It's always fun when you rediscover things. Like...you might have known them at some point, but over the passage of time, it has been forgotten.
Today, this rediscovery involved my car.
One of my friends ended up getting a flat tire today on his bike.
And so instead of him walking home,
I offered to try and get the bike into my car.
And we'd drive it over to his apartment.
I wasn't sure if I'd have room....
I mean, my back seats didn't go down, and the bike may have been too long to fit along that back row.
I was right.
The bike didn't fit along the back seat.
At least, not all together.
My friend knew how to get the wheels off the bike.
And when he'd taken the first wheel off.
I had the idea...
Glancing at the seats I wondered....what if they could actually lay down?
It would give us more room as the trunk space would increase.
So I tried it.
AND THE SEATS WENT DOWN?!?!
What?!!
Crazy!
So we got the bike to fit in. Albeit with the front tire still off.
And then we had the next problem.
Where was my friend to sit?
As there were three of us...
And I'd just laid the back seats down.
So he ended up crawling into the space between the front seats and the back seats.
It was rather uncomfortable.
Thankfully he lived nearby.
So it wasn't a long drive squished up.
But we got everyone there! Plus the bike!
So all in all it was a good day!
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was in my parents home. And noticed tanks being taken to the DI. They were my fish tanks. That had held bettas. And I was really upset because Dad had emptied out the tanks and was getting rid of them. I had had plans for those tanks. Going to put more fish in them.
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The Visits
So I got a new calling in Church.
To be a Ward Missionary.
A calling that I've had before a few years ago.
One that I hadn't done...because well...no one told me what to do.
Which is my least favorite thing about callings.
Everyone automatically assumes you already know what you're doing.
When in fact you don't.
The only thing I knew about my recalling to being a Ward Missionary in this ward.
Is that they actually have some sort of system set up.
Where every Tuesday evening, we meet up and go knock on doors to visit members of the ward.
-Which I think is kinda flawed....because if someone works every Tuesday night...then we would never see them. So they should switch up the days maybe even the times to be able to find everyone.
In any case....
I met up with my group to do the Missionary Visits.
And automatically...they set me on edge.
For one, going up to strangers and talking to them isn't something I do much outside of work.
For two...going up to strangers and trying to talk churchy with them.... yah...even more stressful.
Again they automatically assumed I knew what I was doing.
Ha.
Think again.
But their explanation of what we were trying to do.... Get them to come to church, to come to ward activities, etc etc
Just put my back up.
I felt like we were just trying to get our numbers to look good.
*sighs*
Still. I went.
But I didn't really focus on 'getting numbers.'
Just saying Hi. Talking to the person. And after a while moved on.
So...
This going to be an interesting calling....
At least I know a bit of what to do....
But beyond that...who knows.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
Was of a couple (reminiscent a bit of Bernard/Megamind and Roxanne. Talking while they were cleaning dishes in the sink.
-S.N.D
Monday, September 28, 2015
October 2006 General Conference -Priesthood Session
Henry B. Eyring -A Priesthood Quorum
- I have learned over the years that the strength in a quorum doesn't come from the number of priesthood holders in it. Nor does it come automatically from the age and maturity of the members. Rather, the strength of a quorum comes in large measure from how completely its members are united in righteousness. That unity in a strong quorum of the priesthood is not like anything I have experienced in an athletic team or club or any other organization in the world.
- A quorum can give greater service than the members could give alone.
D. Todd Christofferson -Let Us Be Men
- We who hold the priesthood of God cannot afford to drift. We have work to do. We must arise from the dust of self-indulgence and be men!
- In large measure, true manhood is defined in our relationship to women.
- "The girl you marry will take a terrible chance on you ... [You] will largely determine the remainder of her life. ...
- "Work for an education. Get all the training that you can. The world will largely pay you what it thinks you are worth. Paul did not mince words when he wrote to Timothy, "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.'"
- Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.
- Good men sometimes make mistakes. A man of integrity will honestly face and correct his mistakes and that is an example we can respect. Sometimes men try but fail. Not all worthy objectives are realized despite one's honest and best efforts. True manhood is not always measured by the fruits of one's labors but by the labors themselves--by one's striving.
Marcus B. Nash -The Great Plan of Happiness
- Because you are the offspring of God, it is incompatible with your eternal nature to do wrong and feel right.
- As to any evil and unclean thing, my young friends, do not even touch it!
Stanley G. Ellis -He Trusts Us!
- What a trust the Lord has placed in us! Think of it, brethren. He trusts us!
- How wonderful that we have earned the trust of God! He trusts you! He trusts me!
- One reason we must maintain our worthiness is that we never know when we will be called upon to use the priesthood.
James E. Faust -Spiritual Nutrients
- "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement."
- I hope that we will always hunger and thirst for the word of the Lord.
Thomas S. Monson -True to Our Priesthood Trust
- "Duty is the sublimest word in our language. ... You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."
- "Do [your] duty; that is best; Leave unto [the] Lord the rest!"
- "If we don't try, then we don't do; and if we don't do, then why are we here?"
- It is in doing--not just dreaming--that lives are blessed, others are guided, and souls are saved.
Gordon B. Hinckley -Rise Up, O Men of God
- "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
- I say to you young men, rise up and discipline yourself to take advantage of educational opportunities. Do you wish to marry a girl whose education has been far superior to your own? We speak of being "equally yoked." That applies, I think, to the matter of education.
- In addition, your education will strengthen your service in the Church. A study was made some years ago that indicated the higher the education, the greater the faith and participation in religious activity.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, September 27, 2015
2015 General Women's Conference Highlights
Sister Rosemary M. Wixom
I would have done this post yesterday. When the Conference was Held. But I was a bit too hyped up from Comic Con to be able to focus on what was being said, and I got home when the Conference was over halfway over. Therefore. The post today. When I had time and focus to sit down and take note of what was being said. :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
- We come into this world trailing clouds of glory.
- Our Divine Nature has nothing to do with our Personal Accomplishments. Our Divine Nature comes from God and was established before our Birth. It will continue on into Eternity.
- The sweetest message the Lord can give us His Love Of You.
- Rely vertically on the Lord, not Horizontally upon the World.
- Don't Give Up. Don't Give In. Just Keep Walking.
- Our Divine Nature within us ignites our desire to help others in need.
Sister Linda S. Reeves
- We can't play with Satan's fiery darts and not get burned.
- Turn it off, Rip it up, Toss it out, Slam the Door. Get it out of your life.
- We can find Power from places other than just the Scriptures. Prophet Power. Temple Power. Institute Power etc.
- Now is the time to Prepare to Meet God. It's not a time to get all the blessings the Lord wishes to give you at once. Instant gratification isn't how God works. Your day of Reward will come though.
- You can't discover who you are/your purpose unless you take Action.
- We are here to serve a righteous cause.
- We are all valued. We are all needed in the Cause of Christ.
- Righteousness emanates out to the world.
- Stand courageously against temptation.
- We are the Lord's Agents and We are Always on his Errand.
- Whatever tomorrow brings, wilt thou help me through it?
- Unite as One in our commitment. Help others get through trials.
- To Shine with the beauty of holiness. To stand with the Savior. To bless others. We must be clean. Purity is possible through the grace of Christ.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- Counsel from the Sisters can bring comfort and peace.
- There is enough that doesn't go right in life that anyone can work themselves into a melancholy cloud of depression.
- You can't just flip a switch and go from sad to happy.
- The road will become brighter, it doesn't happen instantly, but trust in Christ and he'll make the days brighter.
- Good things take time.
- One day everything will make sense. One day all the wrongs will be made right.
- Happiness is composed of 'Nows.'
- Have faith fortify every footstep along your way.
I would have done this post yesterday. When the Conference was Held. But I was a bit too hyped up from Comic Con to be able to focus on what was being said, and I got home when the Conference was over halfway over. Therefore. The post today. When I had time and focus to sit down and take note of what was being said. :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Where to Park?
So, there was this comic con over the weekend.
That I went to.
It was awesome!
Amazing!
Wonderful.
Got to see/hear so many people and things.
So much fun!
But you know what isn't fun about big events like this?
All the people.
Surprisingly all the people wasn't a headache inducer like it usually is for me.
But parking on the other hand...
That is an issue.
As with these sort of events.
The parking lots suddenly cost money.
Lots of money.
And I'm like....I'm already paying a lot of money to enter the building.
Why do I need to pay to park?
Luckily.
I knew of a parking lot.
Only a few blocks away.
Out of the main traffic patterns.
It was a church parking lot. And I've parked there before for other events.
But this time around....
There were signs posted.
Basically "Do not park here if you're not authorized to park here." sort of signs. Stating that they will tow you if you're not supposed to be there.
But my thoughts were....
How do they know if I'm not supposed to be there?
I mean...it's a church parking lot.
Public space.
If there are other cars there....
You'd never know that I wasn't supposed to be there.
Because there are no stickers or anything to say "Hey, I belong here!"
So I chose to park there.
Albeit at the back of the parking lot.
So I wasn't taking any close lots by the main street.
Though I worried.
What if somehow they knew?
Knew I wasn't supposed to be there?
And I'd get back from the con and my car would be gone. Towed away. And I'd be stuck...in a parking lot. Without my car.
:S
Still. I took the risk.
and it paid off.
I got back from my day and the lot was full.
My car was still there.
No worries! Yay!
Plus it probably helped that I was only there for like 5 hours.
Which could be a small work shift. Something that people wouldn't notice.
The second day of the con I decided to try again.
This time someone had gotten smarter.
And closed the bar gate to the entrance of the main road it was located on.
:( Boo.
But lucky me.
I knew there was a back entrance.
And that gate wasn't shut.
So I could still get in.
Which I did.
And parked. Again towards the back.
With a bit more worry this time.
Would they be able to tell I wasn't 'supposed' to be there?
How could they?
I mean...there were people there on the nearby grassy field playing a game. I could have been one of those people.
Still I dithered for a moment...wondering if I should stay, before I decided to stay parked there.
I came back at the end of another con day. Again about 5 hours or so.
To find my car still alright!
Yay!
Again I was able to leave without any problems. :D Woot!
Still.
I thought I'd been pushing my luck a bit much.
Once it's okay.
Twice you're pushing it.
Three times...more than likely I'll get caught.
So I resolved to park in a nearby lot that I would pass on my way to the 'free' lot. That would only cost me $10 to park there for the day.
Which if I stayed the whole day like I was planning to this time.
Would be like $1 an hour.
Not too bad.
However.
When I got there.
Early in the morning.
O.o
The lot was closed.
It wasn't open yet!! :S Uhmmmm....
I wanted to park there guys....
And I had no intention of circling around the city looking for another $10 fee place.
Because I was trying to get there early. To get in line. To be able to try and get in a panel that started right as the con opened up. No time to waste searching for a spot.
So. I took it as a sign.
That I could again park in the lot.
Though if there were no cars there....then I would go find some place else to be.
Yet when I got there.
There were once again cars.
Therefore.
For the third time.
I parked in the lot.
Wondering if my luck had finally run out.
Accepting that there was a possibility that I would probably find my car gone or at least a ticket there....though really crossing my fingers that it once again wouldn't happen.
Once again, at the end of the con, about my usual time.
I returned to the lot.
And at first didn't see me car....
Because other bigger cars were blocking my view.
Because once again the parking lot was full.
Not unexpected, considering that the third day.
There was another big event going on in town.
The LDS General Women's Conference was taking place. Had barely started when I got back to my car.
Which had no ticket.
Yay!
But.
As I pulled out.
I noticed a guy sitting on the bar gate to the back entrance.
An 'offical' looking guy. Parking guy/security guy/ police officer guy.
Not totally sure....
But I was completely sure that my luck had finally run out.
He would ask me to roll down my window.
Give me a ticket. Demand a parking fee.
Who knew.
I pulled out.
Hesitated as I pulled up to him.
But he just sat there.
Staring at me.
Not doing anything.
So I smiled.
Waved.
And went on my merry way.
Without him attempting to stop me.
Phew.
What a blessing.
I saw another guy on a side street near the lot going down the line of cars there.
I wonder if he was giving tickets...
Who knows.
I don't know if the guy at the gate was just watching to make sure no one tried to break into the cars.
In any case.
It probably helped that I wasn't obviously dressed for comic con.
And I wasn't coming out when the Women's Conference was over.
Because that had just started.
So I think I legitimately looked like I belonged there.
Therefore.
It looked like I should be leaving about that time.
Ah.
Ah. So glad that I was able to not have to spend extra money to park.
Probably won't get away with it next year.
Oh well.
It helped make the Comic Con this year a great experience!! ^^
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
That I went to.
It was awesome!
Amazing!
Wonderful.
Got to see/hear so many people and things.
So much fun!
But you know what isn't fun about big events like this?
All the people.
Surprisingly all the people wasn't a headache inducer like it usually is for me.
But parking on the other hand...
That is an issue.
As with these sort of events.
The parking lots suddenly cost money.
Lots of money.
And I'm like....I'm already paying a lot of money to enter the building.
Why do I need to pay to park?
Luckily.
I knew of a parking lot.
Only a few blocks away.
Out of the main traffic patterns.
It was a church parking lot. And I've parked there before for other events.
But this time around....
There were signs posted.
Basically "Do not park here if you're not authorized to park here." sort of signs. Stating that they will tow you if you're not supposed to be there.
But my thoughts were....
How do they know if I'm not supposed to be there?
I mean...it's a church parking lot.
Public space.
If there are other cars there....
You'd never know that I wasn't supposed to be there.
Because there are no stickers or anything to say "Hey, I belong here!"
So I chose to park there.
Albeit at the back of the parking lot.
So I wasn't taking any close lots by the main street.
Though I worried.
What if somehow they knew?
Knew I wasn't supposed to be there?
And I'd get back from the con and my car would be gone. Towed away. And I'd be stuck...in a parking lot. Without my car.
:S
Still. I took the risk.
and it paid off.
I got back from my day and the lot was full.
My car was still there.
No worries! Yay!
Plus it probably helped that I was only there for like 5 hours.
Which could be a small work shift. Something that people wouldn't notice.
The second day of the con I decided to try again.
This time someone had gotten smarter.
And closed the bar gate to the entrance of the main road it was located on.
:( Boo.
But lucky me.
I knew there was a back entrance.
And that gate wasn't shut.
So I could still get in.
Which I did.
And parked. Again towards the back.
With a bit more worry this time.
Would they be able to tell I wasn't 'supposed' to be there?
How could they?
I mean...there were people there on the nearby grassy field playing a game. I could have been one of those people.
Still I dithered for a moment...wondering if I should stay, before I decided to stay parked there.
I came back at the end of another con day. Again about 5 hours or so.
To find my car still alright!
Yay!
Again I was able to leave without any problems. :D Woot!
Still.
I thought I'd been pushing my luck a bit much.
Once it's okay.
Twice you're pushing it.
Three times...more than likely I'll get caught.
So I resolved to park in a nearby lot that I would pass on my way to the 'free' lot. That would only cost me $10 to park there for the day.
Which if I stayed the whole day like I was planning to this time.
Would be like $1 an hour.
Not too bad.
However.
When I got there.
Early in the morning.
O.o
The lot was closed.
It wasn't open yet!! :S Uhmmmm....
I wanted to park there guys....
And I had no intention of circling around the city looking for another $10 fee place.
Because I was trying to get there early. To get in line. To be able to try and get in a panel that started right as the con opened up. No time to waste searching for a spot.
So. I took it as a sign.
That I could again park in the lot.
Though if there were no cars there....then I would go find some place else to be.
Yet when I got there.
There were once again cars.
Therefore.
For the third time.
I parked in the lot.
Wondering if my luck had finally run out.
Accepting that there was a possibility that I would probably find my car gone or at least a ticket there....though really crossing my fingers that it once again wouldn't happen.
Once again, at the end of the con, about my usual time.
I returned to the lot.
And at first didn't see me car....
Because other bigger cars were blocking my view.
Because once again the parking lot was full.
Not unexpected, considering that the third day.
There was another big event going on in town.
The LDS General Women's Conference was taking place. Had barely started when I got back to my car.
Which had no ticket.
Yay!
But.
As I pulled out.
I noticed a guy sitting on the bar gate to the back entrance.
An 'offical' looking guy. Parking guy/security guy/ police officer guy.
Not totally sure....
But I was completely sure that my luck had finally run out.
He would ask me to roll down my window.
Give me a ticket. Demand a parking fee.
Who knew.
I pulled out.
Hesitated as I pulled up to him.
But he just sat there.
Staring at me.
Not doing anything.
So I smiled.
Waved.
And went on my merry way.
Without him attempting to stop me.
Phew.
What a blessing.
I saw another guy on a side street near the lot going down the line of cars there.
I wonder if he was giving tickets...
Who knows.
I don't know if the guy at the gate was just watching to make sure no one tried to break into the cars.
In any case.
It probably helped that I wasn't obviously dressed for comic con.
And I wasn't coming out when the Women's Conference was over.
Because that had just started.
So I think I legitimately looked like I belonged there.
Therefore.
It looked like I should be leaving about that time.
Ah.
Ah. So glad that I was able to not have to spend extra money to park.
Probably won't get away with it next year.
Oh well.
It helped make the Comic Con this year a great experience!! ^^
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, September 25, 2015
A Normal Conversation
This may be a bit random.
But after spending a couple of days at the SLComicCon
It's halfway been on my mind.
Because I've had the opportunity to go through and meet some celebrities.
And I just can't help feeling....sad.
That it can't have been longer.
I mean, you see the person long enough to either have them sign an autograph for you or to take a picture with you. And them wham. You're done 'meeting with them.'
I mean...I understand why it has to be that quick.
With how many fans pack into a place to meet a person.
You can't have forever with the celebrity.
But I do wish it was longer than two seconds.
That we could talk to the celebrities.
Get to know them a bit more.
Personally,
I really like the idea of just running into them...
And treating them like they're a normal non-famous person.
Chatting with them, commenting on things. Just having a normal conversation without anyone fangirling over them.
I really think that would be cool.
Be something different.
Just to talk to them. Act like they're normal people.
ha. It definitely would be acting, because how can you not go all wide eyed shy and fangirly over someone you've admired and you love seeing in movies?
It would be hard I suppose.
But it's a nice day dream.
To just to hangout with them like you'd hang out with your friends.
I'm probably the only one who thinks that way.
But I do believe it would be fun for both of us. Just to have some 'down time.'
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
But after spending a couple of days at the SLComicCon
It's halfway been on my mind.
Because I've had the opportunity to go through and meet some celebrities.
And I just can't help feeling....sad.
That it can't have been longer.
I mean, you see the person long enough to either have them sign an autograph for you or to take a picture with you. And them wham. You're done 'meeting with them.'
I mean...I understand why it has to be that quick.
With how many fans pack into a place to meet a person.
You can't have forever with the celebrity.
But I do wish it was longer than two seconds.
That we could talk to the celebrities.
Get to know them a bit more.
Personally,
I really like the idea of just running into them...
And treating them like they're a normal non-famous person.
Chatting with them, commenting on things. Just having a normal conversation without anyone fangirling over them.
I really think that would be cool.
Be something different.
Just to talk to them. Act like they're normal people.
ha. It definitely would be acting, because how can you not go all wide eyed shy and fangirly over someone you've admired and you love seeing in movies?
It would be hard I suppose.
But it's a nice day dream.
To just to hangout with them like you'd hang out with your friends.
I'm probably the only one who thinks that way.
But I do believe it would be fun for both of us. Just to have some 'down time.'
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, September 24, 2015
In Medical Need
Thirty years ago a true story unfolded in the most remote part of New Zealand.
The windswept Chatham Islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean about 500 miles east of Christchurch.
A hardy and resourceful 650 people lived there, isolated in the lonely, harsh environment of those days; and a young, inexperienced, and newly qualified doctor was responsible for their medical care.
An eight-year-old boy, Shane, had sustained a serious head injury 40 miles away on the far side of the island.
He was being rushed in across the swamps and along the beaches on the backseat of an old, rusty car to the four-bed cottage hospital.
He was unconscious.
The young doctor was unprepared to handle such a case, with little experience and having only the most basic of surgical instruments.
Shane was in a critical condition.
There was obvious bleeding inside his fractured skull--and blood clotting could fatally compress his brain.
The doctor had never even seen a brain operation, but he knew he had to perform the delicate surgery immediately--or watch a little boy die.
There were blood donors to be called in, blood to be cross matched, an anesthetic to be prepared.
The antique X-ray machine had broken down, so no helpful X-rays could be taken.
There was the first of many phone calls to Wellington where a neurosurgeon tried to imagine the scene and guide the nervous young doctor through the process of a very delicate surgical procedure.
Shane's mother prayed.
The doctor prayed; the nurse prayed; the doctor's wife prayed.
Responsibilities had to be delegated in this busy scene.
The policeman administered the anesthetic, a nurse became the surgical assistant, and the work began under an Anglepoise light as darkness fell.
The first surgical incision, nervously performed, did not reveal any bleeding, so other incisions needed to be performed through Shane's small skull to find the source of the bleeding.
More calls to the neurosurgeon for direction and reassurance were made, and his advice was followed in every exact detail.
After six hours of anxiety and pressure, the surgery was completed, the hemorrhage of blood into the brain cavity ceased, and a successful outcome was achieved.
Serenity replaced chaos.
It was around midnight.
The doctor was a young father.
He thought about his family and the blessings they enjoyed.
He was grateful for the many tender mercies of the Lord in his life and especially for the presence of the Comforter during the last 12 hours.
He was grateful for the presence of an unseen expert who imparted of His far-greater knowledge freely in his time of need.
At the critical time in a desperate situation, the Lord provided the guidance and the ability for a young, inexperienced doctor to perform a miracle and preserve the life of a small boy, who was precious before the Lord.
Neil Hutchison was the young doctor who prayed for help and had the faith to rely on the Lord and the neurosurgeon, enabling him to perform a miracle under the most difficult of conditions.
He now serves as the bishop in the East Coast Bays Ward in Auckland, New Zealand.
Bishop Hutchison advised me, "I had the privilege of meeting Shane and his father a couple of years ago in Christchurch for the first time since that day in 1976.
He is an electrician with his own business and is aware of no defects from his long operation.
He is such a nice chap, and I can't help pondering on how thin the veil is between this life and the next."
-H. Bruce Stucki -Prayer, Faith, and Family: Stepping-Stones to Eternal Happiness -April 2006 General Conference
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The windswept Chatham Islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean about 500 miles east of Christchurch.
A hardy and resourceful 650 people lived there, isolated in the lonely, harsh environment of those days; and a young, inexperienced, and newly qualified doctor was responsible for their medical care.
An eight-year-old boy, Shane, had sustained a serious head injury 40 miles away on the far side of the island.
He was being rushed in across the swamps and along the beaches on the backseat of an old, rusty car to the four-bed cottage hospital.
He was unconscious.
The young doctor was unprepared to handle such a case, with little experience and having only the most basic of surgical instruments.
Shane was in a critical condition.
There was obvious bleeding inside his fractured skull--and blood clotting could fatally compress his brain.
The doctor had never even seen a brain operation, but he knew he had to perform the delicate surgery immediately--or watch a little boy die.
There were blood donors to be called in, blood to be cross matched, an anesthetic to be prepared.
The antique X-ray machine had broken down, so no helpful X-rays could be taken.
There was the first of many phone calls to Wellington where a neurosurgeon tried to imagine the scene and guide the nervous young doctor through the process of a very delicate surgical procedure.
Shane's mother prayed.
The doctor prayed; the nurse prayed; the doctor's wife prayed.
Responsibilities had to be delegated in this busy scene.
The policeman administered the anesthetic, a nurse became the surgical assistant, and the work began under an Anglepoise light as darkness fell.
The first surgical incision, nervously performed, did not reveal any bleeding, so other incisions needed to be performed through Shane's small skull to find the source of the bleeding.
More calls to the neurosurgeon for direction and reassurance were made, and his advice was followed in every exact detail.
After six hours of anxiety and pressure, the surgery was completed, the hemorrhage of blood into the brain cavity ceased, and a successful outcome was achieved.
Serenity replaced chaos.
It was around midnight.
The doctor was a young father.
He thought about his family and the blessings they enjoyed.
He was grateful for the many tender mercies of the Lord in his life and especially for the presence of the Comforter during the last 12 hours.
He was grateful for the presence of an unseen expert who imparted of His far-greater knowledge freely in his time of need.
At the critical time in a desperate situation, the Lord provided the guidance and the ability for a young, inexperienced doctor to perform a miracle and preserve the life of a small boy, who was precious before the Lord.
Neil Hutchison was the young doctor who prayed for help and had the faith to rely on the Lord and the neurosurgeon, enabling him to perform a miracle under the most difficult of conditions.
He now serves as the bishop in the East Coast Bays Ward in Auckland, New Zealand.
Bishop Hutchison advised me, "I had the privilege of meeting Shane and his father a couple of years ago in Christchurch for the first time since that day in 1976.
He is an electrician with his own business and is aware of no defects from his long operation.
He is such a nice chap, and I can't help pondering on how thin the veil is between this life and the next."
-H. Bruce Stucki -Prayer, Faith, and Family: Stepping-Stones to Eternal Happiness -April 2006 General Conference
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
A Day in Review -September 23rd
Thursday, September 23, 2004
-I went and visited the eye doctor to get my eyes checked and I found out that in my right eye I had 20/80 vision and in my left eye I had 20/50 vision which means I'm near-sited.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
- After institute today I took my Heredity test and got an 86% so I passed! The guy at the testing center asked me if I was in high school. lol. So I still look young though Rainy, my friend, says I have a "mature face" I wonder what that means, maybe its something to do with my eyes. After ASL I went to a lab and watched a boring ASL video before getting a ride home from Rainy. A couple hours later I walked back down to the school with Ali to get our MAWL stuff and met up with her cousin Mike.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
- School was pretty normal, I walked to Institute and met up with Ali and chatted with her until I ran into an old roommate Hailie. Went to Language where we were confused some more, then to BOM. I spent an hour studying then took my biology test. The questions were hard!! Grr. They didn't even make sense. I got a 76.4% grr. Came home long enough to grab dinner then went to Kristin's for more asl homework.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
-Brother D. wasn't in class today because his mom passed away. :( Instead we had Brother R as a sub. Wasn't my favorite teacher. I don't like the "you teach me." sort of style of teaching. I prefer to learn from the expert not from my peers. Sister T's' lesson was much more fun and relaxing. Got the $2 institute meal for lunch and sat down with the intention to study for a business class, but ended up talking to a guy from my ward who seemed down, until his gf came to whisk him away. I ended up encountering Brother P and gave him a milky way bar I had that he loves in exchange for a 3 musketeers bar that is my favorite to eat. Ended up almost being late for my next class and the teacher gave a pop quiz that was a word search game thing. Frustrating. I talked with the teacher briefly after class and ended up close to tears. Went to my next class and took a test that I fumbled a bit through, but got out early. I went to the Institute again to pound out my frustration on the Piano until Kikay got out of class. Hung out the rest of the day.
Friday, September 23, 2011
- Went to school. Didn't really interpret the first hour of my internship. Instead we watched a silent movie. Went to anatomy to learn about the bones of the human skeleton before returning to my internship. After that I got stuff ready for Publicity. Went to devotional then went to observation of the kids at the elementary school. I wrote notes for the teacher on how well the students were speaking. Packed up with Kikay and we drove up to the GEM show. ^^
Sunday, September 23, 2012
- My family went hiking up to the Intermittent springs in Wyoming along with some of my cousins and aunts/uncles. I picked up some fossils along the way back down. We went to S&G's home (uncle/aunt) to briefly visit that included lunch and my Aunt introduced us to her favorite music group Il Volo . They're actually pretty cute and good singers. ^^ We drove home stopping at Arby's for dinner before making it back to the parent's home where Kikay and I hung out for a bit so I could play with the animals and talk with a friend before we went back to College Town where we stopped by the Neffies to visit before coming home.
Monday, September 23, 2013
-I had work at 4am this morning. It went good because it wasn't that busy. I got bird bedding done and also worked on going through some of our worm cups to make sure that the numbers were accurate. I went to Institute...I just can't focus in that class which is unfortunate because I like the teacher. I came home and took a nap and hung out the rest of the day. I made breadsticks w/ pepper jack cheese and just watched a bunch of shows. :)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
-Today we went up to Leadville to check out the shops there. Particularly a rock shop that the parents remembered being good. I ended up not feeling well about halfway through the journey and just wanted to return home though did find some stones at the rock shop. Spent the rest of the day in bed because I wasn't feeling well.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
-I had trouble sleeping through the night for some reason. Ended up just hanging out for the day. Relaxing. Watching TV, Writing, Playing with the cats, Finding fruit in the garden to eat, surfing the internet. My brother brought us pizza when he got off work, and he, me and mom ended up watching Cinderella together. Which was a ton of fun! :D
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
-I went and visited the eye doctor to get my eyes checked and I found out that in my right eye I had 20/80 vision and in my left eye I had 20/50 vision which means I'm near-sited.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
- After institute today I took my Heredity test and got an 86% so I passed! The guy at the testing center asked me if I was in high school. lol. So I still look young though Rainy, my friend, says I have a "mature face" I wonder what that means, maybe its something to do with my eyes. After ASL I went to a lab and watched a boring ASL video before getting a ride home from Rainy. A couple hours later I walked back down to the school with Ali to get our MAWL stuff and met up with her cousin Mike.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
- School was pretty normal, I walked to Institute and met up with Ali and chatted with her until I ran into an old roommate Hailie. Went to Language where we were confused some more, then to BOM. I spent an hour studying then took my biology test. The questions were hard!! Grr. They didn't even make sense. I got a 76.4% grr. Came home long enough to grab dinner then went to Kristin's for more asl homework.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
-Brother D. wasn't in class today because his mom passed away. :( Instead we had Brother R as a sub. Wasn't my favorite teacher. I don't like the "you teach me." sort of style of teaching. I prefer to learn from the expert not from my peers. Sister T's' lesson was much more fun and relaxing. Got the $2 institute meal for lunch and sat down with the intention to study for a business class, but ended up talking to a guy from my ward who seemed down, until his gf came to whisk him away. I ended up encountering Brother P and gave him a milky way bar I had that he loves in exchange for a 3 musketeers bar that is my favorite to eat. Ended up almost being late for my next class and the teacher gave a pop quiz that was a word search game thing. Frustrating. I talked with the teacher briefly after class and ended up close to tears. Went to my next class and took a test that I fumbled a bit through, but got out early. I went to the Institute again to pound out my frustration on the Piano until Kikay got out of class. Hung out the rest of the day.
Friday, September 23, 2011
- Went to school. Didn't really interpret the first hour of my internship. Instead we watched a silent movie. Went to anatomy to learn about the bones of the human skeleton before returning to my internship. After that I got stuff ready for Publicity. Went to devotional then went to observation of the kids at the elementary school. I wrote notes for the teacher on how well the students were speaking. Packed up with Kikay and we drove up to the GEM show. ^^
Sunday, September 23, 2012
- My family went hiking up to the Intermittent springs in Wyoming along with some of my cousins and aunts/uncles. I picked up some fossils along the way back down. We went to S&G's home (uncle/aunt) to briefly visit that included lunch and my Aunt introduced us to her favorite music group Il Volo . They're actually pretty cute and good singers. ^^ We drove home stopping at Arby's for dinner before making it back to the parent's home where Kikay and I hung out for a bit so I could play with the animals and talk with a friend before we went back to College Town where we stopped by the Neffies to visit before coming home.
Monday, September 23, 2013
-I had work at 4am this morning. It went good because it wasn't that busy. I got bird bedding done and also worked on going through some of our worm cups to make sure that the numbers were accurate. I went to Institute...I just can't focus in that class which is unfortunate because I like the teacher. I came home and took a nap and hung out the rest of the day. I made breadsticks w/ pepper jack cheese and just watched a bunch of shows. :)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
-Today we went up to Leadville to check out the shops there. Particularly a rock shop that the parents remembered being good. I ended up not feeling well about halfway through the journey and just wanted to return home though did find some stones at the rock shop. Spent the rest of the day in bed because I wasn't feeling well.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
-I had trouble sleeping through the night for some reason. Ended up just hanging out for the day. Relaxing. Watching TV, Writing, Playing with the cats, Finding fruit in the garden to eat, surfing the internet. My brother brought us pizza when he got off work, and he, me and mom ended up watching Cinderella together. Which was a ton of fun! :D
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
A Missionary Moment
The door bell rang.
An unusual occurrence in the middle of the day;
So it came as no surprise that when I opened the door....
There was this sales person standing there.
Cue the mental rolling of the eyes, and the air of regret that I'd actually answered.
I hate telling people no, you know?
I'd rather pretend that I wasn't there instead of listening to them talk and then telling them I'm not interested.
This particular sale's guy was part of some cleaning company. That vacuumed and cleaned and did other tasks.
Considering our house is now mostly wood floors.
It was kinda pointless to have a vacuum.
Plus I had the convenient excuse that my Dad had made a huge mess in the house.
(It was rather contained, but the sale's guy didn't know that.)
So it wasn't really in a 'clean the floors' sort of condition.
Still, he kept talking to me.
Not so much on the cleaning thing once I showed that I wasn't interested and that I wasn't going to take away my Dad from his organizing to come talk to him.
But instead he kept getting distracted by all the things we had in our yard and hanging around the Porch.
Like a rose quartz rock. A couple of rock art pieces based off of native American petroglyphs, some metal faces that resembled the head of Odin, Labyrinth mazes, more rocks...
Basically not your typical decorations for an LDS home. lol.
It's stuff that we've had around the house so long that I didn't think much of it....nor could I remember exactly what everything was.
But the guy was so interested in it.
Interested to know that my Dad collected most of the stuff.
Interested that we were LDS but we had other cultures/religions/beliefs/traditions around the yard.
So I finally offered to go get my Dad.
So he could tell the sale's guy exactly what everything was.
And after a bit of talking, of the rocks and things we had, plus the LDS beliefs.
My dad ended up giving the gentleman a copy of a Book of Mormon, for him to read.
As it really can help clarify a ton of questions that he had about everything. (He wasn't LDS.)
Which I thought was really cool.
Because my Dad was able to turn an annoyance of having a sales person on the door step....into a missionary opportunity. To share our beliefs, and give the guy a chance to learn more about the gospel.
I really regret that I wasn't the one to take that initiative. To tell him more about things, as seriously...most of what was going through my head was "Get him gone. Don't want to buy anything. Leave."
And in reality, it was a good opportunity to connect, to share common interests, to share what we believe.
I'm just glad that I took the time to actually go get my Dad after a while....
Because originally I hadn't planned to involve him at all.
So if it weren't for the fact that my Dad had all this cool stuff in the yard, stuff that the sale's guy actually had an interest in and some knowledge in.
They wouldn't have met up.
They wouldn't have chatted.
And the sale's guy wouldn't have gotten a Book of Mormon from us.
And he genuinely seemed to want to read it.
I walked out of the house a few minutes later, after he'd left.
And saw him down the street, sitting in the shade in front of another person's house, reading the book. He was only there for a few minutes before I saw him get up, and with the book still open, it's white pages shining in the light, walk on down to the next house out of sight.
I hope he enjoys the book. ^^ It can be such a good source of inspiration, of comfort, of answers to questions. Maybe the Book of Mormon will be the change to his life that he's been searching for.
:) I'll probably never see how it all turns out with him. My family probably won't either.
but at least I got to see a possible beginning.
So glad that we took the time to talk...that he stuck around. Because maybe....maybe we were an answer to his prayers.
Only time will tell I suppose. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
An unusual occurrence in the middle of the day;
So it came as no surprise that when I opened the door....
There was this sales person standing there.
Cue the mental rolling of the eyes, and the air of regret that I'd actually answered.
I hate telling people no, you know?
I'd rather pretend that I wasn't there instead of listening to them talk and then telling them I'm not interested.
This particular sale's guy was part of some cleaning company. That vacuumed and cleaned and did other tasks.
Considering our house is now mostly wood floors.
It was kinda pointless to have a vacuum.
Plus I had the convenient excuse that my Dad had made a huge mess in the house.
(It was rather contained, but the sale's guy didn't know that.)
So it wasn't really in a 'clean the floors' sort of condition.
Still, he kept talking to me.
Not so much on the cleaning thing once I showed that I wasn't interested and that I wasn't going to take away my Dad from his organizing to come talk to him.
But instead he kept getting distracted by all the things we had in our yard and hanging around the Porch.
Like a rose quartz rock. A couple of rock art pieces based off of native American petroglyphs, some metal faces that resembled the head of Odin, Labyrinth mazes, more rocks...
Basically not your typical decorations for an LDS home. lol.
It's stuff that we've had around the house so long that I didn't think much of it....nor could I remember exactly what everything was.
But the guy was so interested in it.
Interested to know that my Dad collected most of the stuff.
Interested that we were LDS but we had other cultures/religions/beliefs/traditions around the yard.
So I finally offered to go get my Dad.
So he could tell the sale's guy exactly what everything was.
And after a bit of talking, of the rocks and things we had, plus the LDS beliefs.
My dad ended up giving the gentleman a copy of a Book of Mormon, for him to read.
As it really can help clarify a ton of questions that he had about everything. (He wasn't LDS.)
Which I thought was really cool.
Because my Dad was able to turn an annoyance of having a sales person on the door step....into a missionary opportunity. To share our beliefs, and give the guy a chance to learn more about the gospel.
I really regret that I wasn't the one to take that initiative. To tell him more about things, as seriously...most of what was going through my head was "Get him gone. Don't want to buy anything. Leave."
And in reality, it was a good opportunity to connect, to share common interests, to share what we believe.
I'm just glad that I took the time to actually go get my Dad after a while....
Because originally I hadn't planned to involve him at all.
So if it weren't for the fact that my Dad had all this cool stuff in the yard, stuff that the sale's guy actually had an interest in and some knowledge in.
They wouldn't have met up.
They wouldn't have chatted.
And the sale's guy wouldn't have gotten a Book of Mormon from us.
And he genuinely seemed to want to read it.
I walked out of the house a few minutes later, after he'd left.
And saw him down the street, sitting in the shade in front of another person's house, reading the book. He was only there for a few minutes before I saw him get up, and with the book still open, it's white pages shining in the light, walk on down to the next house out of sight.
I hope he enjoys the book. ^^ It can be such a good source of inspiration, of comfort, of answers to questions. Maybe the Book of Mormon will be the change to his life that he's been searching for.
:) I'll probably never see how it all turns out with him. My family probably won't either.
but at least I got to see a possible beginning.
So glad that we took the time to talk...that he stuck around. Because maybe....maybe we were an answer to his prayers.
Only time will tell I suppose. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, September 21, 2015
October 2006 General Conference -Saturday Afternoon
Thomas S. Monson -The Sustaining of Church Officers
Robert D. Hales -Holy Scriptures: The Power of God unto Our Salvation
Robert D. Hales -Holy Scriptures: The Power of God unto Our Salvation
- As with voices from the dust, the prophets of the Lord cry out to us on earth today: take hold of the scriptures! Cling to them, walk by them, live by them, rejoice in them, feast on them. Don't nibble. They are "the power of God unto salvation" that lead us back to our Savior Jesus Christ.
Joseph B Wirthlin -Sunday Will Come
- "Don't be a scrub. You must do better." Scrub was her word for someone who was lazy and not living up to his potential.
- Each of us will have our own Fridays--those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.
- No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come.
- When President Hinckley spoke of the terrible loneliness that comes to those who lose the ones they love, he also promised that in the quiet of the night a still, unheard voice whispers peace to our soul: "All is well."
Elaine S. Dalton -Look toward Eternity!
- Our faith will enable us to shun evil. It will be repulsive to us because "light cleaveth unto light" and "virtue loveth virtue."
Shayne M. Bowen -The Atonement Can Clean, Reclaim, and Sanctify Our Lives
- "There is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of Christ."
Daniel L. Johnson -The Law of Tithing
- The Lord knew from the beginning that we, His children, would be faced with temporal and spiritual adversities during this mortal life. Indeed, these adversities are a vital part of this mortal probation. He knew that we would stand in need of His blessings throughout our lives in order to not only survive our individual trials, but also to enjoy a degree of comfort and even prosperity.
- "Some may feel that they cannot afford to pay tithing, but the Lord has promised that He would prepare a way for us to keep all of His commandments. To pay tithing takes a leap of faith in the beginning. ... We learn about tithing by paying it. Indeed, I believe it is possible to break out of poverty by having the faith to give back to the Lord part of what little we have."
- As you do so and as you place your tithing obligation to the Lord as the first priority of all of your other financial obligations, you will indeed become a witness to the matchless power of the Lord as He opens the windows of heaven and pours out a blessing "that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
Dieter F. Uchtdorf -The Power of a Personal Testimony
- Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions. The testimony of the truthfulness of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is the most powerful motivating force in our lives. Jesus repeatedly emphasized the power of good thoughts and proper motives: "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."
- When we bear testimony, we declare the absolute truth of the gospel message. In a time when many perceive truth as relative, a declaration of absolute truth is not very popular, nor does it seem politically correct or opportune. Testimonies of things how "they really a re" are bold, true, and vital because they have eternal consequences for mankind. Satan wouldn't mind if we declared the message of our faith and gospel doctrine as a negotiable according to circumstances. Our firm conviction of gospel truth is an anchor in our lives; it is a steady and reliable as the North Star. A testimony is very personal and may be a little different for each of us, because everyone is a unique person.
- A testimony is a most precious possession because it is not acquired by logic or reason alone, it cannot be purchased with earthly possessions, and it cannot be given as a present or inherited from our ancestors. We cannot depend on the testimonies of other people. We need to know for ourselves.
- First: Desire to believe.
- Second: Search the scriptures.
- Third: Do the will of God; keep the commandments.
- Fourth: Ponder, fast, and pray.
- A testimony provides us with a reason for hope and gladness. It helps us cultivate a spirit of optimism and happiness and enables us to rejoice in the beauties of nature. A testimony motivates us to choose the right at all times and in all circumstances. It motivates us to draw nearer to God, allowing Him to draw nearer to us.
Richard G. Scott -The Atonement Can Secure Your Peace and Happiness.
- Let the Savior be your "lead" in life. He has said, "I am ... the Rock of Heaven ...; whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall."
- The challenges you face, the growth experiences you encounter, are intended to be temporary scenes played out on the stage of a life of continuing peace and happiness. Sadness, heartache, and disappointment are events in life. It is not intended that they be the substance of life.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Reading Again
It's been a long while since I've sat down and read a book.
Life just seems too...busy to do so recently.
But to use up some vacation time, I decided to take a "relaxcation" and just head home to the parents for a week to get away from it all.
Which means, with nothing going on....I have time to do stuff that I don't usually do.
Like reading a book. ^^
I actually feel like I can relax down enough to take the time to sit and lose myself in a different world for a few hours.
So nice.
So very nice.
I love reading, I really do.
And Mercedes Lackey is an author that doesn't disappoint. ^^
I spent the day reading her newest book, Hunter.
It was a fun read, really liked the characters and the setting and the magic and the hounds.
It left me craving more.
Because...*sighs* It was the first book in a series.
And the rest of the books haven't been written yet.
Y_Y.
Phooey.
I hate that.
I want to know what happens next now!!
*sighs*
Its an annoyance of mine.
How many books are the 'first books in series.'
I mean, I'm sure I'd finish a 'one booker' and go "They should write more!"
But there are days when I just get tired of finding 'first books'
I want to read something that is complete!
And it seems like all the books coming out are...not. They're parts of series.
Which means I won't get the whole story for a few more years. :(
Its half the reason why I haven't been as active in reading recently.
Because I'm tired of starting a ton of different series and not being able to finish them. :(
Still.
I really did like the Hunter book. ^^
Just wished I had the rest of the series with me now.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Life just seems too...busy to do so recently.
But to use up some vacation time, I decided to take a "relaxcation" and just head home to the parents for a week to get away from it all.
Which means, with nothing going on....I have time to do stuff that I don't usually do.
Like reading a book. ^^
I actually feel like I can relax down enough to take the time to sit and lose myself in a different world for a few hours.
So nice.
So very nice.
I love reading, I really do.
And Mercedes Lackey is an author that doesn't disappoint. ^^
I spent the day reading her newest book, Hunter.
It was a fun read, really liked the characters and the setting and the magic and the hounds.
It left me craving more.
Because...*sighs* It was the first book in a series.
And the rest of the books haven't been written yet.
Y_Y.
Phooey.
I hate that.
I want to know what happens next now!!
*sighs*
Its an annoyance of mine.
How many books are the 'first books in series.'
I mean, I'm sure I'd finish a 'one booker' and go "They should write more!"
But there are days when I just get tired of finding 'first books'
I want to read something that is complete!
And it seems like all the books coming out are...not. They're parts of series.
Which means I won't get the whole story for a few more years. :(
Its half the reason why I haven't been as active in reading recently.
Because I'm tired of starting a ton of different series and not being able to finish them. :(
Still.
I really did like the Hunter book. ^^
Just wished I had the rest of the series with me now.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Show To Go On
It's rather crazy,
That I've been to two concerts within like a month.
And the differences couldn't have been more noticeable.
It was like night and day.
One, was like 15,000 fans, indoors, tons of energy, tons of noise.
The other.
Smaller, like 2,000 people, outdoors, with more of an older crowd.
So different.
And I'm grateful for it.
lol Not sure that I could have done two loud noisy concerts in a row.
To have a quieter concert was much better and a lot more enjoyable. ^^
Music can bring such energy, such heart.
It's fun to be able to see performers performing their songs.
Especially how much they're both willing to give to their fans.
At both concerts both singers ended up being sick.
But instead of canceling.
They went on with the show.
Doing their best to sing for their fans, to give them a concert.
It's amazing how much they want to share their music, that they're willing to work even when sick.
Hopefully they are able to get well deserved rests and get back to feeling all well again. :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
That I've been to two concerts within like a month.
And the differences couldn't have been more noticeable.
It was like night and day.
One, was like 15,000 fans, indoors, tons of energy, tons of noise.
The other.
Smaller, like 2,000 people, outdoors, with more of an older crowd.
So different.
And I'm grateful for it.
lol Not sure that I could have done two loud noisy concerts in a row.
To have a quieter concert was much better and a lot more enjoyable. ^^
Music can bring such energy, such heart.
It's fun to be able to see performers performing their songs.
Especially how much they're both willing to give to their fans.
At both concerts both singers ended up being sick.
But instead of canceling.
They went on with the show.
Doing their best to sing for their fans, to give them a concert.
It's amazing how much they want to share their music, that they're willing to work even when sick.
Hopefully they are able to get well deserved rests and get back to feeling all well again. :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, September 18, 2015
A Likeable Sequel
It's not often when one can say they like the sequel movie better than the original movie.
But I think I've found one.
Where I like the sequel a lot more than the original one.
Which movie was this?
Teen Beach 2.
What's the premise?
Well to premise it you need to know that the original movie involved two people from the 'real world' being sucked into the world of a movie and trying to find their way back home.
The second movie is a similar premise. But opposite. The movie characters end up finding their way into the real world....and the real world people are trying to get them back into the movie before it ceases to exist.
It's a cool premise.
But that's not why I liked the sequel.
No...
It was just a happy movie.
Seriously. The whole movie seems to exude joy to me.
I smiled nearly the whole time (except the sad parts...because they were sad parts.)
But it was just...fun. I liked it.
I was able to relax.
Watch.
Enjoy.
Plus I loved the music in this movie a lot more. The songs were more...singable I suppose.
lol
I mean...I've had different songs from the movie stuck in my head for the past week.
That has to mean something. ^^
That I like it! A lot! (and if you haven't seen the original, you should watch that first or else you won't get the inside jokes of the second movie. :) )
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
But I think I've found one.
Where I like the sequel a lot more than the original one.
Which movie was this?
Teen Beach 2.
What's the premise?
Well to premise it you need to know that the original movie involved two people from the 'real world' being sucked into the world of a movie and trying to find their way back home.
The second movie is a similar premise. But opposite. The movie characters end up finding their way into the real world....and the real world people are trying to get them back into the movie before it ceases to exist.
It's a cool premise.
But that's not why I liked the sequel.
No...
It was just a happy movie.
Seriously. The whole movie seems to exude joy to me.
I smiled nearly the whole time (except the sad parts...because they were sad parts.)
But it was just...fun. I liked it.
I was able to relax.
Watch.
Enjoy.
Plus I loved the music in this movie a lot more. The songs were more...singable I suppose.
lol
I mean...I've had different songs from the movie stuck in my head for the past week.
That has to mean something. ^^
That I like it! A lot! (and if you haven't seen the original, you should watch that first or else you won't get the inside jokes of the second movie. :) )
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Proper Attitude
I recently read the account of some deacons who got a little careless in their attitude towards passing the sacrament.
They began to think of it as a chore, something that no one else wanted to do.
They often came in late, and sometimes didn't dress appropriately.
One Sunday their priesthood adviser told them: "You don't have to worry about the sacrament today.It's been taken care of."
They were, of course, surprised to hear this, but as usual, they were late for sacrament meeting.
They slipped in casually during the opening hymn and sat in the congregation.
That's when they noticed who was sitting on the deacons' bench--their adviser and the high priests of the ward, who included men who had served as bishops and stake president.
They were all dressed in dark suits with white shirts and ties.
But more than that, their bearing was one of total reverence as they took the sacrament trays from row to row.
Something was deeper and more significant about the sacrament that day.
Those deacons who had become so perfunctory in their duties learned by example that passing the sacrament was a sacred trust and one of the greatest of honors.
They began to realize that the priesthood is, as the Apostle Peter called it, "a royal priesthood."
-James E. Faust -A Royal Priesthood -April 2006 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Creepiness
It's one of those questions, where you don't think much of it upon the asking....
But as time passes, and you consider the question in more thought....
You begin to wonder...Why?
Why the question?
What was the reason for asking it?
What were they going to do with the answer?
I had a customer call at work today.
And said "Okay, this is going to be a crazy question, but do you guys sell, venomous scorpions and how many do you get in?"
"Yes, we only get in one at a time."
"Oh...well...I need like 300 of them. Is there any way I could order them in bulk and you have them sent to me?"
"Unfortunately, the breeders control how many animals they send us. We can't order anything in. So we'll only get in one at a time."
"Oh...Okay. Thanks anyways. Bye!"
And that was the conversation.
300 Scorpions.
At first I was like "Wow...that was one of the more crazy requests."
And went on my way.
But then you get to thinking.
Why would someone need 300 scorpions?
Why would they ask if we had venomous scorpions? (like...aren't all scorpions venomous in some way?)
Is it for a prank?
For a breeding thing?
For a Halloween attraction?
What are they going to do with them?
Are they planning to use them to kill someone?
I mean, the more you think about it, the more diabolical it all can get.
300 scorpions.
Why would you ever need that many?
Why?
Why?
I really regret that I didn't ask him why he needed so many.
Because I want to know the answer. I really do.
But...if you hear anything in the news about 300 scorpions in the near future....just know that I talked with the fella.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
There was a young boy, in an old atticy workshop space. Tinkering with gels and goos and such. And somehow through using them, he managed to bring people/creatures/aliens from their time periods/worlds to his. Where he was able to interact with them and do stuff with them. It got to the point where he could travel to their times/worlds by drinking the goos. And it expanded from there, until he could get abilities briefly from the goos. Until he had a group of friends that were helping him with this sort of thing, until it was revealed that the boy's father and a lot of the neighbors had done similar things in their youth, and the whole neighborhood was working together to keep this invention secret from the government as they planned to take animals from the past to use in the future, but that would have bad effects to the past because time wouldn't happen as it was supposed to and animals wouldn't get eaten, plants would die. etc. We were packing up things like crazy trying to decide what to take and what to leave. And there were these stones that could absorb energy and also expel it. One stone in particular could create things from the goo and I created a beautiful leafy sculpture, but it all of a sudden collapsed and revealed a creepy skeleton within it that left me recoiling back. The government flew over our house, and we dashed across the street to where the grown ups were plotting to tell them that their ship had arrived, and we had to go now....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
But as time passes, and you consider the question in more thought....
You begin to wonder...Why?
Why the question?
What was the reason for asking it?
What were they going to do with the answer?
I had a customer call at work today.
And said "Okay, this is going to be a crazy question, but do you guys sell, venomous scorpions and how many do you get in?"
"Yes, we only get in one at a time."
"Oh...well...I need like 300 of them. Is there any way I could order them in bulk and you have them sent to me?"
"Unfortunately, the breeders control how many animals they send us. We can't order anything in. So we'll only get in one at a time."
"Oh...Okay. Thanks anyways. Bye!"
And that was the conversation.
300 Scorpions.
At first I was like "Wow...that was one of the more crazy requests."
And went on my way.
But then you get to thinking.
Why would someone need 300 scorpions?
Why would they ask if we had venomous scorpions? (like...aren't all scorpions venomous in some way?)
Is it for a prank?
For a breeding thing?
For a Halloween attraction?
What are they going to do with them?
Are they planning to use them to kill someone?
I mean, the more you think about it, the more diabolical it all can get.
300 scorpions.
Why would you ever need that many?
Why?
Why?
I really regret that I didn't ask him why he needed so many.
Because I want to know the answer. I really do.
But...if you hear anything in the news about 300 scorpions in the near future....just know that I talked with the fella.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
There was a young boy, in an old atticy workshop space. Tinkering with gels and goos and such. And somehow through using them, he managed to bring people/creatures/aliens from their time periods/worlds to his. Where he was able to interact with them and do stuff with them. It got to the point where he could travel to their times/worlds by drinking the goos. And it expanded from there, until he could get abilities briefly from the goos. Until he had a group of friends that were helping him with this sort of thing, until it was revealed that the boy's father and a lot of the neighbors had done similar things in their youth, and the whole neighborhood was working together to keep this invention secret from the government as they planned to take animals from the past to use in the future, but that would have bad effects to the past because time wouldn't happen as it was supposed to and animals wouldn't get eaten, plants would die. etc. We were packing up things like crazy trying to decide what to take and what to leave. And there were these stones that could absorb energy and also expel it. One stone in particular could create things from the goo and I created a beautiful leafy sculpture, but it all of a sudden collapsed and revealed a creepy skeleton within it that left me recoiling back. The government flew over our house, and we dashed across the street to where the grown ups were plotting to tell them that their ship had arrived, and we had to go now....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
A Day in Review -September 15th
Wednesday, September 15th 2004
-I've been caught up in shed work. Also in English class I'm writing a story about an orphan that doesn't know anything about himself and in the story he's gong to find out something cool though I don't know what it is yet.
Friday, September 15th 2006
-I went to a football game with my friends in the rain. We lost. :( But it was fun hanging with my friends.
Monday, September 15th 2008
-Typical Monday. I had Health, Sculpture -started making plaster molds got out an hour early. history of Geography -talked to the guy I like, and that the teacher didn't know about the Alexanderite stone. During my lunch break I went and got a bus pass. ASL watched a movie and I started to fade energy wise from being tired and having a headache. In heredity I spoke with another guy and tried to pay attention in class. Got home and took a 2 hour nap and woke with a tear inducing headache. Ended up making friends with the toilet. :( But now I'm feeling better. Good thing I only have 2 classes together, so I an rest.
Tuesday, September 15th 2009
-Today was a pretty good day. Slept through the night and woke up feeling awake. Walked to school and had my institute classes. Witnessed boys being dumb crossing the intersection while the light was GREEN. and there were cars coming! They got stuck in front of the turn lane. Luckily nobody got hurt. After my institute classes I came home to find that the power had been out....Took a nap and wen tot a tri stake thing to get food with Kristin.
Wednesday, September 15th 2010
- After tidying up the apartment today, we passed our Recheck! Yay! Culture class was meh. Bom was good we covered the tree of life story. Talked with Esteban on the way to an Interpreting class. Afterwards I read for a bit. Another interpreting class we actually practiced interpreting. That was thrilling. Had to meet with the bishop after class, where I was kept waiting for almost an hour. That could have been used doing something more useful...like homework. oh well. Talked with another guy while Kikay and I waited for the bishop. Got a new calling to be the "Web Master" of the ward website. I didn't know we had one...but we'll see how that goes. Mostly I think I was called because I think the Bishop thought I was dependable.
Thursday, September 15th 2011
-I think Kikay and I caught Kah's cold. mostly due to stress and all that jazz. Right now I have a sore throat and a stuffy/runny nose though my symptoms didn't show up until like 6 pm. Went to school and did school things. had BOM where we talked about Coriantomur, ASL Lit our minds were numbed with more sign stories. Dashed to Institute to get taco salads for lunch before going to Philosophy to hear Demett's view on his issue...blah blah. Talked to Marilyn today...she's not sure I'll be able to get to the school for my field experience. :S I hope she calls me back. (for an education class I had to go observe/help at a school.) Talked with my Internship Mentor for a bit and went to Education class to get into groups to "discuss" stuff. Walked up to the CS for criminal justice (ugh such a long walk from one side of the school to the other.) We played jeopardy there. I volunteered to be score keeper. Came home and worked on my secret project. (Making comics of my friend's favorite super heroes.)
Saturday, September 15th 2012
-I went fencing today. Only one other person showed up for the club day. :( I wonder if I can help to get more people to come if I post on facebook next time the club meets. In any case it was fun to fence sabre today. :) Tiff (roommate) dropped by to give us donuts which was super sweet of her. ^^ I really don't get why everyone is so obsessed with KrispiKreme around here...having too much sweetness tends to put me off more sweets, but the roomies lap it up. O.o After a shower and a couple episodes of Case Closed, Kikay dropped me off at work. I was cashiering again. Though I got to stock shelves of soda as well which was different. I do need to work on multi tasking though and not get super focused on just one task. As I was supposed to watch the register and stock the sodas when there weren't customers there. I didn't know that soda's expired. O.o apparently they do... Cashiering wasn't bad today though I think I'll take my 15 minute break the next time I have a longer shift towards the end of my shift, as Toc made me take it at like 5pm when I got there at 3 and didn't get off til 8. My legs were totally killing me that last hour and a half from all the standing. So I think I'll go for like 2ish hours before my shift ends or something. Came home and relaxed watching more case closed episodes and a ghost adventures episode as well. I'm almost out of the English Case Closed episodes :S Then I'll have to switch to Japanese, which is sad as I like the voice actors for the English versions.
Sunday, September 15th 2013
-I slept in til 11:30 today. I had woken up earlier but I was tired enough that I rolled over and went back to sleep. I went to church and came home and wrote my missionary letters, went to dinner at Kikay's and played Settler's of Cataan and Betrayal; House on the Hill. Came home to watch the Miss America Pageant before heading to bed for a 3am wake up call.
Monday, September 15th 2014
-I slept in today, perhaps a bit too long as I felt tired for most of the day. I did a quick venture to the D.I to grab a cable for the T.V....it didn't work to bring in the local channels. :( Work this afternoon was nice and slow. I was able to resticker all the fish tags to make sure the prices were right and hopefully to make it easier for my special coworker to read so he doesn't keep breaking the tag holders trying to get the tags out of their place. The rest of work was slow so I did this and that until close where I then met up with my friends at Barnes and Noble to do some book shopping for FHE. Came home and relaxed reading a new book; the Badger Knight.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015
-It was another early morning wake up call for work. I came in at 7 and started work on the bedding changes of the day as my second opener wasn't scheduled til 8. I had her do the cat cleaning and open the floor while I finished bedding changes and worked on counting our shipment of crickets that came in to make sure that we got the number the company said they sent us. It was a nice slow day without a lot of customers. (There was like an hour rush...but over all it was dead.) So I was able to get a lot of tasks done without feeling rushed about it. :) yay! It also rained today! ^^ Love the rain, but again managed to get off work while it was lightly raining when it had been a down pour only 10 minutes earlier. lol. I came home and took a nap while the roomies were watching Doctor Who on the TV. When I woke up they'd left for class, so I hung out watching other shows, and ventured to the mailbox to get my Amell/Stardust shirt! Yes! But when the roomies got home the internet had gone out, so we spent a couple of hours working on the 1,000 piece puzzle I'd bought for when such an occasion arose. ^^ We got a lot of progress done! Yay!
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
-I've been caught up in shed work. Also in English class I'm writing a story about an orphan that doesn't know anything about himself and in the story he's gong to find out something cool though I don't know what it is yet.
Friday, September 15th 2006
-I went to a football game with my friends in the rain. We lost. :( But it was fun hanging with my friends.
Monday, September 15th 2008
-Typical Monday. I had Health, Sculpture -started making plaster molds got out an hour early. history of Geography -talked to the guy I like, and that the teacher didn't know about the Alexanderite stone. During my lunch break I went and got a bus pass. ASL watched a movie and I started to fade energy wise from being tired and having a headache. In heredity I spoke with another guy and tried to pay attention in class. Got home and took a 2 hour nap and woke with a tear inducing headache. Ended up making friends with the toilet. :( But now I'm feeling better. Good thing I only have 2 classes together, so I an rest.
Tuesday, September 15th 2009
-Today was a pretty good day. Slept through the night and woke up feeling awake. Walked to school and had my institute classes. Witnessed boys being dumb crossing the intersection while the light was GREEN. and there were cars coming! They got stuck in front of the turn lane. Luckily nobody got hurt. After my institute classes I came home to find that the power had been out....Took a nap and wen tot a tri stake thing to get food with Kristin.
Wednesday, September 15th 2010
- After tidying up the apartment today, we passed our Recheck! Yay! Culture class was meh. Bom was good we covered the tree of life story. Talked with Esteban on the way to an Interpreting class. Afterwards I read for a bit. Another interpreting class we actually practiced interpreting. That was thrilling. Had to meet with the bishop after class, where I was kept waiting for almost an hour. That could have been used doing something more useful...like homework. oh well. Talked with another guy while Kikay and I waited for the bishop. Got a new calling to be the "Web Master" of the ward website. I didn't know we had one...but we'll see how that goes. Mostly I think I was called because I think the Bishop thought I was dependable.
Thursday, September 15th 2011
-I think Kikay and I caught Kah's cold. mostly due to stress and all that jazz. Right now I have a sore throat and a stuffy/runny nose though my symptoms didn't show up until like 6 pm. Went to school and did school things. had BOM where we talked about Coriantomur, ASL Lit our minds were numbed with more sign stories. Dashed to Institute to get taco salads for lunch before going to Philosophy to hear Demett's view on his issue...blah blah. Talked to Marilyn today...she's not sure I'll be able to get to the school for my field experience. :S I hope she calls me back. (for an education class I had to go observe/help at a school.) Talked with my Internship Mentor for a bit and went to Education class to get into groups to "discuss" stuff. Walked up to the CS for criminal justice (ugh such a long walk from one side of the school to the other.) We played jeopardy there. I volunteered to be score keeper. Came home and worked on my secret project. (Making comics of my friend's favorite super heroes.)
Saturday, September 15th 2012
-I went fencing today. Only one other person showed up for the club day. :( I wonder if I can help to get more people to come if I post on facebook next time the club meets. In any case it was fun to fence sabre today. :) Tiff (roommate) dropped by to give us donuts which was super sweet of her. ^^ I really don't get why everyone is so obsessed with KrispiKreme around here...having too much sweetness tends to put me off more sweets, but the roomies lap it up. O.o After a shower and a couple episodes of Case Closed, Kikay dropped me off at work. I was cashiering again. Though I got to stock shelves of soda as well which was different. I do need to work on multi tasking though and not get super focused on just one task. As I was supposed to watch the register and stock the sodas when there weren't customers there. I didn't know that soda's expired. O.o apparently they do... Cashiering wasn't bad today though I think I'll take my 15 minute break the next time I have a longer shift towards the end of my shift, as Toc made me take it at like 5pm when I got there at 3 and didn't get off til 8. My legs were totally killing me that last hour and a half from all the standing. So I think I'll go for like 2ish hours before my shift ends or something. Came home and relaxed watching more case closed episodes and a ghost adventures episode as well. I'm almost out of the English Case Closed episodes :S Then I'll have to switch to Japanese, which is sad as I like the voice actors for the English versions.
Sunday, September 15th 2013
-I slept in til 11:30 today. I had woken up earlier but I was tired enough that I rolled over and went back to sleep. I went to church and came home and wrote my missionary letters, went to dinner at Kikay's and played Settler's of Cataan and Betrayal; House on the Hill. Came home to watch the Miss America Pageant before heading to bed for a 3am wake up call.
Monday, September 15th 2014
-I slept in today, perhaps a bit too long as I felt tired for most of the day. I did a quick venture to the D.I to grab a cable for the T.V....it didn't work to bring in the local channels. :( Work this afternoon was nice and slow. I was able to resticker all the fish tags to make sure the prices were right and hopefully to make it easier for my special coworker to read so he doesn't keep breaking the tag holders trying to get the tags out of their place. The rest of work was slow so I did this and that until close where I then met up with my friends at Barnes and Noble to do some book shopping for FHE. Came home and relaxed reading a new book; the Badger Knight.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015
-It was another early morning wake up call for work. I came in at 7 and started work on the bedding changes of the day as my second opener wasn't scheduled til 8. I had her do the cat cleaning and open the floor while I finished bedding changes and worked on counting our shipment of crickets that came in to make sure that we got the number the company said they sent us. It was a nice slow day without a lot of customers. (There was like an hour rush...but over all it was dead.) So I was able to get a lot of tasks done without feeling rushed about it. :) yay! It also rained today! ^^ Love the rain, but again managed to get off work while it was lightly raining when it had been a down pour only 10 minutes earlier. lol. I came home and took a nap while the roomies were watching Doctor Who on the TV. When I woke up they'd left for class, so I hung out watching other shows, and ventured to the mailbox to get my Amell/Stardust shirt! Yes! But when the roomies got home the internet had gone out, so we spent a couple of hours working on the 1,000 piece puzzle I'd bought for when such an occasion arose. ^^ We got a lot of progress done! Yay!
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, September 14, 2015
October 2006 General Conference -Saturday Morning
Gordon B. Hinckley -We Bear Testimony to the World
- Though there are limitations on our ability to travel where we might, there is compensation in the ability of the First Presidency, members of the Twelve, and the Seventy to speak by satellite to large numbers of stakes throughout the world.
- Circumstances change, but our message does not change. We bear testimony to the world that the heavens have been opened, that God, our Eternal Father, and His Son, the risen Lord, have appeared and spoken. We offer our solemn witness that the priesthood has been restored with the keys and authority of eternal blessings.
Dallin H. Oaks -He Heals the Heavy Laden
- The Savior teaches that we will have tribulation in the world, but we should "be of good cheer" because He has "overcome the world."
- Although the Savior could heal all whom He would heal, this is not true of those who hold His priesthood authority. Mortal exercises of that authority are limited by the will of Him whose priesthood it is.
- The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ--whether it removes our burdens or strengthens us to endure and live with them like the Apostle Paul--is available for every affliction in mortality.
Richard H. Winkel -The Temple Is about Families
- Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them.
Paul B. Pieper -The First Generation
- Being a first-generation member of the Church is not always easy. You will walk where no one in your family has walked before. Conditions around you may be challenging. You may have few, or no, friends or relatives to understand and support you. At times you may become discouraged, wondering if it is all worth it. My purpose this morning is to assure you that it is.
- By being consistently good and upright, you will establish patterns of faithfulness and righteousness. Those patterns will shape your life, but more importantly, they will become a standard for your family and posterity.
- One small decision by a first-generation member made a difference for thousands.
- Do not be discouraged if you make a mistake. Repenting and continuing to press forward are perhaps the most important patterns to develop in the first generation. Be patient and move forward in obedience.
David S. Baxter -Faith, Service, Constancy
- First is the motivating, transforming power of faith in Jesus Christ. Such faith is like spiritual oxygen. As we allow faith to freely flow within us, it awakens and enlivens our spiritual senses. It breathes life into our very souls.
- Faith fuels hope. Our perspective changes; our vision becomes clearer. We begin to look for the best, not the worst, in life and in others. We gain a deeper sense of life's purpose and meaning. Despair gives way to joy.
- Second, as we serve we grow.
- "It is not what we receive that enriches our lives, it is what we give."
- The answer lies in helping to solve the problems of those around us rather than worrying about our own, living to lift burdens even when we ourselves feel weighed down, putting our shoulder to the wheel instead of complaining that the wagons of life seem to be passing by.
- Third, discipleship does not guarantee freedom from the storms of life.
- What to do when adversity strikes? There is only one thing to do. Stand steady and see it through. Stay steadfast, constant, and true. The real tragedy in the whirlwinds of life comes only when we allow them to blow us off our true course.
- At these moments of crisis and challenge, some choose to abandon faith just at the time when it most needs to be embraced. Prayer is ignored at the very hour when it needs to be intensified. Virtue is carelessly tossed aside when it needs to be cherished. God is forsaken in the all-too-human yet mistaken fear that He has forsaken us.
- The truth is that our only safety, our only security, our only hope is to hold fast to that which is good. As the mists of darkness gather around us, we are only lost if we choose to let go of the iron rod, which is the word of God.
Robert C. Oaks -The Power of Patience
- First, "charity sufferth long."
- Charity "is not easily provoked."
- Charity "beareth all things."
- Finally, charity "endureth all things."
- The impatient, natural man is all about us.
- "Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best--better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His."
- We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.
- To achieve any worthwhile goal requires hard work.
M. Russell Ballard -O Be Wise
- We have been charged to watch over one another and to serve one another.
- While there may be times when our Church callings require more intense effort and unusual focus, we need to strive to keep things in proper balance.
- First, focus on people and principles--not on programs.
- Frankly, it's much easier to just manage programs than it is to understand and truly serve people.
- Our goal should always be to use the programs of the Church as a means to lift, encourage, assist, teach, love, and perfect people.
- Second, be innovative.
- To innovate does not necessarily mean to be expand; very often it means to simplify.
- Third, divide the work and delegate responsibility. There is a difference between being responsible for getting the work done and doing the work yourself.
- Counsel, advise, persuade, motivate--but don't do the work for them. Allow others to progress and grow, even if it means sometimes getting less-than-perfect results on the reports.
- Fourth, eliminate guilt.
- We must always motivate through love and sincere appreciation, not by creating guilt.
- "Catch others doing something right."
- Fifth, we need to thoughtfully allocate our resources of time, income, and energy.
- No matter what your family needs are or your responsibilities in the Church, there is no such things as "done." There will always be more we can do.
- Sixth, a word to your leaders about extending responsibilities to members and especially to recent converts.
- Every new member of the Church needs a responsibility. Whatever responsibility may be extended should not overwhelm new members but should give them ample opportunity to become comfortable in the Church by learning its doctrine and by rubbing shoulders with friendly members. It should anchor them to the restored gospel through increasing their testimony and giving meaningful service.
James E. Faust -Discipleship
- "If I must suffer for my religion, it is no more than others have down before me. I am not conscious of having injured anyone in the county and therefore will not consent to leave. I have done nothing to offend anyone. If you abuse me, you are injuring an innocent man."
- It is never too late to change.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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