I Love Math ...

Yesterday a friend sent me an e-mail about a bail out plan that was pretty funny. It talked about how much we would each get if we gave ourselves the $700-billion instead of to the greedy vermin who got us into this mess. The problem was the math. But, I did like the concept.

I think we should let the criminals who have cheated us go to jail and instead of bailing them out -- let's take the money and start our own bank -- free and clear. After all, it is our money.

A pox on the Democrats and Republicans who have fleeced this system. Then, let's start by firing the guys who stole from us, seize their property from them and start criminal investigations into their activities. And, let's close the borders and stop paying for social services for illegal aliens.

Just my 2-cents worth.

:) Dana

So ...

It is amazing ... when your back hurts ... nothing much else is good.

That's the way I felt all weekend. Spent time between the back massager and trying to find some comfort and back to the massager ... It was not much fun.

Anyway, almost back to full steam ahead. Going to take it easy a few more days.

:) Dana

My back hurts ...

So, made it through church ... all set apart in my new calling. Hope to have some fun with it. We'll see. I am an assistant to the high priest group leader.

And, my back hurts.

I think I tweaked it a few days ago unloading some boxes of postcards at our mailing house. Had to show the young guys how macho I am ... carried two boxes instead of one ... and have been paying the price of that all weekend.

Can't sit, stand or be on my back ... kinda the triple play of back problems. I've had worse. Nothing a few days of rest wouldn't cure. Ha!

:) Dana

Me and my big mouth ...

So last week, I posted an article / talk that was about how to do a calling so the person being called feels like he really WAS called.

So, I stated how we need to feel the spirit of the call.

Then, the test of faith occurred a few days later when I was released from all the assignments I really enjoyed and called to a new one that I am pretty certain I am not well matched to do. (I have some opinions as to how and why this happens ... none of them very flattering so I won't go into details here. But, re-read my article and you'll have a good idea.)

And, I think I am most frustrated with being released from the stake assignment ... because in the last three years, I wasn't really allowed to function. I think I have been a check-mark in someones org chart ... and that is never a very satisfying feeling.

But, we soldier on. We bloom where we are planted. We do what we are asked to do. We smile and say things are "fine".

But the fact is, there is not a lot of satisfaction or joy in a calling that was cut short or in a new one that has been crammed down.

Just my 2-cents worth. Invest it wisely.

:) Dana