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I was thinking the other day that there are many seemingly-innocent activities we engage in that can lead to habit-forming activities later in life:
I had a good Christmas. My treasured gift was a FitBit; a device that tracks my steps, calories, sleep, etc. I keep telling Tara that one year I want my gift in the driveway with a giant red bow on it. After reading this comic I realized that I'm going to be more specific.
Galileo Galilei said, "I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." That's another way of saying that we all have our strengths (and our weaknesses) and that it "takes a village". Or, as the apostle Paul counseled in Romans 12:4-6:So, be willing to both learn from and to teach your fellow man, man!4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same aoffice:
I have occasional night terrors. I feel like it's gotten better over the years. I didn't even realize that there was an actual term attributed to this "malady" until recently. At a party we were playing a couples game where someone mentioned that they have night terrors. I instantly recognized what they were talking about and was comforted and relieved to know that I'm not alone! Other people have them, too! I've always said that I can't help when I have a bad dream that makes me want to scream but the scream just won't come. I try and I try until it finally wells up and overflows. I'm just glad to know that I'm not alone.
What did you resolve last year? Mike Henneke, Managing Editor of the Upper Valley Standard Journal (mhenneke@uvsj.com) said, among other things, "Resolve not to bring up any comparisons of Obama with the Antichrist during Sunday school." I agree. I'm anti-anti. I guess that means I'm pro-pro. There's too much negativity attached to anti-anything. I guess anti-virus might be an exception. Anyway, here's hoping you can keep your resolutions beyond that first week!
The other day I had to leave my office to rush up to the temple to look for Jacob's watch; which he thought he'd left in a locker. I was in a bit of a hurry. It was cold and I was anxious about leaving the office during the day. As I approached the back stairs I saw the orange cones blocking the nearer stairwell. My first thought was that they were merely cautionary and that I'd just sneak through them and be careful. As I looked to the top of the stairwell I realized that the gate was actually closed ahead. If I had continued ascending I'd only have had to again descend to get to the further stairwell; which was still open. It made me realize that often the "cones" in life aren't put there to inconvenience us but to guide us away from situation which would certainly hamper our efforts to grow and achieve. I'll be more aware and thankful for said "cones" in the future.
