Wow, another busy week - and I am glad for that - it's so boring here without Dad, so I am filling each day as much as I can. :-)
On Monday, I started a new class - tai chi - being held at the Over 50s Centre. They have tons of classes - both physical and intellectual - and they only cost $3. or $3.50. I have wanted to try tai chi for a while and we are having it for our next Homemaking activity and I have the time to do it, so it was the perfect time for it. A lady named Margaret taught the class and she is the lady who will come and teach it to us at Homemaking next month. The class was an hour and 20 minutes and I thought it would be too long, but it wasn't. It is such a relaxing exercise and I thoroughly enjoyed the class. After that relaxation, I also had a facial which was relaxing - a very nice day. :-) Tuesday and Thursday, I went back to Aquafit class and more really good workouts.
On Wednesday, I decided to try a mediation and relaxation class at the Over 50s Centre - I thought it might be good for learning how to relax if I felt stressed. Well.................the class started with a woman welcoming us and then telling us to close our eyes. She then proceeded to talk with us in a calming voice telling us to relax, let go of our worries, etc. for about five minutes or so. We then sat in silence for over half an hour. You can imagine how difficult that was for me - eek! After that, she asked each one of us how things had gone, what we had 'seen', where we had 'been', etc. I told her that it has been very difficult for me to just sit there. She said that it would come over time and that she hoped that I would come back again. I thought to myself 'there is no way I am ever coming back here' - way too stressful. :-) I am going to try yoga next week which is taught at the same time.
After that, I met up with some church friends (Elaine, Jan and Fiona) at lunch at a restaurant called 'Hogsbreath' - I keep forgetting to take my camera with me when I go out - I really need to remember it so that you can see who I am talking about. Elaine and her husband are moving from HB and she wanted to get together with us before they moved house. It is always sad when we lose people from our ward - we get to know them and they contribute to our ward and then they leave. We had a lovely lunch together talking and laughing - it's always nice to hang out with friends. :-) Speaking of hanging out with friends, I did the same on Thursday with my teacher friends (Bronwyn and Luise) and on Friday with my friend, Haidi. Friends, talking, laughing, hanging out - such good 'medicine' for me. :-)
Dad's work is going well - the guys had their first exam this week and they all passed - phew - although one of them only barely passed. Dad says it's hard cuz the men don't work on these kinds of planes much and also some of them are older and not really up to learning about a new airplane. Dad spends most of his time class at the hotel doing his preparation for the next day - he has only taught this course once before and so he has tons of prepping to do to make it acceptable for him. There are different exams compared to last time as well, so Dad has to make sure that he specifically mentions those areas - there is too much information in the course for Dad to cover completely and so he has to make sure he covers what might be in the exam plus what he feels is important to cover.
I want to share an amazing experience I had on yesterday - I am not sure that words will be able to really get my feelings across, but I will try. Last week, I mentioned that a friend of mine had really let me down and that I was really upset with her. I knew that I had to forgive her, but I really didn't feel like it last week and it was still hard this week when I thought of the situation. I have been doing a seminary course on the Book of Mormon and this week's lesson really hit me. I was reading about how Nephi had been bound in ropes by his brothers. He prayed to Heavenly Father to give him the strength to change his circumstances (as opposed to asking to have his circumstances changed). That hit me - maybe I should pray for help to change the way I felt about my disappointment with my friend's decision which let me down. Then, I read more about Nephi and how, after he had gotten out of the ropes, he forgave his brothers. It hit me again - if Nephi went through such a horrible experience and still forgave his brothers, then I should forgive my friend. I prayed again last night to help me to forgive my friend - this morning, when I was on my way to church, the negative feelings returned and I pushed them away. When I got to church and saw my friend, things were the same they used to be - all my negative feelings had disappeared and it was as if the Homemaking situation had never happened. WOW, I thought - how amazing! I loved it! I didn't like feeling that negatively, especially towards my friend. I pondered on this today and realized how similar it was to us when Heavenly Father forgives us - it's like the situation never happened. What a wonderful spiritual experience!
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