could do that through disobedience.
• No matter what occurs, no matter how topsy-turvy the world becomes, you can always have the sustaining power of faith.

Gordon B. Hinckley -War and Peace

• We recognize and teach that all the people of the earth are of the family of God. And as He is our Father, so are we brothers and sisters with family obligations one to another.
• But as citizens we are all under the direction of our respective national leaders. They have access to greater political and military intelligence than do the people generally. Those in the armed services are under obligation to their respective governments to execute the will of the sovereign. When they joined the military service, they entered into a contract by which they are presently bound and to which they have dutifully responded.
• We are a freedom-loving people, committed to the defense of liberty wherever it is in jeopardy. I believe that God will not hold men and women in uniform responsible as agents of their government in carrying forward that which they are legally obligated to do. It may even be that He will hold us responsible if we try to impede or hedge up the way of those who are involved in a contest with forces of evil and repression.
• Political differences never justify hatred or ill will.
• "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

I was trying to escape from the captivity of an evil lord, but his underling, a guy with skinny features of the face, wide eyes, was insistent that he come with me -to keep me from getting away- and I finally had to knock him out to try and escape -though I had problems running, I couldn't move as quickly as I wanted to, and he gave me such a look of hurt when he came to, that I would do such a thing to him, that I nearly relented to let him come along with me.

Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)

-S.N.D

Slacking Off

I feel like such a slacker.
Not because I've been delayed in posting on this blog, stuff like that happens.
No.
I feel like a slacker when I end up not fulfilling my duties at work.
When I end up leaving early.
But sometimes...I really can't help it.

So, there I was...suffering from a headache that had lasted throughout the night.
A headache that was bad enough that it wasn't making my tummy very happy either. :(
Meds weren't helping.
But I figured....If I got to work, and worked for a bit...
then...Then I would get better.

I mean it's happened so many times before.
It's such an active job that most of the time the headache fades away once my muscles untense and relax from being used.

Not this time.
No, I totally wasn't feeling it.
I was getting too hot.
Too cold.
Too hot.
Everything ached.
I couldn't stand smells or sounds.
It was not good.
When you can't stand the smell of toast in the morning...its not good, let alone all the 'nice' smells that animals make....

Finally....I decided I should call it quits.
Luckily for me, I actually had a coworker in with me in the morning.
So I felt slightly less guilty about asking to go home early.
I say slightly because it was her first time really opening the department. :S And I left her. Y_Y oops.

But when I could barely stand up,
When my coworker said that my cheeks were flushed, and I felt like I had a fever.
The best thing I could do is...

Go home and rest.
Again, still didn't help me feel like any less of a slacker.
I mean, by the time I actually left work I was feeling better.
But it was the better that would come and go in waves.
I would be fine one moment, then not fine the next.

So, to bed I went.
And I slept and slept and slept putting the stress of work away from me so that I could get myself better.
At least I know myself well enough to know that this 'sickness' wouldn't last forever.
And I was right.
The next day.
I was fine.
Not perfectly well but then again I've been dealing with a stuffy nose for the past month....but way better than I had been the day before. I mean...I got my energy back. :) And that's a good thing to have when at work. :)

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Light Show

I discovered the coolest thing last night!

Of course, the tech savvy people in the world would think it's a no brainer.

But last night, I was trying to open a closed internet tab...when I had exited all the way out of the internet. You know the whole Ctrl+Shift+T thing.

Only, when I pressed the buttons,
I happened to be on my ITunes library.

And the craziest thing happened!

The lists of songs disappeared,
and in it's place was a screen savor esque show.
Of bright lights like suns and dark places like new moons.
And they shine and swirl and twist and disappear in time to the music!

Oh man.
And each style of music gets it's on type of light show.

I mean...I'm pretty sure I knew this existed at one point, used it at one point and forgot totally about it.
Because it's the coolest thing ever right now!

And seriously distracting.
I spent like an hour just watching the lights swirl in time to the music last night,
and even more time today using it as my 'distraction' when I needed a break from writing.

It's great. ^^

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

I was a dog of sorts, captured in a cage, and I managed to get myself free and was trying to open up all the other cages to free the other dogs....

-S.N.D

A Day In Review -January 23rd

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

-"Today was another typical school day. I had to get up for school. Though Kikay hogged the bathroom again so I couldn't get as ready as I wanted to be. I had theater, math, world civ, lunch and English with nothing interesting happening in them. Today was a slow day. Now I'm sitting in bed wondering what to do. I need to write in my other Diary about the dream I had last night, but I can't really remember it. Oh well, guess I can't put it off forever."
-Yep. That was my whole entry. lol.

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

-This entry is really hard to read. My handwriting is hardly legible at all. Why? Well, next day entry tells me that I was trying to write in my journal while watching a movie in the dark with my friend Kristin. In this case, multitasking didn't help.
From what I can comprehend, my history teacher is continuing to annoy me by assigning homework (I'm not  a fan of homework, pointless homework, even less so.) In that I had to read the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights. My Anthropology teacher will be gone for the next two weeks to be in Bolivia so our classes for those next two weeks were to be pre recorded. (I remembered this, my Anthropology class was one of those 'expanded classes' where students from all over the state would watch via webcam the lesson given to us in person at my school. But while he was gone he pre recorded his lectures so we basically sat and listened to our teacher talk, but couldn't ask him questions because he wasn't there.)
I went to the Institute Devotional and afterwards my roommates Jackie and Hailie took me to Café Rio for the first time as I'd never been there before. (They wanted to start a tradition of each month taking me to a food place I'd never eaten at before...I don't think we continued it after this time.) I wasn't all that impressed with the food (still am not, really.) After dinner I went to a deaf movie called "The Mountain Man." with a girl named Tiffany (Stefanie? can't read my writing...not sure who it is.) and I liked the movie. :)

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

-I slept in until nearly noon this day before reading "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens or my Sociology class. I did so, so that I could read a fantasy book without feeling guilty I suppose. I heard a car accident outside my window, and watched the proceedings for a bit. It was nothing major, a fender bender, but my curiosity kept me at the window for a bit.
This day also marked me finishing my 4th Journal, so I would be starting a new fresh journal on the morrow.
(I'm currently writing in Journal #12 to show how much I've written in the intervening years. Usually each journal I buy lasts me around 6 months before I run out of pages and have to get a new one. :) )

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

-"Woke up from a CSI styled dream to go take a shower and drive to church. Dan (may have become my bf by then? no idea) tried to tickle me in Sunday School on the neck, it didn't work. In Sacrament I received my Institute Graduation Diploma. :D (Sooo exciting!) Came home and worked on writing and such. Actually had the first home teachers ever come visit me and Kikay tonight! (My first year hometeacher didn't quite count as he was my roommate's fiancé) We went to Ward Prayer before Dan came over and we watched Despicable Me. Totally wasn't as good of a movie as Megamind was. :)"

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

-I had a 7am meeting this morning for my Institute Council. It was waaaaay too early, (ha talk about change, 7 am is often when I have work nowadays) but I had a bit of a problem today with the council group, mostly because I was feeling jealous as our Presidents decided that they wanted to start doing spotlights on some of the council members and I was jealous that I hadn't been picked for the first group, and I feared that I would be in the last group as I considered myself to be a wallflower and an intruder to the rest of council. It was dumb (recognized so in my journal) to be jealous but I couldn't help but feel that way. (I did get highlighted..it wasn't as I wanted it to be....but it did happen at some point in the future) I ended up taking a 45 minute nap in between the meeting and my class up in a quite corner of the institute building before going to my World Religions class and talked about Jainism, Ehtics "where we got ethical and debated about stuff I'm too tired to remember." Then was Phys of Interpreting where we discussed how advanced we were, because we can move our thumbs across our palms. Apparently monkeys can't do that. They can only move their thumbs up and down. I ran into one of my Teachers and we ended up chatting a bit about me taking the Performance Certification test to get my Certification as an interpreter (I was still waiting for the results, I'd already taken it though...recently (looking back I took it on the 21st and it would be a couple of weeks before I got my results back) I confided that I felt confident in how I took the test and that I felt I'd done fine. My teacher confided back that they'd failed the test twice before passing it and that most students fail 2/3 components of the test (Voicing, Signing, And Both) and that they felt confident as I had the advantage of having done an internship where I was already interpreting.
(Spoilers....I failed it. All three components. Took it a second time, Failed it again all 3 components...didn't take it again after that point, I intended to do a third time, but fell in love with my job at Starsmet instead.) Later that evening while my roommates went to FHE I went to my CCC class where the teacher asked me to talk about taking the test, so I did. "I don't know how clear I was but it was fun to be the center of attention for a little bit."
I also applied for Graduation today. ()_() :S Now I just had to wait to see if I was accepted to graduate or not. (I was.)

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

-I had a morning shift at work that went well, but when I came home and took a nap, I figured I ended up sleeping too long as I ended up with a headache. :( So I spent the rest of the evening trying to get rid of it again. We as roommates ended up holding a 'Froggy Funeral' later in the day as our apartment frog -an African Dwarf Frog- Horatio, had died during the night. :(
I also tried some lamb today for possibly the first time, It was good, I wasn't a fan, but it was good.

Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

-"Haven't really spoken with the roommates today, though apparently we needed to get together to 'talk'. (This year I'd moved into a new apt building with totally new roommates) Isn't going to happen since I have to head to bed to get to work in the morning. -Oh look they just came home. The both of them at the same time. Lovely." (I don't know if we ever did have that 'talk') Earlier in the day I got into work to see that 4 of our 5 glofish tanks now had the blue light on them actually making them glow. ()_() So. Weird. (it's still really cool though!) We also got our reptile shipment in today and our new Pinstripe Python was "huge.' Like 3 times as wide as the normal ones we usually get in. I also bought a new fish tank, for my fish Cassanova (I rescued him from being frozen to death and took him home.) and set that up for him this evening. :)

Friday, January 23rd, 2015

-I had an evening shift today. One that went until 10pm, a bit later than usual, though in the end it ended up being a good thing, as I was the only one scheduled to close tonight. O.o On a FRIDAY of all things. Totally crazy. But at least it all was manageable customerwise. I just couldn't get to closing down my department until after the store itself had basically closed, which meant I did need the extra time provided to me, as I would have been stuck here that late anyway trying to get everything done. Some exciting news is that the new manager in the store talked to Sirch and told him that he was really impressed with me. About how quickly I pick up on things and do stuff and the like. He thinks I'm the best person in my department. ^^ Awwwww. Though he worries I'll get 'burned out.' To which I laugh...as things have been pretty bad recently and I'm not burned out yet...I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. ^^ Definitely was a highlight to my night. :)

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

There was a wife and her husband the baker, wanting to have a child, but they were under tyranny of a Fire Queen, one who had high expectations on what she wanted, and was furious that the baker had run out of her favorite chicken tenders with the spices she liked, only having plain grilled ones instead. In punishment she wanted to take their baby from them for not having the food, but the wife ended up calling in the Ice Queen, to distract the Fire queen from taking their child. Which resulted in a world that had been conquered by the two of them, and students with fire powers and ice powers met together only when both of them were present to learn. If both weren't present, they couldn't mingle with each other through the barriers unless they had passed a specific test that would allow them to not suffer in the other's side of the kingdom. My friend Fluffy was part of the fire group, while the rest of us were Ice. We'd made plans to get together on her side, and after class was over, I tried to join in, grabbing the beaded bracelets/handcuffs that would allow me to transfer through the barrier safely...only I hadn't passed the test. I couldn't take the test, because of my long blond hair, as it would be bad if it shattered in the midst of the test. A risk I could not take, though I kept hoping that they would make an exception, the mean lady at the door was less than sympathetic to my plight....

Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)

-S.N.D 

Calls to Serve

May I share just one contemporary example of both the challenge and the blessings that our "calls to serve" can bring.
A wonderful sister recently said to a dear friend: "I want to tell you about the moment I ceased resenting my husband's time and sacrifice as a bishop.
It had seemed uncanny how an 'emergency' would arise with a ward member just when he and I were about to go out and do something special together.

"One day I poured out my frustration, and my husband agreed we should guarantee, in addition to Monday nights, one additional night a week just for us.
Well, the first 'date night' came, and we were about to get into the car for an evening together when the telephone rang.

"'This is a test,' I smiled at him.
The telephone kept ringing.
'Remember our agreement.
Remember our date.
Remember me.
Let the phone ring.'
In the end I wasn't smiling.

"My poor husband looked trapped between me and a ringing telephone.
I really did know that his highest loyalty was to me, and I knew he wanted that evening as much as I did.
But he seemed paralyzed by the sound of that telephone.

"'I'd better at least check,' he said with sad eyes.
'It is probably nothing at all.'

"'If you do, our date is ruined,' I cried.
'I just know it.'

He squeezed my hand and said, 'Be right back,' and he dashed in to pick up the telephone.

"Well, when my husband didn't return to the car immediately, I knew what was happening.
I got out of the car, went into the house, and went to bed.
The next morning he spoke a quiet apology, I spoke an even quieter acceptance, and that was the end of it.

"Or so I thought.
I found the event still bothering me several weeks later.
I wasn't blaming my husband, but I was disappointed nevertheless.
The memory was still fresh when I came upon a woman in the ward I scarcely knew.
Very hesitantly, she asked for the opportunity to talk.
She then told of becoming infatuated with another man, who seemed to bring excitement into her life of drudgery, she with a husband who worked full-time and carried a full load of classes at the university.
Their apartment was confining.
She had small children who were often demanding, noisy, and exhausting.
She said: 'I was sorely tempted to leave what I saw as my wretched state and just go with this man.
My situation was such that I felt I deserved better than what I had.
My rationalization persuaded me to think I could walk away from my husband, my children, my temple covenants, and my Church and find happiness with a stranger.'

"She said: 'The plan was set; the time for my escape was agreed upon.
Yet, as if in a last gasp of sanity, my conscience told me to call your husband, my bishop.
I say "conscience," but I know that was a spiritual prompting directly from heaven.
Almost against my will, I called.
The telephone rang and rang and rang.
Such was the state of my mind that I actually thought, "If the bishop doesn't answer, that will be a sign I should go through with my plan."
The phone kept ringing, and I was about to hang up and walk straight into destruction when suddenly I heard your husband's voice.
It penetrated my soul like lightening.
Suddenly I heard myself sobbing, saying, "Bishop, is that you?
I am in trouble.
I need your help."
Your husband came with help, and I am safe today because he answered that telephone.

"'I look back and realize I was tired and foolish and vulnerable.
I love my husband and my children with all my heart.
I can't imagine the tragedy my life would be without them.
These are still demanding times for our family.
I know everyone has them.
But we have addressed some of these issues, and things are looking brighter.
They always do eventually.'
Then she said: 'I don't know you well, but I wish to thank you for supporting your husband in his calling.
I don't know what the cost for such service has been to you or to your children, but if on a difficult day there is a particularly person cost, please know how eternally grateful I will be for the sacrifice people like you make to help rescue people like me.'"

-Jeffrey R. Holland -Called to Serve -October 2002 General Conference

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Locked Up

My poor cat.

So, the other day I went up to the parentals place.
You know, to check up on things while they were out of town.

And to my dismay.
I found out that my cat....had been accidentally locked up in a bedroom for a couple of days.

It's not surprising that it happened, she likes to hide under beds, so you don't always realize she's there until you hear her meow or she comes out of her hiding spot.

Luckily, it was only a couple of days for her.
Luckily she did alright without food and water for that time period.

And I didn't want it to happen again to her.
Because there would still be a few more days before the parentals got back, and I wouldn't be up again, so I wanted to extra triple double check that she would be fine this time.

Well...
I got a text, from my brother.
"Your turn. You locked the cat into a bedroom."
(He'd been the one to do it on accident the first time.)

My first response? ()_() LIES!
My second response? "It's been a few days! Why are you only now discovering this?!"

But back to the first response.
I knew for a fact that I had not locked her up.
Why?
Because I had said goodbye to her in the living room before I left.
I had shut doors that didn't need to be open making sure she wasn't in there before I left.

No. I had left a door open to one room, so that she would have a comfy place to sleep.
But it had been open.
And even if it hadn't....my cat had been in the living room when I left. I had petted her and said goodbye before locking up the place.

So how then, if my brother hadn't come in to the place and the parentals weren't home....did she get locked up?!?!

Honestly. I have no idea.
I have guesses.
I mean, no person would have entered the home, none else had a key and everything was still locked up tight when my brother came by.

What my guess is...is that I had placed the door open at such an angel (or the cat had brushed against it making it move to the right angle) That it had slowly swung close to being shut. Not totally shut but nearly.
And then, when the heater kicked on, the sudden influx of air had created a current that shut the door, locking my cat in the room.

-I still don't quite believe this happened... O.o but...it's the best option out there. I mean, she wouldn't have shut the door herself...

My other guess?
One of the ghosts of the house has taken a disliking to her, and shut the door on her...Yep. Ghost closed the door, trapping her in the room.

My poor kitty.
At least she's free again.
Hopefully it doesn't happen again any time soon though.

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

I'd been injured, I had marks on my stomach, three bullet hole type wounds that had healed over, and three scratches that had scared up as well. I'd been a prisoner of some sorts, a war captive, and I was returning home to normal life. I didn't want anyone to see my battle scars, so I covered them up with a shirt. And to try and distance myself from the whole past, I took my long hair, and gave myself a hair cut, cutting it from nearly waist long, to chin length, and it actually looked really good on me. It was a new beginning for me....

Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)

-S.N.D

Phone Update

My phone's been bugging me to do it for a while.
Update it.
To the new 8.1 whatever version it is now.
I'd been postponing it for a while now.
Mostly because whenever it decided to do it's little annoying reminder thing.
I was busy trying to do something else.

But today,
I had a few minutes.
Mostly because I was in the middle of the work and couldn't use my phone.
So I updated it.

()_()
And with that update.
Came a really cool feature!

I know many people have had it for a while now.

But when writing on my phone....
I no longer have to tap every letter!

I now have the option of just moving my finger to each letter. Swiping.
Scrolling, whatever the term is for it and the predictive texts understands what word I'm trying to write!

It. Is. So. Cool!
I admit, I texted people today, just so I could try out this new feature I haven't had on my phone before. ^^

So. Awesome!
I can't wait to use it more. ^^

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

April 2003 General Conference Priesthood Session

David B. Haight -Growing into the Priesthood

• Sometimes we have the feeling that people might not accept us because we have higher standards. There are things that we don't do. We have the Word of Wisdom, which helps us to live a healthier life, a type of life that is conducive to our growing into manhood and having the standards and ideals and a way of living that most of the world would like to have. I found that if you live the way you should live, people notice it and are impressed with your beliefs, and then you have an influence on other people's lives.
• There's so much for us to do. For us to do it, we need to be worthy of the priesthood that we have so that we can help in leading out as the Church moves on, perhaps in a broader way than we've ever done before.
• You young men of the priesthood, resolve to lie the way you should. Don't be caught up in some of the silly things that are going on in the world, but bear in mind what has been given to you.

Daryl H. Garn -Preparing for Missionary Service

• Some young men have had the notion that they can break the commandments, confess to their bishops one year before they plan to go on a mission, and then be worthy to serve. The repentance process is far more than planned confession followed by a waiting period.
• Keep in mind that repentance is not simply a waiting game.
• "There need to be some absolutes in life. There are some things that should not ever be done, some lines that should never be broken, words that should never be spoken, and thoughts that should never be entertained."

H. David Burton -And That's the Way It Is

• Young men, if you want to be world class and qualified to be participants in the really important events of life like priesthood ordinations, blessings of the temple, and missionary service, you too must develop a disciplined daily routine of honesty, virtue, study, and prayer.
• Olympians know and understand the rules that govern their sport. Broken rules can bring severe penalties and even disqualification.
• My young friends, rules are important, even critical. In life there are also penalties, perhaps even disqualification, if rules are broken. Our participation in life's important events may be jeopardized if we failed to follow the rules contained in our Father in Heaven's commands. Involvement in sexual sin, illegal drugs, civil disobedience, or abuse could keep us on the sidelines at key times. You would do well to view rules as safety restraints, not as chains that bind. Obedience builds strength. And that's the way it is.
• When the Lord commands, do it.
• It is easy to lose sight of the really important objectives of life. There is much to distract us. Some are floundering in the water hazards on the left, and others are finding the long, treacherous rough on the right insurmountable. Safety and success come when focus is maintained on the important opportunities found by driving the ball straight down the middle.

James E. Faust -The Devil's Throat

• I recognized that some of you think of yourselves as daredevils, ready to take on almost any challenge. But some of these excursions for excitement will inevitably take you down in the Devil's Throat. The only safe course is to stay well away from the dangers of the Devil's Throat.
• "If you cross to the devil's side of the line one inch, you are in the tempter's power, and if he is successful, you will not be able to think or even reason properly, because you will have lost the spirit of the Lord."
• Some of you young men may be letting others set your standards. You defend yourselves by saying, "Who said we shouldn't do this or we shouldn't do that?" There are so many shades of right and wrong that each of you has to decide where the line will be. I strongly urge you that if there is any question in your minds or hearts about whether your personal conduct is right or wrong, don't do it.
• It is the responsibility of the prophets of God to teach the word of God, not to spell out every jot and tittle of human conduct. If we are conscientiously trying to avoid not only evil but the very appearance of evil, we will act for ourselves and not be acted upon.
• Much of what comes from the devil is alluring and enticing. It glitters and is appealing to the sensual parts of our nature. His message sounds so reasonable and easy to justify. His voice is usually smooth and intriguing. If it were harsh or discordant, nobody would listen, nobody would be enticed.
• There is a price to pay for success, fulfillment, accomplishment, and joy. There are no freebies. If you don't pay the price that is needed for success, you will pay the price of failure.
• We must stand against the wind. Sometimes we must be unpopular and simply say, "This is not right."
• God made each of us to be different from anyone else in the world, as our DNA and fingerprints prove. You don't have to work at having a separate identity; you already have one.
• I also believe that in the future the opposition from Satan will be both more subtle and more open. While in some ways it may be more blatant, it will be masked with greater sophistication and cunning. We will need greater spirituality to perceive all the forms of evil and greater strength to resist it.
• You cannot always choose your own company. But you can choose your standards.
• You need to be loyal to the members of your unit because the fellow who is next to you may save your life tomorrow! But that doesn't mean you have to lower your moral standards.

Thomas S. Monson -Stand in Your Appointed Place

• "Home teaching is one of our most urgent and most rewarding opportunities to nurture and inspire, to counsel and direct our Father's children. ... [It] is a divine service, a divine call. It is our duty as Home Teachers to carry the divine spirit into every home and heart."
• The work of reactivation is no task for the idler or dreamer. Children grow, parents age, and time waits for no man. Don't postpone a prompting; rather, act on it, and the Lord will open the way.
• Frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.
• The seeds of testimony frequently do not immediately take root and flower. Bread cast upon the water returns, at times, only after many days. But it does return.

Gordon B. Hinckley -Loyalty

• Brethren, every man and boy within the sound of my voice knows what is degrading. You do not need a road map to foretell where indulgence will take you. Contrast that with the beauty, the peace, the wonderful feeling that comes of living near to the Lord and rising above the insidious narcotic practices that are all about us.
• You are particular targets for the adversary. If he can get you now, he knows he may win you for a lifetime.
• The kingdom of our Lord needs you. Be worthy of it. Be loyal to your best selves. Never stoop to anything which would take from you the strength to abstain.
• I have long felt that the greatest factor in a happy marriage is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one's companion. In most cases selfishness is the leading factor that causes argument, separation, divorce, and broken hearts.
• Never forget that it was you who selected your companion. It was you who felt that there was no one else in all the world quite like her. It was you who wished to have her forever.
• Be loyal to your companion.
• Give your companion the opportunity to grow in her own interests, to develop her own talents, to fly in her own way, and to experience her own sense of accomplishment.
• You know of the profanity of the school grounds and the street. Avoid it. Never let it cross your lips. Show your loyalty to the God of heaven and to the Redeemer of the world by holding Their names sacred.

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Deer Crossing

So there I was,
Coming home late from a friend's place.
Driving in my car.
In the dark.
Late at night.

And I couldn't help but think of the last time I'd been in such a situation.
When I'd been coming home from the same friend's place.
Only a few streets away from being home,
When a deer suddenly darted across the road in front of me.
I had enough warning to slow down and watch it disappear into the yard,
No fear of getting hit at all.
But it was a surprise, you don't often expect a deer around the city....

And so I was thinking on that.
Wondering, since it was nearly the same time of night...
If I would see another deer before I reached home.

Or if it had been a one time thing.

It wasn't a one time thing.

In nearly the same spot a few yards further than the last time.

A deer was in the road, slowly crossing it.
It nearly looked like the same deer too!!

()_() I couldn't believe it.
I'd thought it would be cool to see a deer again,
To have it actually happen....was beyond my wildest expectations.

Very. Very cool. ^^

I may just have found a deer of habit.
lol. I wonder how often he crosses that road....

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi