RADIATION - DAVID O MCKAY

I found this quote while shuffling through boxes.  I LOVE IT!  David O McKay was the 9th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  He was liberal in his thinking and held respect for all opinions be they right or wrong.  

This dissertation on radiation speaks to my soul the true nature of the light that illuminates from our beings.  We are born with the light of Christ and it is how we live that will determine the brightness of that light and the size of the aura that surrounds each person.

Radiation

There is one responsibility which no man can evade, that responsibility is his personal influence.  Man's unconscious influence is the silent, subtle radiation of his personality--the affect his words and action have on others.  This radiation is tremendous!  Every moment of life man is changing, to a degree, the life of the whole world.

Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other man.  He cannot escape for one moment from this radiation of his character, this constant weakening or strengthening of others.  Man cannot evade the responsibility by merely saying that it is an unconscious influence.

Man can select the qualities he would permit to be radiated.  He can cultivate sweetness, calmness, trust, generosity, truth, justice, loyalty, nobility, and these qualities he will constantly affect the world.

This radiation to which I refer comes from what a person really is, not from what he pretends to be.  Every man, by his mere living, is radiating either sympathy, sorrow, morbidness, cynicism, or happiness and hope or any of the hundred other qualities.

Life is a state of radiation and absorption.  To exist is to be the recipient of radiation.  To exist is to radiate.    

LOVE FROM GOD

IS FALLING ALL AROUND

WHAT'S GOIN' ON

Since my blog is supposed to be a journal sort of thing I should probably do more than post the most entertaining pieces of my life. In between visiting mom for her birthday and attending docutah I work...professionally and domestically.  I am also a philanthropical freak, involved in way to many service projects and volunteer opportunities.

Work

Every day I spend as the Director of Public Relations for CMI is an adventure.  My three fold mission is to benefit the students in all that we do, to connect with the community and to generate partnerships that will in turn generate revenue for the CMI and the Communication Degree Program at DSC.  I enjoy this very much.  I grow with every challenge and I am continually enlightened by the energy of the students.  The down side is that I have to interact with people that must be tolerated instead of respected.  

In every working environment we must cross paths with people who lack self esteem and as a result behave in unethical ways.  The people I speak of are supposed to be experienced professionals who should have learned by now to act with respect.  Instead they see only their personal agendas and will do their best to undermine and bulldoze the goodness in others.  In these instances I must hold to my integrity and breath deep.  I must remind myself that God is watching and that karma will always prevail.  

Home

If I say that for the 6th time in the last 10 years I am immersed in a move will you understand?  Yes, once again we move our household from one location to another.  I am mentally, physically and emotionally spent.  I am now determined to stay in this new home or move abroad.  One more move to another St. George location will cause me to completely collapse.  I'm sure that daily meditation and prayer has pulled me through and kept me going.  My forward vision is for 2 weeks from now when I will detox for 2 days with Karamea in Salt Lake.   

Philanthropy - I'll just make a list

• Chair of the International Festival
• Chair of the Lions Roundup Rodeo Breakfast
• Event Coordinator for the Washington County School District Foundation
• VP of Club Services for Red Rock Rotary Club
• PR for Leadership Academy
• PR for DocUtah
• PR for Washington County Fair (thank God we are on hiatus)
• Member of the Dixie Sunshiners who are ambassadors for the St. George Chamber of Commerce

That is currently my life.  And I can still see that it is a beautiful Sunday morning and feel joy in my soul.