“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
Chinese Proverbs quotes

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human enough hope to make you happy.”

That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”
Albert Pike quotes

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.”
Abraham Lincoln quotes

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise” Oscar Wilde

How can you save liberty?

Begin by watching this video. I contains two of my favorite people!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syDAa-doSLo&feature=related

Quotations “Occasionally, we receive questions as to the propriety of Church members receiving government assistance instead of Church assistance. Let me restate what is a fundamental principle. Individuals, to the extent possible, should provide for their own needs. Where the individual is unable to care for himself, his family should assist. Where the family is not able to provide, the Church should render assistance, not the government.” (Elder Ezra Taft Benson, General Conference, April 1977)

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppres...sion and resistance.”
Robert F. Kennedy
Capetown, June 6th 1966

"U.S. citizens should follow the First Presidency’s counsel to study the Constitution. They should be familiar with its great fundamentals: the separation of powers, the individual guarantees in the Bill of Rights, the structure of fede...ralism, the sovereignty of the people, and the principles of the rule of the law. They should oppose any infringement of these inspired fundamentals."

Dallin Oaks 1992 The Divinely Inspired ConstitutionSee More

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“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” - James A. Garfield (20th American President)

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/dont-wash-your-chicken-before-you-cook-it-and-9-other-surprising-tips-2475547/

What we need

These are the impressions that are coming upon me.

1. Having sprouts in my food storage
2. Having fruit and nuts trees on my property

Besides the economic benefits of growing your own foods, have you ever thought about the possibility of an arrack terrorism on the food supply?(this could be instigated by many different enemies, foreign and domestic. What about the benefits and satisfaction of being self sufficient and growing your own food?

Funny Things!!!

I wanted to make a post with funny & cool things to look at when I am sad. So here goes:

Teenage Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HPtfA4Rlbo
I Like Guns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU
Kiss Spock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln1G8u5RdzY
Amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1_gFeVyVt8

Welcome Baby M!!!!

On sunday morning, March 13, 2011, I got a text message from my sister asking if I was awake. Two things popped into my head 1. She had/is having her baby. 2. She is really sick and needs the hospital (she had been sick and I thought she had pneumonia). So, I said "yes" and then next thing I knew my phone was ringing. "I'm at the hospital," she said. Her water had broken in the night but she was only dilated to like a 2. So I knew she had some time. Later on she texted me that she was at a 6 and I continued to putz around, not in a hurry to get to the hospital since I thought it would be awhile (actually I didn't putz around, I went to her house to feed and help with their puppy and I stayed and played a lot with him because I knew he wouldn't be getting much attention while his parents were at the hospital.)

Finally... I realized I better start heading over to the hospital.

Long story short, she was born at about 3:00 in the afternoon and she weighed 6# 10 oz. And she is the cutest baby ever!!!!! Tons of hair and a sweet little calm face. When she gets hungry, she does the cutest thing with her tongue and lips.

It was a beautiful sunny day when she decided to be born and she made the day even more beautiful!!!! I love her.

Warning: Political Talk on my Personal Blog

I have never been interested in politics, economics or finance until recently. I guess I finally realized that the people with the money kinda have the power to save (or break) the world. At least it seems that the people with the money seem to be better at influencing people. Anyway, I want the world and it's people, God's children, to be able to enjoy the freedom to worship and live how we please. With our rights infriged upon as little as possible. This is consistent with God's plan. Those who try and bring about laws and ideaologies that are inconsistent with what is required for God's plan to work are the people who we need to keep out of office and positions of power(yes, I am talking about communism.)

Anyhow, I stumbled on this today and found it a very interesting read.

http://www.walletpop.com/2011/03/09/forbes-the-richest-people-in-the-world-2011?icid=main%7Chp-laptop%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C205484

Enjoy and pray that these individuals will allow freedom and liberty to continue.

Weight loss success story.

I stumbled upon this today and it just made a huge impression on me, I don't know why. I guess part of it is the way that the author describes the old her and then her transformation. There is more to life that how someone looks but when someone completely changes their life for the better, it is great. Think of how much healthier she is now that she lost the weight.

http://www.stylelist.com/2011/02/13/makeover-diaries-a-slimmer-smoother-and-sexier-new-me/?icid=main%7Chp-laptop%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%7C201047

JANUARY!!!!

I have a love/hate relationship with January. I hate the dreary middle of winter-ness of it, but I love the fact that it is the start of a new year and time to clean up my life.

This year I plan to get healthier, which includes exercising and losing 20 pounds.

Another goal of mine is to become more educated about our country and get more involved in politics. I want to be able to help this country get to the way the Founders created it. There is far too much wastefulness and far too much campaigning, not enough focus on individual's rights and God's law.

Another reason I like January is for MLK day, which always falls around my birthday. So, I usually get a holiday for doing whatever I want. Happy Birthday me!!!!

Books Read in 2010

Man what a year in literature. I have read some great books and have decided to list them. There are many that I am in the middle of, first I will list those I actually finished in 2010:

Atlas Shrugged
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Wednesday Letters
Still Alice
The Grapes of Wrath
Hannah's Hope
The Murder of King Tut
The Overton Window
Shadows of Power
The Seven Miracles That Saved America
The Real Thomas Jefferson
The Majesty of God's Law
The Hunger Games
The 5,000 Year Leap


Here are the books that I started but am still in the process of reading:

Man's Search for Meaning
The Gulag Arhipelago
The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams
Dreams from my Father
The Fountainhead
The Roots of American Order
Les Miserables
Thomas Jefferson Education
The Coming Aristocracy
Broke

Here are the books I want to read in 2011:

Holy Bible (King James version)
The Cleansing of America
1491
Catching Fire
My Stroke of Insight (Thanks Michelle)
My Dearest Friend

And I am sure that the list will continue to increase!