Memory

This was a great week.

It was fun, hard, boring, exciting, stressful, eye-opening, disappointing, satisfying, tiring, amazing, surprising, difficult. It was a little microcosm of life itself in a way. There was so much to it.

I memorized passwords and numbers and rules. I had experiences I won't forget, like the Secretary visiting our orientation class, and others I am trying to remember, like the presentation on the structure of the department.

Life is like this week. There are so many experiences. Some of what we experience we must remember, some would be nice to remember, and some we will remember without even trying. It's so fascinating.

I wish I could automatically turn my memory on or off. That way I could remember things I want to remember and forget things I don't want to remember or don't have any use for any more.

This week there are some things I need to remember and some things I will never forget.

Life Ascending

I am the kind of person who gets excited about the climb to the top. I enjoy moving forward and finishing something that requires effort. There is so much to be learned from the hard work, perserverance, the obstacles to overcome. Always learning is something important to me in life. It is one of the main reasons I choose to make the climb. Ascending mountains, ascending to greater heights as a husband and father, ascending to the Lord through repentance and righteousness, ascending to better service, ascending to living my dreams, ascending to understanding people and places and things I haven't known.

This blog is about my journey, my ascent.