Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Serenity...

How appropriate to this week! I had to find the Serenity Prayer in its entirety for my boss this morning. Her sermon this week is called "Spiritual Makeover- from Anger to Acceptance." I know there is a lot of anger surrounding Multiply's decision to discontinue the social aspects of the site. There is some acceptance, too, with people already finding a new home and trying to settle in. So hopefully we move from anger to acceptance and get on with our blogging lives. I'm mommadish at LiveJournal and several of us are there trying to figure out how to navigate this new system. I leave you this prayer, in its original published form by Reinhold Neibuhr, to give you some peace about this whole thing:

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.
Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it;
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Not many thoughts for Tuesday



1. I probably won't get to ten thoughts.

2. There aren't too many people who do things to make me block them from places like Multiply and Facebook. I'm on the edge with one person though. All they do is play games and post idiotic videos and negative status updates. I don't want to see that mess. Facebook is a little messed up and won't let me just block their notifications- it doesn't seem to work on my phone for some reason!

3. I love my iPhone! I didn't realize I'd love it so much, but there's an app for (almost) everything!

4. I also love my new car. I never posted a pic of it like I said I would. That's it at the top, still on the lot at the time.

5. I love my friends! Having some good discussions on Multiply this week has been just what I needed! I like it that we can share our hopes, and fears, and dreams safely with people we've never 'met'. Almost easier than sharing with our hometown friends.

6. I find myself wishing more that we all lived closer together.

7. I find myself wishing more that I could win the lottery. I've helped a couple of friends out this month and giving feels so good! I wish I had more to give away!

8. I might make it to 10 after all...

9. Maybe...

10. Yes, I did it!