Surrender

There is just one quick thing I want to bring to your attention.

Or rather to share with you. 

I've had an awaking of sorts, a epiphany if you will. 

Now I am a Christian. I believe in God, his son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.

I don't necessarily believe that we all have a destiny. 

I do not believe that our lives are set in the stars.

But I do like to entertain these thoughts. 

I love to look up my horoscope and see what is in store for me!

Im a Sagittarius  

In 'A Knights Tale' Williams asks his father if he can change his stars.

I believe you can. 

Your life is what you make of it. 

You decide your destiny. 

Now like I said before, I love to play with the idea of fate.

I mean you control your life yes, but really in the 'End' I think God knew you'd make it to where you did. 

That was where you were supposed to be. 

There are no "If only I could have done this..." or "It was supposed to be better..."

No. There is only one place we are gunna end up.

So play along with me. 

Lets play with 'Fate'.

Now if you will, hear me out on this.

In life how many decisions do we face a day?

Experts say up to 35,000 at least a day, most being rather simple.

My good friend, Master Oogway once said, 

"Quit, don't quit? Noodles, don't noodles? You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the 'present.'"

And he is totally right! 

Live for the day! 

Seize the moment! 

Don't sweat the small stuff.

And as for those decisions that aren't so easy and require better judgement,

Don't waste your time thinking about the 'what ifs'.

This is where I'm going with all this build up.

I want you to take a coin. 

I don't care what kind, but lets go with a quarter.

Carry this quarter with you everywhere you go.

This is not to be spent.

It is to be used to help guide you to your 'destiny'

Any time you come to a crossroad in your day and you are faced with a choice.

Should I or should I not?

I want you to reach inside your pocket and pull out your mighty quarter of destiny.

take the opposing choices, give them a side of the coin and then give it a toss...

and no matter what, Whichever face it lands on, do it.

Surrender yourself to the hands of fate, to destiny's desire.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SlideshowArt#p/u/5/6-r3JsXfSg0

Watch this video...I think you'll get what I'm desperately trying to say. 

Waiting Game

Waiting is hard work!

Joseph B. Wirthlin once said,

"Sometimes the hardest thing we can do is wait. The Lord has his own timetable, and although it may frustrate us, his timing is always perfect."

It seems we are always waiting for something. Waiting for the bell to ring to let out class, waiting for the week to slip swiftly into the weekend, waiting for your ride to pick you up, waiting for your sister to hustle up and free the bathroom (I mean can't you do your make up in your room or something?) Sometimes we are waiting to hear from loved ones, sometimes we are waiting for them to come back home.

Sometimes we wish we could wait a little longer. We pray earnestly while we wait to hear back from a doctor. Or when you didn't quite make it to the bathroom on time, if only you could've held it a little longer, or maybe that is just me.

This last month has been driving me absolutely out of my mind! Waiting has never been more of a challenge. Now usually this time of year the only thing anyone is waiting for is for Christmas to hurry up and get here already! And it also happens to be my birthday this month as well! But I couldn't care less about both of those things right now. they could wait another two months as long as that made what I'm waiting for come sooner!

What is it that I'm waiting for you ask? Haven't you heard yet?

I'm waiting for my mission call to come in the mail! Everyday grows further and further from the day it was supposed to come. Everyday becomes more and more torturous! I wake up thinking to my self "today is the day" I go to work and wait for that phone in my pocket to ring out, and the voice on the other end will say those three words! "Its finally here!"

But I'm getting used to disappointment. Last week Thursday was the two week deadline, the day it was supposed to come. There was no phone call at work, but my family was probably didn't want me to have to suffer through work knowing it was here but I couldn't open it until I got home. But then, on the car ride home, my phone lit up. a sign that said I had missed a call during the day and more importantly a TEXT! from my sister.

"Where are you?"

"on my way home.."

"oh ok"

.......

That was it! Nothing else! My heart was racing! I was almost sweating with nervousness. "Today is the day!" I thought to myself over and over as the car took me home through the icy streets. I jumped out and thanked my driver as I ran to the door. As I walked in I glanced to my the floor on my right, where the mail usually sits under the chute. Nothing. My eyes snapped to the counter, the second place mail usually sits. Some flyers and small envelopes, nothing big enough to be my call but the mail HAD come! But did it bring with it my call?

My Mom made her way up the stair to the kitchen where I was, talking on the phone, the usual.

"Oh I gotta go, Reids home!" she said as she hangs up and smiles at me.

..... "wait for it" I say to myself

She just stays there smiling at me, waiting for me to say something. She obviously wasn't gunna spill the beans, so I run-I mean cooly walk to my room. I gently shut the door then franticly scurry around searching everywhere for that envelope. Under the pillow, on the dresser, in the closet, under the mattress. Nothing, Nowhere! I slunk to my floor as it all set it. It wasn't here. Today was most definitely not the day!

That happened about a week ago and here I am doing the same thing everyday. Waiting. Sometimes more patiently than others but waiting all the same.

"... His timing is always perfect... instead of worrying or grumbling that our prayers have gone unanswered, we should delight ourselves in the Lord. Be grateful. Be happy."