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Charity won't fail us, so let's not fail charity.

“Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other.” - Marvin J. Ashton Yesterday I felt like I was trying to walk through a big pot of molasses. I couldn't get myself out of a dreary mood and my thoughts and actions were uncharitable. I fully comprehended what was happening and how to fix it. Serve whoever I was feeling uncharitable toward. Simple fix, right? Well, not really, but a much more comfortable way of living. Walking through clean water vs. mol...

Alfie never recovered from getting his wisdom teeth out

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This past week I went to a family reunion where my entire Dad's side of the family was gathered. It was exciting to see everyone! There were a few babies and among them was this little boy: Alfred Hitchcock reincarnated. Maybe I'm the only one that sees it, but all through out the reunion I saw it and I just had to show everyone else. What do you think? Something rather interesting: I got two of my wisdom teeth out yesterday. I participated in a study to see which kind of drug is most effective out of an experimental drug, Tylenol, or a placebo. And guess which one I'm pretty sure I got? I'm pretty sure I got the placebo, although I'm not sure. They didn't tell me afterward so I just have to guess based on the amount of pain I was in which just so happened to be quite a bit. After being on the site of the surgery and watching 1 1/2 Lord of the Rings movies I was able to go home. I ended up taking some Ibuprofen half way through because the pain got me t...