It's not St Benedict's but...
Last Sunday I drove to Paragould to attend Mass Lite. Their Deacon (who is super nice) is getting ordained next month so they'll have a full time priest. It's a 30 minute drive but it's the closest. They were excited when I told them about the music stuff I do at St Benny's.
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Cough syrup soda!
Archer Farms Diet Black Cherry soda tastes like cherry flavored cough syrup. It's all the icky flavor with non of the cough suppressant benefit.
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New mottos to add
In addition to my other "words to live by", these are the most recent:
"When you live in the light, you never have to fear it.
When you keep things transparent, you never have to fear spies."
So many people hide themselves from the world. I was one of them, for many years. I hid so that I didn't have to deal with public criticism or scrutiny. I hid because I was afraid of rejection, afraid that people wouldn't like me.
The simple truth is that you can't please everyone. There will be people who will dislike you for no reason whatsoever. Some people can never be pleased.
When I made my LiveJournal friends only in 2003, my friend Ted said that when you close your heart, and close your life, you may be protecting yourself but it keeps new people from coming into it.
I've thought a lot about that. Finally, whether it's a product of being on anti-depressants or finally realizing that people DO like *ME* for me and who I am, I'm ready to just live in the light. No darkness, no hiding, no obscurity. Privacy is one thing, transparency is another. You can be transparent but have your privacy. People don't need to know, or want to know, that you feel bloated or that you played too much Cookie Bonus solitaire. What they want to know is overall who you are, what you're like, and what you want.
I am Helen Joan Casper. I like video games, friends, silliness, pajamas, olives, chocolate, laughter, chilly days, and hugs. I want to do my best to make the world around me a little better than it was before. I try to better myself. I want everyone to feel loved. I want to speak the truth, but do so in love.
It's not schtick. I'm not perfect. I have epic failures and will continue to do so. But everyone has goals. Those are mine. I don't know if I will ever reach it but it is something I can keep trying at, every day. Some days I will fail. Some days I won't.
The simple fact is that everyone in the whole world has their problems. A vast majority of us are just trying to do the best we can with what we have.
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The best 79 cents spent!
Cheese roll-ups from Taco Bell are MELTED WIN!
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Fun!
Having fun in Nashville with Livy & the kids! Nick makes a silly face.
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Night night!
Long, exhausting week. Sweet dreams everyone & here's to a better weekend. Oh, and Scott3437 will be happy to know that we had steak for dinner. =D
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