See You At Christmas

What a long day today has been.
And it's still going.
Still so much to do...
Today I woke up early, got ready for the day, and then walked out the door around 8:20am.
I attended my first class at 9:20am; public speaking. Today we watched a speech given by Barbara Bush to the graduating class of 1990 at Wellesley College. I love watching speeches and analyzing what they do and don't do well.
Fact about me: I love to observe people. I'm not weird, I promise! I find it interesting to watch a crowd or a group of people and observe how they interact with each other. It's just interesting to me.
I particularly love watching other people give speeches; especially more so than giving them myself.
Because I love writing so much, I love to hear how others write when they give public speeches. It helps me improve my writing techniques and vocabulary when I hear how others organize, use transitions, and humor in their speeches.
Fact about me: I am an audio learner. (If that even makes since) If I hear something, I learn it better than reading it or seeing it. Hence why I am so good at quoting movies; I listen to them all the time (well, not all the time) and I am able to remember what was said. I am also a very visual learner as well.
Barbara Bush's speech was very well done; especially knowing her audience. She, being a very conservative woman amongst very liberal ladies at this college, did a fantastic job conveying a message that appropriate and applicable to her audience. Knowing the situation before watching the speech, helped me understand and analyze the speech better.
Today was devotional day at our school. After class, I headed down stairs for the devotional. The devotional was most excellent today; the speaker's topic was marriage, however I felt like her talk was very unique. What I mean by that is, she didn't go the same route that most people would have gone with marriage as their topic. She talked more about preparation for life, and how that same preparation will be key in preparing for marriage.
For example, she spoke about having the basics; looking forward to learning, being goal oriented, searching and finding our testimonies, learning how the Spirit feels and speaks to us, having a firm foundation of faith and trust, and always being obedient, etc.
She taught us to be calm and confident; having faith no matter how bad the storm is. She related the story of Jesus Christ calming the sea. We need to have faith in who he is, and how he loves us.
Faith is an action; taking steps into the dark, daily scripture study, daily prayer, hard working, and enduring to the end, etc. Challenges can help grow when we stand steady and have faith, and will help us become like our Savior. We don't know whats coming; we have to take steps that show our trust, and do things for the right reasons. Eternal perspective; think about what you will be gaining, rather than what you will be losing.
My roommate and I had our Doctrine and Covenants class today where we discussed sections 6,8, and 9. We discussed how the Spirit feels to each of us; the burning in our bosom vs. the stupor of thought as written in section 9:8-9.
I had an hour and twenty minutes before my next class, where I met up with my mom for lunch before she had to catch her flight back home. We were only out for a little while though, because I had to be back for class.
See you at Christmas.
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I'm glad I saw her again before she left.
My last class for the day was mission prep. It was an interesting class today; a girl in our class brought her friend to class with her who is a recent convert to the church. Our teacher had her sit up front and answer questions from the class about how the missionaries had taught her; what did she like and what worked for her etc. Kinda interesting.
After class, I waited for a friend to get out of class and then helped him with some of his photography homework.
Hmmmm. Then I went home.
But I was only there for an hour or so; I was right back on trax and headed back to the school for a meeting.
When my meeting was done I came back home to a lovely pile of homework waiting for me.
Ah, home sweet home.
Just another busy day.