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That One

Providing providently ensures the ability to serve others without distraction. Providing providently includes fasting. A talk given by Michael J Smith in sacrament meeting at the Farmington Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Strong Medicine

What an impressive site. I visited My Strong Medicine, a blog of a nursing professional, among other things. I love his post titled, “Hi, I’m the nurse. We’ve never met.” Read it. I applaud his style and enthusiasm. Thank you for posting this.
He mentioned something in another post. Here’s the quote:
It’s OK to forget, it’s [...]

Nigh

It’s an eerie sound. It’s lonesome. It’s angry. It’s a sound one doesn’t want to hear – ever. It’s a sound one doesn’t want to make. It’s a sound that is unmistakable. This sound neither belongs in your ears, nor in your heart, but we are allowed to make it. We are expected to make [...]

How Invigorating!

THANK YOU! I feel much better. Conference was quite wonderful and I feel like my cup is full again. So much of conference was directly aimed at me. I know…vain isn’t it? I am a firm believer that Heavenly Father knows our doings, our needs and our wants. And because he is such a loving [...]

Great!

I am interviewing for a per diem job. I don’t earn enough money. It’s at a nursing home. What are your thoughts given my simplification project? I feel that I need to work more and be more smart with my money. We just don’t make enough to make ends meet most paychecks.

Full Worth

Just what is valuable to me? Some of my values are:
THE LONG LIST:
Time with my family (spending time with the people I love)
Time with my wife (spending time with the people I love)
Clean, uncluttered home (order)
Time to myself (time for me)
Nursing (supporting my family, service)
Living the Gospel (Gospel)
Service (Gospel)
Outdoors
THE SIMPLIFIED LIST:
People – family, friends, service, [...]

Elegance

My cup has been empty lately; each time I reach the bottom, I find that energy and momentum are added to my cup and I can go a little farther. I am just overwhelmed with everything I have to do. I don’t know where the energy comes from. Well, maybe I do.
There was so much [...]

Emergency Preparedness / Conservation

Here are some resources from today’s lecture on Emergency Preparedness, pollution and conservation. It includes things about disaster nursing. Enjoy!
Conservation International: Neat ways to calculate your impact on the environment.
CDC: Emergency Preparedness: The Centers for Disease Control’s Emergency Preparedness Website
Maine Emergency Management Agency: Maine specific Disaster Plans
LDS Emergency Preparedness Information: An in depth look
Family Home [...]

Cancer, Nursing

Cancer has the following words attached to it in my mind: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavorable, unpromising; portentous, foreboding, fateful, premonitory; black, dark, gloomy; minatory; direful; minacious. It also has the following dimensions: prompt, drive, move, inspire, stimulate, influence, activate, impel, push, propel, spur. Inspire? What’s so inspiring about the potential death [...]