Last week I read a blog written by an investment banking intern who wrote his blog to help other students/people considering going into the industry learn more about the day-to-day activities of an i-banker. I felt like that blog was really helpful, and I also gained a lot of respect for the blogger for his willingness to serve others by helping them learn more about a unique career in investment banking.
O, and before I go any further, I wanna make a disclaimer with regards to any spelling and/or grammar errors in this blog. I took about 10 minutes trying to word the previous sentence correctly, I am going to stop doing that for the sake of time. So I apologize if any sentences don't flow well or come off in any way incoherent.
So anyway, there are a number of reasons I wanted to write this blog. To name a few, I want to help those who don't know much about the mormon church, and who may not know many people who belong it, learn a little bit more about the life of a mormom guy. Some people believe mromons lead lives that are way different than the average guy / girl, but I hope that this blog might help those people see that mormons are just regular people living regular lives.
Other reasons for writing this blog are no different than most people's reasons: posterity, keep friends / family informed on what's going on in my life, and to put my thoughts on paper for myself.
So, now that I got all of the blog-like pleasantries out of the way, I will fill you in on my day. Today, October 27, 2008, I had a very unique experience. Right before my intermediate accounting class began, I was waiting for a young asian girl to get out of her chair so I could sit down. I noticed that she was having a conversation with another person in her class (she attends the class before me), so I decided to be polite and let her finish talking. So I turn around and begin talking with my buddy Cameron, when all of a sudden I feel a strong jab to my groin! I turn around to see what the blazes just took place, only to find this asian girl on the other side of me from where she was before, begging for forgiveness. I look at her in complete disbelief, not knowing what to say. All that came to my mind was, "Why? Why would you do such a thing?" Before I could say anything she ran off out of the room. About 30 minutes later I was finally able to draw my thoughts away from the incident and focus them on class.
Aside from the incident with the female jet-li, today was a regular day. Every morning I try to choose a scripture to focus my thoughts on throughout the day. As I do this I find myself more capable of achieving the goals that I have set for myself; also, I am able to avoid thoughts that will leave me with ill feelings towards myself and others. These thoughts range anywhere from finding faults in another person or enticing, unsolicited pictures from the internet. The scripture I thought about today is in Doctrine and Covenants Section 76 verse 5: "...I the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end." I feel really good knowing that their is a greater being that is delighted to honor and serve me in my trials if I show Him the respect that he asks. This scripture helps me remember that I don't have to go through life and all of its hardships alone.
By the way, the Doctrine and Covenants is a book of scripture that Latter-Day Saints (proper term for "mormons") believe is a book of revelations that modern-day prophets (like the Moses' and Abraham's of today) received and compiled. This book, along with the Book of Mormon, compliment the teachings that we learn from the Bible.
