"Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion." - Thomas S. Monson
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I used to watch my mom switch out the candles around the house to different colors with each new season. She remembers it better than I do, and she'll tell me how I stood, enraptured, watching the magic of out with the old fires and in with the new.
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I'm not rich. I'm pretty much the opposite, and I used to only have a few candles, and I would only light them on "special occasions" when I thought I could get away with not feeling like I was wasting money.
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Now, I have fifteen candles burning around my room any gray day. It's something I'm willing to spend money on - tea lights, tapers, pillars, and scented soy candles with fragrances like oak moss and cedar - because these candles /make/ the day a special occasion.
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What's the thing that turns your ordinary day into something special?
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HERE IS A THING ABOUT WHICH I AM PASSIONATE.
When Christians say
things like, "You can't smudge with sage, Native American shamans smudge
with sage," or, "You can't listen to music with a beat, some African
tribes believe that's demonic," or "You can't have wind chimes, some
Eastern religions believe those ward off evil spirits" (so?? nice, I'll
put them right up by a gargoyle, the more the merrier) - ALL OF WHICH I
have heard people say, I'm not making them up - they are allowing OTHER
RELIGIONS to influence them OVER the religion they claim to believe in. /Stop letting your fear of other belief systems + religions define you
and what you do, and start living wholeheartedly in the one YOU HAVE
CLAIMED AS YOUR OWN./ That is all.
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I realized today that I've tended to think of the fruit of the spirit - love, joy, patience, etc., as fruits. Plural. "Having patience isn't the same as having joy, but it's just as good." God didn't tell us about the FRUITS of the spirit - only the fruit. If we're living how He said is best, then we'll begin to grow the whole fruit + nothing but the fruit.
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Love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self - control. I don't have all those things, but I know I want to.
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WEEELCOME TO YOUR NEW HOME!!!
Or… wait, are you supposed to say that or are we…? o.o
It’s so… so… shiny! *Firefly reference*
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This is weird. But it feels so sad. The change of address, I mean. Like, moving out of an old house or outgrowing your favorite pair of jeans, you know? xD
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I know, but the excitement trumps the nostalgia for me. :)
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You go for it all, girl! ;)
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I’ve got the coffee on and the tea cakes.
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<3
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Huzzah for dot.com names! Imma going to follow again, now where is the little thingamebob…
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Here we are. Looks nice.
Greetings Mirriamneal.com!
I was sad but I wasn’t too sad until I was about to click “Post Comment” on you’re last post on Wishful Think and realizing it was the last time I would ever post a comment there. (And your reply made me very happy. ^_^)
But this is so exiting! :D
Now fill this place up with your awesomeness, Mirri, and give us a bigger post! XD
Now I have to re-subscribe by email, and bookmark it and if I tell anyone about you I have to not give them the old address and– yeah, what a lot of trouble you’ve given me. XD But you’re well worth the trouble. :) <3
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Oh, fluff – you’re so sweet!!!! You’re making me feel welcome in my own home! <33333
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That’s what fans are for, making you feel happy and welcome in your own home. :D (And GAAH where is the ‘reply’ button? Not cool. I hope you can make it so there is one.)
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Is it working any better?
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YES! Yay there’s a reply button! Reply buttons are good.
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