THE SKY IS THE LIMIT?
I'm sure you have heard this before. Or maybe you heard something like it. For instance 'You can do anything you set your mind to' or 'You can be anything you want to be' . Sometimes it comes out differently. 'If you study hard you can be anything'. 'If you work hard enough at it you can do anything'. Who came up with this 'stuff'. What are we telling ourselves. What are we telling our children? Can you be anything you want to be? If you work hard enough can you do anything you want to? Can you fly? Can you lift twice your weight? Can you change your eye colour? Your height? I can't. I can not be anything I want to be. I can not do anything I want to do. I have always wanted to be a tall, graceful woman. I am 5'1 and though I try I really am not graceful. I have always wanted to paint or draw what I see. But it is not in me to do it. My children will not be able to do anything they want to, they will never be what they were never meant to be and neither will I. I believe my job is to help my kids see who God has made them to be. My job is also to help the people around me see who they are meant to be. I think I can do this by being full of God's grace. Maybe this way I will be graceful and maybe a bit taller too.
FLOWERS...I LOVE THEM
Kellie's birthday present...don't tell her.
K.... Here is the real car.bad picture.but there it is.
VIBE
WE BOUGHT A CAR.... THIS CAR....THE PONTIAC VIBE.
I AM TRYING NOT TO FREAK OUT!!!
GRAD
WE DID IT!
STEPHAN GRADUATED MAY 27TH.
CULTURE
I have been thinking about culture lately. What is my culture? I am Canadian. I am part of the Christian community. I am part of the Lower Class. Does this define my culture? Does this define me?
I have spent some time in other cultures and this has made me think. Every country and religion has its own culture. Even within each culture there are other cultures. My Canadian experience has formed me and frames my life. My 'culture' tells me what is right and wrong, what is good and bad and how to form relationships and keep them. It tells me how to speak to strangers and neighbours. How to order a pizza, even how to use the toilet and clean myself. Canadians do all this in a different way than other cultures do. The sub-culture of my family or ethnic heritage even dictates how I hear what other people say. Married couples deal with this all the time. After all a marriage is really the coming together of two different cultures. It is an invisible cloak that we can not take off no matter how long we live within another culture. It will always form our opinions and beliefs.
So all this has made me wonder what is wrong with my culture and what is right. What can I learn from other cultures and sub-cultures. This brought me to one thought. What is God's culture? What does He want? What is the Heavenly culture that I one day will know? Can I know it now? I believe it is true that all Truth comes from God. I believe that every culture and sub-culture on earth owns a piece of His Heavenly culture. I want to find it all. I feel like I see everything through a fog. Knowing but not quite understanding. Wanting but never having. I truly feel the shackles of Earth regarding this topic.
I'm sure you have heard this before. Or maybe you heard something like it. For instance 'You can do anything you set your mind to' or 'You can be anything you want to be' . Sometimes it comes out differently. 'If you study hard you can be anything'. 'If you work hard enough at it you can do anything'. Who came up with this 'stuff'. What are we telling ourselves. What are we telling our children? Can you be anything you want to be? If you work hard enough can you do anything you want to? Can you fly? Can you lift twice your weight? Can you change your eye colour? Your height? I can't. I can not be anything I want to be. I can not do anything I want to do. I have always wanted to be a tall, graceful woman. I am 5'1 and though I try I really am not graceful. I have always wanted to paint or draw what I see. But it is not in me to do it. My children will not be able to do anything they want to, they will never be what they were never meant to be and neither will I. I believe my job is to help my kids see who God has made them to be. My job is also to help the people around me see who they are meant to be. I think I can do this by being full of God's grace. Maybe this way I will be graceful and maybe a bit taller too. 
