I think Bob Marley Had it Right

Someone posted Bob Marley's song "One Love" on facebook. It's a good song, but it's not just the song that I began thinking about. I recently finished a book entitled A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier written by Ishmael Beah. This book is fantastic. It's heartrendingly truthful, and eye-opening. If you haven't read it, I suggest you do. This is a true account of a boy who was forced to join the army from ages eleven to fifteen. Literally his childhood was gone. Even through this, Ishmael Beah had the opportunity to overcome the horrific details of his past life.

You're probably wondering what this has to do with Bob Marley. Before the time of Beah's "war years" he and his country of Sierra Leone were greatly influenced by reggae, especially Bob Marley. So, there's the tie. This book illustrates humanity. More than that it helps people ten thousand miles away understand someone else, which is probably why I love this book so much. Anyway, read this and then listen to Bob Marley's "One Love," you won't regret it.

Oh Yeah...

This is what I will be doing this summer :)

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Also, I'm kind of pretty excited.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

This talk has been on my mind lately. I thought about posting the whole thing, but I figured if you'd like to read it lds.org is a perfectly good source. It's a talk about simply living from day to day; planning for the future as you see fit, but in essence living each day walking with Christ and doing small things to travel through life. I think I was reminded of this because of a possibly self inflicted illness that has made it difficult to keep food down. It's made me think literally of daily bread, but also of spiritual daily bread. Anyway, if you want to read the whole thing it's on lds.org (it's a CES Fireside). Here's a snippit though.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

"Generally it is good to try to anticipate what is coming and prepare to deal with it. At times, however, this captain’s counsel is wise: 'Take it one day at a time. … Don’t look ahead to the pain. Just get through the day.' To worry about what is or may be coming can be debilitating. It can paralyze us and make us quit.

I bear you my witness of the living reality of the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ, and of the infinite power and reach of His Atonement. Ultimately, it is His Atonement, His grace, that is our daily bread. We should seek Him daily, to do His will each day, to become one with Him as He is one with the Father (see John 17:20–23). I bless you that as you seek it from Him, your Heavenly Father will grant you your daily bread, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

Here is the link to that in case you would like to read the rest of it :)

Give and Get is Here!

Give and Get is Here!: "Enjoy 30% off from March 17-20 at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy plus we'll make a 5% donation to a non-profit."

If you're interested, let me know and I'll shoot you and e-mail or something. It's actually a pretty good deal and it's going towards helpin people so what could be better?

My Weekend....

Has been full of family and friends. The best way to encompass this is through quotations from various aspects.

Jake: I can wait that far. (Life lesson learned. I can wait that far too)


Cohen: HE'S GOING TO SIT ON MY HEAD!


Me: (Pointing to the hairspray and gel, after asking Logan if the toothbrushes went in the cup in the cupboard in the bathroom) Hey do these go in the cupboard too? Or under the sink?

Logan: In the cupboard, but not in the cup. (Sounds smart-alecky but he was just being helpful. Logan is so sweet).


Card for Alec's Bridal Shower: Cute, sleek, and easy to slip off. (In reference to the headbands I got her hehe).

There were more, but my phone does this fantastic thing where it doesn't properly save the texts that I send to myself and hit "save as draft" I dunno how I'm going to phone blog anymore. Silly phone.