MCOM Week 10

Recently I have been asked what is the best part of life for me right now. I quickly answered that the joy that I have felt in all of the aspects of my life is definitely the best part. So many things in life bring me so much joy. First off I would say that the temple has brought me so much joy. I have been able to feel rejuvenated with the spirit and Godly optimism. I have been able to recharge my soul with the peace inside the temple. I have mostly been going at random times here and there. But I would like to start coordinating with friends to go when they can go. It is just so difficult because post covid you have to schedule each appointment and the spots fill up so fast. The biggest success I have gotten in getting a conveniently timed appointment is when I have checked for cancellations the night before at like midnight. 

MCOM Week 9 Things Don't Always Work Out How You Hoped

    Today I am writing this blog entry from my death bed. I woke in the middle of the night Monday night and I was feeling achey and like I had the chills. The cough has also slowly begun to emerge. Then I woke up Tuesday morning feeling terrible. I could barely move. I took a little 58 min walk while FaceTiming may mom and that was the only time I left the house all day. It was great to fill her in on all the happenings of my life. And now here I am, Wednesday afternoon still feeling like trash (but a little better than yesterday)! 

I did leave the house once today to go get Benadryl for my hives from CVS with Amanda. We also got some comfort food at Zupa's. My mom freaked out when I showed her the crazy blisters I was starting to have on my elbows, legs and hips. I think it was from the epson salts. 

Anyways I had a super big check list of things to do to go conquer the day, and unfortunately none of those have happened. As the title says, sometimes things don't work out how you hoped they would. Also our St. Patty's day Dirty 30 Dance party got shut down by the cops. Another fail there! Oh well! 

MCOM Week 7 (chapters 7&9)

 I thought that the section on apologizing was very interesting. I did not realize that we as human actually have such a hard time submitting to someone else and admitting that we have done wrong. For me personally, I don't think this is something that I have particularly struggled with. I guess except when it came to apologies to my sister. Those were always tricky because most of the time, when it came down to it, I still felt like she was in the wrong. But that is when the phrase "take the highroad", as my dad always said, truly took meaning. My parents taught me so much though their examples when I was growing up. Everything I am today, I owe it to their love, support, and teaching. 

I also thought that it was so sad when the book talked about how when a parent dies, the top thing that people regret is not showing deeper gratitude to that loved one who had been so influential in their life. This made me develop a greater desire to give thanks whenever possible. Especially to the ones who have done so much for me! So if you are reading this... Thank MOM & DAD for all you have given me everyday. 

MCOM Week 8 (chapters 10& 12)

 This section of the book taught me a lot on listening. I felt like I was the master listener after being a BYU Freshman Year Mentor. We were taught the keys to being the best listening. One of the points was to use silence. This was hard for me to do at first because I am naturally such a talker and wanted to sound like I was engaged. I would subconsciously insert different words like "totally" or "uh huh" when really these were not needed at all to validate that I was listening to what they were saying. The other points of the acronym "SOARS" were silence, open ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summary. These were addressed in the book as being the secret recipe to having people adore you.

I loved his example of how when you are talking to Bill Clinton, you feel like you are the only one in the world. You his only focus and he will flatter you instead of himself. This ability is what brought him from a humble upbringing to Arkansas to the President of the United States.