I am feeling a lot less overwhelmed than I did a few days ago, being off is good for the body. I am off for the next 7 days, no work til Monday, March 5th!!! But I need to get working and getting done all those things on my To Do list that I talked about the other day.
We didn't have Church today, it was cancelled due to our plethora of snow. Luckily I received 2 phone calls telling me it was cancelled, it made up for the time a couple years ago when I didn't receive the call. I showed up at Church and there were just a couple cars in the parking lot- some leaders from the other ward were meeting. When my bishop found out, he felt bad and called to personally apologize. I thought that was cool of him to do. Anyway, I was happy today to be in the loop!
When I was in grad school, I used to joke w/classmates that I would never remember all we had learned in school and that I would need to drag a mini U-Haul with me, wherever I worked, in order to have the needed knowledge to treat patients readily available. Of course that isn't how it works. Likewise, with the gospel, there is so much knowledge out there- but it can be so hard to retain all that information in the brain. While you can feel things in your heart, I just wish I were better at remembering the details of talks and scriptures, etc.
For example, I have been wanting to work on becoming more patient. There are so many ways in which I need to become more patient. In one particular area of my life, I find that having patience is a struggle and a stress for me. I feel like I've gone as far as I can go and can't go on, so I turned to those talks to try to get some strength. So after I shoveled, I downloaded and read 8 talks on patience from lds.org. Definitely lots of good food for thought. I wish I could remember everything I read. Some talks, such as those by Elder Maxwell, really need to be studied over and over to even have hope of being digested. Anyway, at the very least, from having read these talks, at least I have a little better desire to have a patient heart.
Finally, speaking about hearts, let me say one thing about hurting hearts. I am a person who tries to be kind and not hurt other people. I think ofttimes, due to my shyness, people may mistake my quietness for indifference or uncaring. Perhaps they may think I don't care if I spend my time talking to those with whom I feel comfortable. Still, I do try to make an effort to reach out, it just depends. But I am not a mean person. I don't say or do things to hurt others. But for some reason, I make myself prone to getting hurt by others. I wish I weren't so but at times it is. Sometimes I am strong and resilient. But other times I get hurt. And of all the hurts, it is funny that the following even hurts me:
I recently responded to an internet article written by a well-known person. This person wrote a decent article with great teaching potential. However, there was one area where this person could have been kinder to the subject of his article. Instead, he transcended the bounds of appropriateness in the way in which he criticized a person. Anyway, in reference to my comment, this person called me, "annoyingly sanctimonious". Such a cruel thing to say and untrue and hurtful too. It is funny how someone could say something like that to a stranger. I did preface my comment with some positive remarks about his article. In other articles, that person also name calls other commenters that disagree with him. I am debating whether or not to respond. I think that person has great ideas but loses his integrity by that type of jabbing. Meanwhile, I think I will send a link of that article and the comments to my mom to get her opinion on everything. After all, what else besides turning to your mom is one to do when someone refers to you in such a manner?
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Hey Nita! It always amazes me how much we have in common. I am a big believer in being nice. I am over being shocked that people can be rude. And I understand to some personality types, they are not nearly as sensitive nor do they perceive things as being as rude as might.
Also, when I was a Speech Pathology major for a whole semester, I felt like I would never remember the Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Mechanisms that we were studying. That was one of the reasons that I dropped out of that major though I recieve and A+ in the class.
Now I think that being a Speech Pathologist may have been what I was well-suited for depending on the setting. I have also contemplated being a Occupational Therapist. I saw a nursing school offering courses in being an assistant to Occupational Therapist and sent for literature a few years ago, but did not receive any. Therapy interests me so much. I want to learn a lot about both fields though I will probably never use it professionally. I feel knowledge can be put to use in other ways that are valuable.
Hi Barb- thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think that guy that was rude as his own issues, it is sad.
You are right, there is so much interesting things to learn in both OT and Speech TX. Even if you don't go back to school, one interesting thing is we all have a "therapeutic use of self". Basically, this is how our very being, our personality can hopefully be therapeutic (or not) to someone else. When I was in school, it truly amazed me how complex our bodies are. The way our body works and functions is is a testimony to me of how Heavenly Father created us.
You are right that knowledge can be put to use in many valuable ways. Good luck if you ever decide to continue your education. Learning is lifelong, there are so many things to learn along the path of life! Nita
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