Welcome to my happily ever after...
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prayer
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I'm in rare form today. I had a BAD day yesterday, and I think it might be carrying over. I need to try to center myself before I end up a complete and raging bitch.
Every morning before I leave for work, I get online and check out the prayer of the day on beliefnet.com. This was the prayer from yesterday, and for some reason it really spoke to me:
Help Us Remember
Heavenly Father,
Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.
- Author Unknown
I think I'm going shopping today on lunch. I really need some cute clothes. The Gap has some flip-flops I like....I think I'll go get them. LOL....seeing how Oz hates flippies so much, I should take a picture of my feet in them and email them to him.
Last night was quiet. I went home and watched a ton of TV. Now that Top Model isn't on anymore, I don't have anything to look forward to. Plus they ruined everything with the President's speech. He reminds me of one of those monkeys you wind up that claps the cymbols together.
11:35 a.m. - 2004-04-14
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