Yesterday was a terrible day. Everything seemed to take a wrong turn (except my driving: I have quite an innate sense of direction). I could go on and on about what went wrong, but to you, the reader, it would be long winded, pessimistic, and mostly boring. So for the sake of analytical thought and a more interesting blog, here are the reasons as to why my day went bad.
I let the bad things get to me. This gave them greater presence in my mind and weighed it down. Yes, bad things did happen, but because I gave into the whole "Im-having-a-bad-day-so-I-should-expect-bad-things-to-happen" state of mind. Imagine my surprise when, (huzzah), bad things kept happening to me.
Secondly, I tried to blame others for my bad day. "Tyler made my day bad. Rory made my day bad. Clint made my day worse. . . " all that did for me was give me a helpless feeling. When people start to blame others, they seem to lose the mentality that they make their own joy. They start to pretend their lives are out of their control, becuase "so-and-so" made my day bad.
Finally, I lost focus. I was at work and put too much hope in going home. This made me perform worse at work and that is when bad things started happening. When anybody loses focus in what they are doing, they tend to do worse, and then feel worse afterword.
Those are the facts. Now, What could I (or people in general) done better?
Obviously, I could''ve done the opposite of what I actually did (the reasons stated above), but that doesn't help after it has all already happened. Here's what I would suggest doing. (and it makes a good quote too)
" When you find yourselves a little gloomy, look around you and fine somebody that is in a worse plight than yourself; go to him and find out what the trouble is, then try to remove it with the wisdom {which you have} and the first thing you know, your gloom is gone, and you feel. . .light" (that actually came from Lorenzo Snow)
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Roses are red, violets are blue. . .will you marry me? *(a Rich-worthy blog)
Why is the universal symbol of marriage a wedding ring? I mean, sure, it looks pretty, and it looks nice on the "ring" finger, but wouldn't you think that there should be a bigger symbol for marriage? I mean, marriage is a BIG thing! It can completley change 3 lives: yours, your wifes, and her mom.
But anyways, I think that the wedding ring became the symbol of marriage because men everywhere (especially on the BYU campus) were getting tired of asking women out hearing the same answer:
"Oh, no thanks, I'm married"
Sometimes this were true; other times the men tried to use cheasy pick-up lines which allows the girl (its written in the bible somewhere) to blatently lie.
Not only that, but when a man has actually found a wife, he would not be comfortable with other men asking her out. So what he did was went to the store, found the smallest, yet most expensive thing and decided to throw it on a specific finger. Now, his wife is subject to his "circle" (because a ring has no beginning or end) and will not be asked out by other men, unless, of course, they are blind.
But why a ring? why not a watch? or a necklace? or a nametag. . . well, the answer here can come from the girl's standpoint. A gold or silver ring basically matches every single outfit. Diamonds form all colors when the light hits them right, so it will match with everything the girl can think of. Also, watches are more non-chalant and might not be noticed. (note: watches can either go on the left or right arm and everyone wears them on one or the other. Rings can go on 9 fingers, until it becomes subject to one) I think the Hawaiians did the smart thing though. They just picked a flower, and threw it on the left ear if she were single, or the right side if she were taken. Aloooooha!
Thus the ring becomes the socially accepted way to tell if a girl is married or single. Now men everywhere will know exactly who is married, who is not, and who is lying that they are.
But anyways, I think that the wedding ring became the symbol of marriage because men everywhere (especially on the BYU campus) were getting tired of asking women out hearing the same answer:
"Oh, no thanks, I'm married"
Sometimes this were true; other times the men tried to use cheasy pick-up lines which allows the girl (its written in the bible somewhere) to blatently lie.
Not only that, but when a man has actually found a wife, he would not be comfortable with other men asking her out. So what he did was went to the store, found the smallest, yet most expensive thing and decided to throw it on a specific finger. Now, his wife is subject to his "circle" (because a ring has no beginning or end) and will not be asked out by other men, unless, of course, they are blind.
But why a ring? why not a watch? or a necklace? or a nametag. . . well, the answer here can come from the girl's standpoint. A gold or silver ring basically matches every single outfit. Diamonds form all colors when the light hits them right, so it will match with everything the girl can think of. Also, watches are more non-chalant and might not be noticed. (note: watches can either go on the left or right arm and everyone wears them on one or the other. Rings can go on 9 fingers, until it becomes subject to one) I think the Hawaiians did the smart thing though. They just picked a flower, and threw it on the left ear if she were single, or the right side if she were taken. Aloooooha!
Thus the ring becomes the socially accepted way to tell if a girl is married or single. Now men everywhere will know exactly who is married, who is not, and who is lying that they are.
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