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:: Friday, March 12, 2004 ::

friends and family

God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always.

Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would always be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.

Thank You for keeping me sober today. Amen.

My friends have come to me unsought. The great God gave them to me. By oldest right, by the divine affinity of virtue with itself, I find them, or rather not I, but the Deity in me and in them derides and cancels the thick walls of the individual character, relation, age, sex, circumstance, at which he usually connives, and now makes many one. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Friendship,” Essays, First Series

If the family were a container, it would be a nest, an enduring nest, loosely woven, expansive, and open. If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable—each segment distinct. If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles. If the family were a sport, it would be baseball: a long, slow, nonviolent game that is never over until the last out. If the family were a building, it would be an old but solid structure that contains human history, and appeals to those who see the carved moldings under all the plaster, the wide plank floors under the linoleum, the possibilities. -- Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family and Politics

Friends broaden our horizons. They serve as new models with whom we can identify. They allow us to be ourselves—and accept us that way. They enhance our self-esteem because they think we’re okay, because we matter to them. And because they matter to us—for various reasons, at various levels of intensity—they enrich the quality of our emotional life. -- Judith Viorst, Necessary Losses

Yesterday, I focused very hard at Miller on completing the monthly financial packet for the market area that I support. I believe I am really going to enjoy this assignment but have a lot to learn about sales analysis. I received cards, calls, and emails from my my parents, my aunt and uncle in Austin, my little brother Ross, my old sponsor Dan in DC, Laura and Leslie from Accountemps, Kristina in Colorado, Stephanie in Virginia, my old roommate Stephanie, and my high school girlfriend Kathy all wishing me a happy birthday. That was sure nice to be remembered. I addressed, stamped, and mailed all the family reunion notices at the post office. After work, I was very tired and could not get motivated to study or do anything other than lay on the couch and watch television. I have so much to do but little energy with which to do it. God, please help me get through the rest of this month.

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