Something To Be Thankful For

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. Just like most holidays, I don't think they age very well. It seems the older I get the less "magic" or even excitement I have around any holiday. I relish more the thought of a break than the opportunity to celebrate a holiday. I look around at what America has turned the holidays into and its not a surprise. If Thanksgiving is the day were supposed to be thankful for all we have then why do we gorge ourselves beyond belief, spend the rest of the day sleeping or eating more food while looking at the best deals we want to get the next day. I think we've got Thanksgiving all backwards. If we were truly thankful for all that we have then we would spend the day helping others or giving to others. You do not express thanks by hording up the good you have received, but by sharing with others the joy it brings to you. If I could have a perfect Thanksgiving it wouldn't be a table piled high with food and crowded with family, it would take place all year through constant acts of charity and love for one another. It would be demonstrated through my respect and reverence for all human beings, all the children of God. So in retrospect I do not believe that Thanksgiving is the time of year we are most thankful. Quite the opposite is the case across the country, however, if you have spent the year being generous and kind to all those around you, then thanksgiving isn't a holiday. It's not even a break at all, it's one of the best rewards for being charitable the rest of the year, its an opportunity to work with your family and on your family relations. For this purpose, I believe, is why we should celebrate Thanksgiving and what we need to keep in my all the year round. As the old saying goes for the next holiday, he sees you when your sleeping, he knows if you've been bad or good. So be good for goodness' sake. Happy Holidays everyone and if your interested yes I did enjoy my Thanksgiving. As awkward and uncomfortable as it was at times I still enjoyed the precious time I spent with my family and friends while I was back home.

The Long Wait...

Well its official, as of November 19th, 2007 my misison papers have been submitted and are now waiting at church headquarters. I had my final interview with my stake president, one of my top stake presidents I've ever had the pleasure to meet, and everything went well. My papers now await to be displayed on projectors in front of apostles to be assigned and then eventually approved by the Prophet himself! All I have to do is wait... and wait I will because there is nothing else to do about it! If you have any predicitons or fun guesses I'd enjoy to hear them :-)

The Beginning

Well this is it the start of my very own blog! Now I have a webpage, webpub.byu.net/dbull7, email of course and now a blog. It's official, now I'm on the internet. So now that I'm on the internet I suppose I can keep anyone and everyone updated on my life. Well I'm still in college at least for one more semester before my mission. Speaking of my mission my papers are just about done I have a last minute eye exam to verify that yes I have perfect vision, after that I'll get set up with an appointment with my stake president and then shortly after the apostles in charge of mission calls will be reviewing my information for a mission. Hopefully I'll have my call in 2-3 weeks or so. Another exciting tidbit as that I'll soon be starting temple lessons! I've already found out some interesting things about the temple and I'm a little confused but eager to learn more! So thats about it church wise besides the fact that I'm my wards choir director and I'm trying to get everything ready for our chirstmas contata which, cross your fingers, will be happpening on the 16 of December. As far as my love life which everyone seems so concerned about yes I'm still dating Katie, and yes I'm still very happy that I'm dating Katie. Enough said. Well that covers school, church, and my social life so I guess that leaves work. I work for the Office of Information Technology of BYU if you didn't know that already. I mainly sit at a desk with a computer (two monitors, its pretty sweet) and listen to students and/or parents of students complain about everything and anything that goes wrong. Well I guess it's not so bad, it's nice when you save someones day :-). Well I think thats good enough for a start, it may not be too much of an update right now but I'll try to keep it coming so this will probably be the best place to find out about me!