random thoughts...

so yeah, this one will prolly be longer, cause i actually sat down and took the time to write it, instead of just giving a quick update inbetween studying or whatever...

first off, i am really excited, because we finally have our congregation back together!!!!! that is totally awesome!!!! especially since we are starting it off with a congregational lunch!!!!! so yeah, if you didn't guess, i am super excited!!!!!!!

also, a couple nights ago, we were reading in 1 thessalonians, the last chapter, and verses 16-18...

"rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing. iin every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

and i just starting thinking about it, and not only is that really good advice, but the one thing that jumped out at me, is that from personal experience, i know that if i am always looking at the bad side of things, then a lot of times, i will completely miss something that can really help me later on down the road... a while ago, one of my friends (and i will try to keep this as anonymous as possible) did something that i really did not like, and it hurt me quite a bit... while i did not enjoy going through what i did, the experiences that i got from it, helped me a lot, especially when someone else (who will also remain nameless) did something that was almost the same, but hurt even more... and i can honestly say that if i hadn't gone through what i had, then i don't think i would have survived the second time... all this to say, you should always try to look on the bright side of things, and you should always try to see what God is trying to teach you with this experience, because if you don't learn it now, it will only get worse... :P i know one thing that is often very easy for me, especially in the really hard situations, is to just focus on the bad things, and ignore the good things... so i am asking all of you to help me focus on the good things in life, (hence the name of my blog... :P :P :P) and if you see me me really sad, remind me to focus on the good things, and try to forget about the bad ones... (like trigonometric identities and derivatives in calculus... ugh... i hate those... :P :P :P)

but other than those horrible trigonometric derivatives in calculus, school is going really well... in fact, somehow, when i laid out my schedule for my whole associates degree, i somehow calculated in a whole extra semester... so if everything goes as planned, i will still be able to graduate next spring... this will mean taking at least math over the summer, but if it means that i stay on schedule, i am willing to do it...

and now for something completely random to close this off: it is now only 3 months and 19 days until convention!!!!!

and i am really upset that chris brown and rihanna broke up... especially the way they did, and what happened... but, on the good side, hopefully, this will serve as a lesson to other people of what NOT to do... also on the good side, he did turn himself in, so at least he has that in his favor... oh well...

also, i am accepting memberships into the foundation for stopping left-handed segregation and oppression... also known as the FFSLHSO... you don't even have to be left-handed to join, you just have to want to make this world a better place, and stop all favoring of certain people because of how they were born... oh well, i will get off my soap box now...

peace, love and chicken, focus on the good things in life, life long and prosper, and whatever else you say when bidding farewell to someone... :P :P