Quotes of the month

Hey everybody! I wasn't sure I would be able to do any quotes this month, but I recently had to read Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. It's basically his journal of personal quotes. Anyway, some of them are really neat, and others are just plain funny, so here's my QOTM, all from Marcus.

Hippocrates, after curing many diseases, himself fell sick and died.

On every occasion, a man should be able to say: this comes from God.

A scowling look is altogether unnatural; when it is often assumed, the result is that all comeliness dies away, and at last is so completely extinguished that it cannot be lighted up at all. Try to conclude from this very fact that it is contrary to reason. For if even the perception of doing wrong departs, what reason is there for living any longer?

Direct your attention to what is said. Let your understanding enter into the things that are done and the things that are doing them.

Life must be reaped like the ripe ears of corn:
One man is born, another dies.

Everything exists for some end, be it a horse, a vine.

…He who pursues pleasure will not abstain from injustice, and this is plainly impiety.

You have but a short time left to live. Live as on a mountain. For it makes no difference whether a man lives there or here, if he lives ever there in the world as in a state (political community). Let men see, let the know a real man who lives according to nature. If they cannot endure him, let them kill him. For that is better than to live thus as men do.

A totally useless post wherein I tell you things you already know.

Hey everyone! As most of you probably know, we are leaving today to go to D.C. for the Oireachtas. (Wish us luck!) I'll upload pictures and hopefully give an update on how that went shortly after we get back.

Anyway, I'm super super pumped! :) Gotta run! (Or should I say dance? :)

-Lauren

Let us give thanks

BE THANKFUL

~~Author Unknown.~~

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something,

for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations,

because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge,

because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes.

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary,

because it means you've made a difference.

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who

are also thankful for the setbacks.

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,

and they can become your blessings.

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I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Update on the life of Lauren. Because you know you are dying to know.

Hey everyone! Sorry I’m not posting as much as I “should.” Like I said in my last post, I’ve been pretty busy.

I got to go to St. Louis the twenty-ninth, through the first. I was working with the St Louis Tea Party campaigning for Ed Martin, the conservative candidate, who was running against Russ Carnahan. The results of the election are still not final. Russ won, but Ed has yet to concede. (I think that there are some issues being raised about the validity of some of the votes.)

Over all, the campaign went very well, even if we didn’t win. I did have some people shut the door in my face, and I got cussed out a few times, but over all, the people were very nice. I learned how to phone bank, and I had to somewhat get over my fear of using the phone. :)

There were times that I didn’t enjoy being there…I didn’t know the girls that I was rooming with, and I wasn’t impressed at all by them. (They did NOT want to be there, and were pretty disrespectful to the adult in charge. And they didn’t go to sleep before two, two of the three nights, but were complaining about being tired all day.)

I did enjoy the company of an older couple working on the campaign. They were very nice, and I “adopted” them as my grandparents away from home. Later in the weekend, I found out that he has Parkinson’s, (because of which, they are taking ball-room dancing,) and she has leukemia. She told me that she really doesn’t want to take chemo, and if God wants to let her stay longer, it’s in His hands.

Over all, I think that it was good that I got to go, and I really did learn a lot.

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Other than campaigning, what have I been up to lately? Well, I'm so glad you asked. :) The answer is simple really, but I'm going to expand it into an entire post. (I'll give you a hint though, what do most teenagers do roughly between the hours of 8:00am and 3:00pm?)

You guessed it! Sleep! Just kidding! I'm talking about school. I have had a lot of school work lately, and I don't anticipate it getting any easier. I am sort-of-but-not-really adjusting to it though. Anyway, I've had a lot on my plate, and I'm finding it harder and harder to find a time when I'm not brain dead to write anything worth posting. That being said, I will say I'm sorry for not having "quotes of the month" out, but I didn't even have time to look for any. Plus I was out of town.

Also, I wanted to tell you that I'm going to Washington D.C. soon. I'm super excited! I've been thinking about a school in the D.C. area (Gallaudet University), and I'm needing to check it out, but I really didn't think that I was going to get to. Then I found out that my dance group was going to D.C. for a really big competition. (Called an Oireachtas. Or-rock-tus.) Aaand, to make a long story short, I'm going! (YAY!)

Another thing I wanted to say was that I'm really excited about crafting Christmas gifts. I have this one idea, but because I know that I would spoil the surprise for certain people if I told/showed you what it was, I think I'll refrain. You'll have to wait and see post-Christmas. But I am totally pumped/excited/whatever. :0)


Anyway, I now have to go work on an Algebra lesson, so I guess I'll end the post here. Know that I plan on putting up pictures post-trip as well as post-Christmas.


Cheers!

Lauren