I honestly think I might fail beginnings because I keep forgetting to blog...I've missed out on two so far--that's not good. Let me recap what I haven't blogged about in the last two weeks...
1) Women's issues: I'm not happy with how I look, what girl really is...But I guess I'm content in it, because I'm certainly far too lazy to change anything. It's just something I'm going to have to live with, and as long as I feel confident (which I do) then I'm fine.
2)Genocide/Racism: Now thinking about this just makes me angry. These problems are things that our gradparents should of had to deal with, not us. I will never understand why a peson's hertiage is a final judgement of who they are, and why that should be taken into account when you meet them. Who cares? What makes people become so full of hate towards people who are different? Where did they go wrong?
And now this week's actual blog: Global Vision.
I am so excited to be at APU where I'm provided with so many global ministry opportunities, and I plan on taking full advantage of that. I have no idea where God is calling me to go, but I really want to find out. Though, I am the first to admit, I'm going to have a tough time being outside of the US, especially in third-world countries. I would love to go on missions trips in France, but I know that might just be me chickening out. But I will tell you, France needs just as much help as Mexico, or Africa. And on that note, why not different places in America? Who says I need to go global, when Louisiana is suffering just as Mexico is, or even as close as San Diego? Don't get me wrong, I want to experience all new cultures--that's how I'm wired, I want to travel and be a part of something new. But I don't think it's right to say that we HAVE to go global with our ministry.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
i'm watching the office right now
Drinking isn't bad. I don't drink to get drunk. I could give it up if I want to. In fact, I am going to. That's really all I have to say....because I'm sick of talking about it.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
I don't know what I should title this blog....
GOALS! okay. This year I want to..
1) LEARN TIME MANAGEMENT. I'm an ambassador. And I play water polo. And I have a job. And I have classes. And I plan on having a life.....But I have a hard time finding a good balance between them all. I don't know how positivity will help with this, except that it will keep me sane in times of some serious frustration and need.
2) LEARN HOW TO BE CONTENT. I'm a worry-wart, and it needs to end. I need to just be able to take things passively, and not care so much about the little things. What strength will help me with this? I don't know...
3) ESTABLISH LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. For the last two years of my life, I haven't had a group of friends, or really very many at all. But now that I'm here, I'm surrounded by friends, and I want to make sure that they aren't just single-serving friends, that these will be my friends for LIFE. Any takers? :)
1) LEARN TIME MANAGEMENT. I'm an ambassador. And I play water polo. And I have a job. And I have classes. And I plan on having a life.....But I have a hard time finding a good balance between them all. I don't know how positivity will help with this, except that it will keep me sane in times of some serious frustration and need.
2) LEARN HOW TO BE CONTENT. I'm a worry-wart, and it needs to end. I need to just be able to take things passively, and not care so much about the little things. What strength will help me with this? I don't know...
3) ESTABLISH LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. For the last two years of my life, I haven't had a group of friends, or really very many at all. But now that I'm here, I'm surrounded by friends, and I want to make sure that they aren't just single-serving friends, that these will be my friends for LIFE. Any takers? :)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
iBelieve
My top 5 strengths....
Includer
"This is the philosophy around which you orient your life. You want to include people and make them feel part of the group. In direct contrast to those who are drawn only to exclusive groups, you actively avoid those groups that exclude others. You want to expand the group so that as many people as possible can benefit from its support. You hate the sight of someone on the outside looking in. You want to draw them in so that they can feel the warmth of the group. You are an instinctively accepting person. Regardless of race or sex or nationality or personality or faith, you cast few judgments. Judgments can hurt a person's feelings. Why do that if you don't have to? Your accepting nature does not necessarily rest on a belief that each of us is different and that one should respect these differences. Rather, it rests on your conviction that fundamentally we are all the same. We are all equally important. Thus, no one should be ignored. Each of us should be included. It is the least we all deserve."
--I definitely love people, and I love being around them and making everyone feel happy, so I can see how Includer would describe me. I feel as if I am instinctively accepting, maybe just because I know how it feels to be on the outside, as well as the inside...So I try to help out where I can.
Positivity:
"You are generous with praise, quick to smile, and always on the lookout for the positive in the situation. Some call you lighthearted. Others just wish that their glass were as full as yours seems to be. But either way, people want to be around you. Their world looks better around you because your enthusiasm is contagious. Lacking your energy and optimism, some find their world drab with repetition or, worse, heavy with pressure. You seem to find a way to lighten their spirit. You inject drama into every project. You celebrate every achievement. You find ways to make everything more exciting and more vital. Some cynics may reject your energy, but you are rarely dragged down. Your Positivity won't allow it. Somehow you can't quite escape your conviction that it is good to be alive, that work can be fun, and that no matter what the setbacks, one must never lose one's sense of humor."
--Now THIS is how I would describe myself! I ry to live my life to help people and make them happier...maybe just the world in general. Always happy, always love. What else is there to really say?
Woo:
"Woo stands for winning others over. You enjoy the challenge of meeting new people and getting them to like you. Strangers are rarely intimidating to you. On the contrary, strangers can be energizing. You are drawn to them. You want to learn their names, ask them questions, and find some area of common interest so that you can strike up a conversation and build rapport. Some people shy away from starting up conversations because they worry about running out of things to say. You don't. Not only are you rarely at a loss for words; you actually enjoy initiating with strangers because you derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection. Once that connection is made, you are quite happy to wrap it up and move on. There are new people to meet, new rooms to work, new crowds to mingle in. In your world there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet-lots of them."
Input:
" You are inquisitive. You collect things. You might collect information-words, facts, books, and quotations-or you might collect tangible objects such as butterflies, baseball cards, porcelain dolls, or sepia photographs. Whatever you collect, you collect it because it interests you. And yours is the kind of mind that finds so many things interesting. The world is exciting precisely because of its infinite variety and complexity. If you read a great deal, it is not necessarily to refine your theories but, rather, to add more information to your archives. If you like to travel, it is because each new location offers novel artifacts and facts. These can be acquired and then stored away. Why are they worth storing? At the time of storing it is often hard to say exactly when or why you might need them, but who knows when they might become useful? With all those possible uses in mind, you really don't feel comfortable throwing anything away. So you keep acquiring and compiling and filing stuff away. It's interesting. It keeps your mind fresh. And perhaps one day some of it will prove valuable."
--This is me...I suppose. I do like learning new things, but this strength doesn't necessarily take my laziness into account. Although whenever approached with a question, I am one to bust out the wikipedia article and offer the best answer that I can, because usually I am genuinely interested as well.
Communication:
" You like to explain, to describe, to host, to speak in public, and to write. This is your Communication theme at work. Ideas are a dry beginning. Events are static. You feel a need to bring them to life, to energize them, to make them exciting and vivid. And so you turn events into stories and practice telling them. You take the dry idea and enliven it with images and examples and metaphors. You believe that most people have a very short attention span. They are bombarded by information, but very little of it survives. You want your information-whether an idea, an event, a product's features and benefits, a discovery, or a lesson-to survive. You want to divert their attention toward you and then capture it, lock it in. This is what drives your hunt for the perfect phrase. This is what draws you toward dramatic words and powerful word combinations. This is why people like to listen to you. Your word pictures pique their interest, sharpen their world, and inspire them to act."
--I talk, people listen. That's the way it works. This is kind of ironic, I guess I didn't read this through the first time, but in my ASB interview today I definitely explain that I'm not one to really come up with the ideas, but rather to execute them, as this strength actually explains. Neato.
I'm not gonna lie...If positivity didn't come up, I'd have to seriously re-evaluate myself:)
Includer
"This is the philosophy around which you orient your life. You want to include people and make them feel part of the group. In direct contrast to those who are drawn only to exclusive groups, you actively avoid those groups that exclude others. You want to expand the group so that as many people as possible can benefit from its support. You hate the sight of someone on the outside looking in. You want to draw them in so that they can feel the warmth of the group. You are an instinctively accepting person. Regardless of race or sex or nationality or personality or faith, you cast few judgments. Judgments can hurt a person's feelings. Why do that if you don't have to? Your accepting nature does not necessarily rest on a belief that each of us is different and that one should respect these differences. Rather, it rests on your conviction that fundamentally we are all the same. We are all equally important. Thus, no one should be ignored. Each of us should be included. It is the least we all deserve."
--I definitely love people, and I love being around them and making everyone feel happy, so I can see how Includer would describe me. I feel as if I am instinctively accepting, maybe just because I know how it feels to be on the outside, as well as the inside...So I try to help out where I can.
Positivity:
"You are generous with praise, quick to smile, and always on the lookout for the positive in the situation. Some call you lighthearted. Others just wish that their glass were as full as yours seems to be. But either way, people want to be around you. Their world looks better around you because your enthusiasm is contagious. Lacking your energy and optimism, some find their world drab with repetition or, worse, heavy with pressure. You seem to find a way to lighten their spirit. You inject drama into every project. You celebrate every achievement. You find ways to make everything more exciting and more vital. Some cynics may reject your energy, but you are rarely dragged down. Your Positivity won't allow it. Somehow you can't quite escape your conviction that it is good to be alive, that work can be fun, and that no matter what the setbacks, one must never lose one's sense of humor."
--Now THIS is how I would describe myself! I ry to live my life to help people and make them happier...maybe just the world in general. Always happy, always love. What else is there to really say?
Woo:
"Woo stands for winning others over. You enjoy the challenge of meeting new people and getting them to like you. Strangers are rarely intimidating to you. On the contrary, strangers can be energizing. You are drawn to them. You want to learn their names, ask them questions, and find some area of common interest so that you can strike up a conversation and build rapport. Some people shy away from starting up conversations because they worry about running out of things to say. You don't. Not only are you rarely at a loss for words; you actually enjoy initiating with strangers because you derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection. Once that connection is made, you are quite happy to wrap it up and move on. There are new people to meet, new rooms to work, new crowds to mingle in. In your world there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet-lots of them."
--Exactement! I love meeting new people, and I'd like to think I'm a personable girl. I say that not in arrogance, but just out of knowledge that I am extremely extroverted and I force people to like me.
Input:
" You are inquisitive. You collect things. You might collect information-words, facts, books, and quotations-or you might collect tangible objects such as butterflies, baseball cards, porcelain dolls, or sepia photographs. Whatever you collect, you collect it because it interests you. And yours is the kind of mind that finds so many things interesting. The world is exciting precisely because of its infinite variety and complexity. If you read a great deal, it is not necessarily to refine your theories but, rather, to add more information to your archives. If you like to travel, it is because each new location offers novel artifacts and facts. These can be acquired and then stored away. Why are they worth storing? At the time of storing it is often hard to say exactly when or why you might need them, but who knows when they might become useful? With all those possible uses in mind, you really don't feel comfortable throwing anything away. So you keep acquiring and compiling and filing stuff away. It's interesting. It keeps your mind fresh. And perhaps one day some of it will prove valuable."
--This is me...I suppose. I do like learning new things, but this strength doesn't necessarily take my laziness into account. Although whenever approached with a question, I am one to bust out the wikipedia article and offer the best answer that I can, because usually I am genuinely interested as well.
Communication:
" You like to explain, to describe, to host, to speak in public, and to write. This is your Communication theme at work. Ideas are a dry beginning. Events are static. You feel a need to bring them to life, to energize them, to make them exciting and vivid. And so you turn events into stories and practice telling them. You take the dry idea and enliven it with images and examples and metaphors. You believe that most people have a very short attention span. They are bombarded by information, but very little of it survives. You want your information-whether an idea, an event, a product's features and benefits, a discovery, or a lesson-to survive. You want to divert their attention toward you and then capture it, lock it in. This is what drives your hunt for the perfect phrase. This is what draws you toward dramatic words and powerful word combinations. This is why people like to listen to you. Your word pictures pique their interest, sharpen their world, and inspire them to act."
--I talk, people listen. That's the way it works. This is kind of ironic, I guess I didn't read this through the first time, but in my ASB interview today I definitely explain that I'm not one to really come up with the ideas, but rather to execute them, as this strength actually explains. Neato.
I'm not gonna lie...If positivity didn't come up, I'd have to seriously re-evaluate myself:)
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Who Am I?
Oh la la....C'est un tres bon question, et un question difficile aussi.
Basically, I'm from Lodi, and I love my life. I'm always happy, and carefree, and I think I might be so happy because I'm so passive about a lot of things. Obviously, when stuff happens, I do feel sadness. But on a day to day basis, I'm full of life and joy.
I love my family...Typical, I know, but I really do. We've been through a lot as a family, with just my mom and I and my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. They really have been there for me through thick and thin.
On July 29th, Ryan Hunter Dickerson died. This is right now shaping me into an entirely new person, and the person I was before Ryan died is unrecognizable compared to the person I am now. That's all I want to say about it. He died, and he's still teaching me how to live my life.
I love to be funny, loud, and awkward, and I love to dance. I like to listen to music. I love the quiet moments that I find God. My toenails are always pink. I still believe peace has a chance.
But really, I'm aly, and I like to make other people happier (I can't take credit for that--That's what Ryan said at the end of his college admissions essay....which was then printed on his funeral service program. I just want him to hug me).
Basically, I'm from Lodi, and I love my life. I'm always happy, and carefree, and I think I might be so happy because I'm so passive about a lot of things. Obviously, when stuff happens, I do feel sadness. But on a day to day basis, I'm full of life and joy.
I love my family...Typical, I know, but I really do. We've been through a lot as a family, with just my mom and I and my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. They really have been there for me through thick and thin.
On July 29th, Ryan Hunter Dickerson died. This is right now shaping me into an entirely new person, and the person I was before Ryan died is unrecognizable compared to the person I am now. That's all I want to say about it. He died, and he's still teaching me how to live my life.
I love to be funny, loud, and awkward, and I love to dance. I like to listen to music. I love the quiet moments that I find God. My toenails are always pink. I still believe peace has a chance.
But really, I'm aly, and I like to make other people happier (I can't take credit for that--That's what Ryan said at the end of his college admissions essay....which was then printed on his funeral service program. I just want him to hug me).
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