0069: Good morning, sunshine...

Yesterday was my half day of the conference, and it went by quickly. It was a great conference, and I feel more capable as Union Shop Steward now. Unlike Tuesday, I managed to get home in less than an hour, though I did find myself driving past the fairgrounds.

When I arrived home, I decided to play some World of Warcraft. Would you believe that I had a blast? I grouped with one set of people, ran through RazorFen Kraul, went to turn in some quests, and wound up grouping with another set, for PVP reason. By the time I was done yesterday, I had 8 HKs (3-4 that weren't, but weren't DKs), I'd run through RFK, I'd run through Dead Mines (yes, with a Horde toon on a PVP server!), I had picked up a level and a half, and I had a pet parrot. :) Very nice. I might not quit that game just yet, as long as my level of involvement can be near there whenever I play.

I have just today and tomorrow, and then I start my vacation. I can't wait. Not one bit. These past three days (Mon-Wed) have been so relaxing, simply because I haven't been to my store.

*sigh* Well, I have to be there in an hour, so I better get a move on...

0070: After the fun number..:-P

Today was a good day at work. The only time my mood dipped at all was shortly before lunch, when I was VERY hungry. For the most part, I was calm, cool, collected, and looked at things differently. I think that it's in part because of the book I'm reading right now, and in part because of that Shop Steward conference (which I think enlightened me to the ways big business looks to handle things).

It is also an absolutely GORGEOUS day outside, and I cannot be happier if I tried, just because of the weather. I drove home with the sunroof open, jamming some good driving tunes.

Now, I plan to work on some playlists for Saturday's Dragonlance game, as well as resurrect the playlists I had for the Sunday Traveller 20 game (though I think that nyminal is beginning to enjoy just using the various music I have on there. Whatever is the case, I have "work" to do.

Take care, folks.

P.S. rockcandy76, my team may suck, but you better quit the Titans-hatin' in your predictions!* :)

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* - I want EVERYONE to think about this comment, and then I want y'all to laugh.

Day 11: A Purpose Driven Life

God wants to be my best friend.

(Two-for-one!! I shirked writing my entry about Day 10 last night, so I'm catching up, so to speak, by doing yesterday's entry in addition to today's entry.)

I find it hard to imagine, on some level, that someone as powerful as God wants to be my friend. Not just Ruler and King and Father and Creator, but also Friend. When I am able to imagine it, I find it hard to breathe. How cool is this? The idea makes me feel better about myself.

There are six ways in which I can work at becoming a "best friend of God," and they are taken from the lives of Abraham, Moses, Job, Enoch, and Noah. Thankfully, because of Jesus's sacrifice, we have a closer connection to Him. I would despair to consider myself one of God's enemies. Not because of my powerful foe, but because of the knowledge that I'd never be welcome in His presence. the first two ways are covered in today's lesson, while the others will be covered tomorrow.

Step one is "Constant conversation." This basically means pray constantly during the day. Not necessarily the long and involved ritual prayers like "The Lord's Prayer," but simple one sentence phrases that are prayers on their own: "You are with me." "I receive you." "I belong to you." "Help me trust you." Other times, bits of Scripture work as well: "For me to live is Christ." "You are my God." "You will never leave me." One way I have thought of how to accomplish this involves the fact that I tend to talk to myself when I'm working anyway. I'll do that still, but now I"ll realize to whom I'm really speaking.

Step two is "Continual meditation." This one should be easier than I originally thought, since the author describes meditation as being similar to worrying, but with God instead of the problems. I am definitely a worrier, so I just have to learn to shift my focus from my problems to God.

Applying these into my growing repertoire of Christian skills should be relatively painless, even if it's not completely easy. I can't wait to start these. :)