Potential

"We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever. Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won’t, for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming."

--Joseph B. Wirthlin, "The Great Commandment"

Thinking

Today, I read this:

"Thinking, which is a method of reconstructing experience, treats observation of facts, on the other hand, as the indispensable step of defining the problem, of locating the trouble, of forcing home a definite, instead of a merely vague emotional, sense of what the difficulty is and where it lies. It is not aimless, random, miscellaneous, but purposeful, specific and limited by the character of the trouble undergone. The purpose is so to clarify the disturbed and confused situation that reasonable ways of dealing with it may be suggested."

--John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy, pg. 141

Yes, I've been reading for my thesis. Yes, I'm enjoying pragmatism.

AND, next time someone tells me I'm over analyzing, I'm just going to say that I'm simply trying to "clarify the disturbed and confused situation that reasonable ways of dealing with it may be suggested."

Just sayin'.

Thank you, John Dewey.

Speaking of Facebook . . .

My sister just showed this to me. Hilarious. And so true.

According to Facebook . . .

it's high time I reconnected with my good friend, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

I mean, we even share the same birthday. With a bond that close, you'd wonder how I ever lost touch?

Now the question is, does reconnecting mean simply reading some more poetry or will it require holding a seance?

Decisions, decisions.

The benefits of mindless work

These past few days at work, I've been doing a lot of copying, pasting, and editing--important but not very mindful work. In order to keep myself going, I've been listening to BYU devotionals from bygone years. And, I must say, this site is changing my life.

I've thoroughly enjoyed listening all of the Hollands' devotionals from the time with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was president of BYU. I may post more on these later.

I even listened to a devotional today given by my thesis chair. Very good.

Another highlight, which I re-discovered today, was a devotional given by Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

You should probably listen to it right now. He tells some great stories about his grandfather.

Enjoy.