I have THE CUTEST nephew in the whole entire city, world, universe,...Although I have to admit Vinnie does come pretty close! :)
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Coming to Yourself
There comes a time when you must stand alone.
You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.
You must be willing to make sacrifices.
You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.
Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.
There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.
Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.
Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.
Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.
Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.
You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.
You must be willing to make sacrifices.
You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.
Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.
There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.
Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.
Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.
Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.
Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Anybody remember this guy???!!
Remember this guy?? The one with the crazy hair?? :) These are more recent pictures of him....
Please keep my cousin Keith Joshua in your prayers.
Monday, November 24, 2008
LIFE.
Early this morning I gained a new little cousin. Preston and Diedre are parents of a new little girl. Because I am so close to them, its a little bit emotional and you kind of see things from a different light then you would for someone your not so close to.
All day today my mind has been in turmoil about "life". A lot of people ask different questions such as -What is the meaning of life? -What's it all about?-Why are we here? -What are we here for?-What is the origin of life?-What is the nature of life?-What is the nature of reality?-What is the purpose of life?- What is one's purpose in life?-What is the significance of life?-What is meaningful and valuable in life?-What is the value of life?-What is the reason to live? What are we living for?
All of these questions are probably valid for a person who does not believe in God. For me the questions are different. As a christian, I know why we (people in general) are here. God places us here for a particular reason.
When you look at the downtown of Calgary, you notice all of the high rise buildings, all the glass windows, if your walking around during the day, you will notice the bustling of people going about their own daily task. When you notice all of this you realize that every single high rise building and every little glass window holds people. If you think about how many people work in one building you may think that one person is not going to make much of a difference in the whole "big picture" however if you think about it from a different angle, every person has an intricate part in each building. In each glass window there is a person working their own little part to make the whole picture come together. Each person has their own little job, their own contribution. When you think of just one person and one job it doesn't seem all that big, but when you think of ALL the people doing their own thing to make Everything come together as a whole, then you realize how each little person and each little job is so important.
When you apply this in a spiritual perspective it kind of works the same way. Every person holds their own talent and their own ability. When you put everyone's talents and abilities together, You have a successful "church" or rather you have the "Body of Christ". As long as everyone does their part, does what they do best then it all comes together and somehow works. This is one of the reasons its so important for everyone to work together. Team work is important, although we may not hear it described as "team work" that's kind of what it is. Not everyone will fulfill the same calling and not everyone has a passion for the same things. Its important to understand that each person is different, with a different calling and a different ministry. Each one however is just as important as another.
All of that to bring me to my whole point of writing.
I have been thinking a lot in the past months about what my life consists of. What am I doing? What have I accomplished? What am I working towards? What purpose do I have in "the body of Christ" or for that matter what is my purpose for life in general? I know that I have one, and I know what my main purpose is in terms of living for God and accomplishing the "general" will of God. But personally, what is my niche? What is the thing that I can do that no one else can? What can I do that will fulfill me and my purpose? What is Gods calling for me? I realize that a lot of this you kind of take step by step and walk through doors as God opens them.
I'm kind of in a "mood" right now wondering "what do I do next?" I know this is not supposed to be frustrating, but sometimes it is. When you feel like "God I need to do something with my life, I need meaning and purpose" but you just don't know what is right. There are a million possibilities and options but which one is right? Which one is meant for me??
There are a few things that I am considering very strongly right now. I want Gods will to be done in my life. I want to be used and anointed by God so bad that it hurts me inside. I want to be someone that shines God's love TRULY in every aspect of my life, I know that I am the FARTHEST thing from accomplishing that, I know that I am so far from perfect and so far from anything amazing but it doesnt change my dreams and my hopes. I kind of feel like I'm at a crossroads trying to decide which way to go. Which direction is right. I'm praying for God's help and guidance with every breath (literally).
I know that this is a lot of rambling, and its not even half of whats inside me. :-) My mind and my heart has been in so much turmoil that I had to write some of it down. This is not written nicely or fluently, Its written in just whatever order it came to my mind.
I'm not too sure how to end this post so I'll just end...... :-)
All day today my mind has been in turmoil about "life". A lot of people ask different questions such as -What is the meaning of life? -What's it all about?-Why are we here? -What are we here for?-What is the origin of life?-What is the nature of life?-What is the nature of reality?-What is the purpose of life?- What is one's purpose in life?-What is the significance of life?-What is meaningful and valuable in life?-What is the value of life?-What is the reason to live? What are we living for?
All of these questions are probably valid for a person who does not believe in God. For me the questions are different. As a christian, I know why we (people in general) are here. God places us here for a particular reason.
When you look at the downtown of Calgary, you notice all of the high rise buildings, all the glass windows, if your walking around during the day, you will notice the bustling of people going about their own daily task. When you notice all of this you realize that every single high rise building and every little glass window holds people. If you think about how many people work in one building you may think that one person is not going to make much of a difference in the whole "big picture" however if you think about it from a different angle, every person has an intricate part in each building. In each glass window there is a person working their own little part to make the whole picture come together. Each person has their own little job, their own contribution. When you think of just one person and one job it doesn't seem all that big, but when you think of ALL the people doing their own thing to make Everything come together as a whole, then you realize how each little person and each little job is so important.
When you apply this in a spiritual perspective it kind of works the same way. Every person holds their own talent and their own ability. When you put everyone's talents and abilities together, You have a successful "church" or rather you have the "Body of Christ". As long as everyone does their part, does what they do best then it all comes together and somehow works. This is one of the reasons its so important for everyone to work together. Team work is important, although we may not hear it described as "team work" that's kind of what it is. Not everyone will fulfill the same calling and not everyone has a passion for the same things. Its important to understand that each person is different, with a different calling and a different ministry. Each one however is just as important as another.
All of that to bring me to my whole point of writing.
I have been thinking a lot in the past months about what my life consists of. What am I doing? What have I accomplished? What am I working towards? What purpose do I have in "the body of Christ" or for that matter what is my purpose for life in general? I know that I have one, and I know what my main purpose is in terms of living for God and accomplishing the "general" will of God. But personally, what is my niche? What is the thing that I can do that no one else can? What can I do that will fulfill me and my purpose? What is Gods calling for me? I realize that a lot of this you kind of take step by step and walk through doors as God opens them.
I'm kind of in a "mood" right now wondering "what do I do next?" I know this is not supposed to be frustrating, but sometimes it is. When you feel like "God I need to do something with my life, I need meaning and purpose" but you just don't know what is right. There are a million possibilities and options but which one is right? Which one is meant for me??
There are a few things that I am considering very strongly right now. I want Gods will to be done in my life. I want to be used and anointed by God so bad that it hurts me inside. I want to be someone that shines God's love TRULY in every aspect of my life, I know that I am the FARTHEST thing from accomplishing that, I know that I am so far from perfect and so far from anything amazing but it doesnt change my dreams and my hopes. I kind of feel like I'm at a crossroads trying to decide which way to go. Which direction is right. I'm praying for God's help and guidance with every breath (literally).
I know that this is a lot of rambling, and its not even half of whats inside me. :-) My mind and my heart has been in so much turmoil that I had to write some of it down. This is not written nicely or fluently, Its written in just whatever order it came to my mind.
I'm not too sure how to end this post so I'll just end...... :-)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
"Its just money"
Well I have the most AMAZING news!!! ;-) I got a Notice of Reassessment from the Federal Government last week. You would not believe what it said!! I was so stunned I pretty much fell off my chair and had to check and see if the contents of this Notice were actually correct and meant for me. Do you want to know what it said?? Well..... It said......THAT I OWE THEM $4,300.00 and I MUST pay the full amount by December 1st. Is that not crazy or what?? I mean I truly did have that much money sitting in my back pocket and I was just waiting for that reassessment to come!! Lol I'm kidding, I actually do not have that money at all. :-)
The Federal Government has charged me a Federal and Provincial penalty of $1,084 each so that is totaling $2,168 in penalties plus a bunch of other penalties plus late filing charges. The reason I am being charged this penalty is because I did not claim all of my income for the year 2007. Stupid me??? CORRECT!!! lol I guess the person that did my taxes last year only sent in one of my T4 slips for the year, (my fault because I didn't give him all of them because they were taking too long to come so I guess he just filed.)
So on top of all of the penalties I owe them still quite a lot for income tax that they are now charging me. Now I have to ask myself the question HOW ON EARTH am I supposed to get that much money by December 1st?!!!! The answer is simple.....I can't. Lol so I have to make monthly payments to the government. :-) Basically I am now in debt! :-( When everyone is saying "O yeah I still have so much that I owe for my student loans......." I can say "Oh yeah I know! I still have to pay that big loan for my Income tax!!" HAHA
I was basically totally kind of freaking out about this on the weekend but then I thought "Angie, its your own fault for not doing your taxes properly and you have to pay it because there is no way around it (I know this because I called and asked if there is anything I can do and they basically made me feel like a 2 year old while they told me "well you could try to appeal it but you would be wasting your time":-))
Now I just think to myself, Its just money!!!! I will make it without that money I truly will! :-) so I'm still happy I'm not stressed I have learned my lesson and shall never not file for my income tax again!!! :-)
The lesson of the day: FILE YOUR TAXES!!!!!!!!! :-)
Cya ;-)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Tuesday Night
Polly's photo shop presents:
The youth of truth youth
She was proposed to (Notice the "will you marry me" sign)
And she rejected 
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
My Work
Ok I think I have already ranted about this to most of you, but I LOVE my new job! Except today when I have pretty much nothing to do. I have been sitting here for approximately the last 3 hours, doing NOTHING......I am so bored.....(sigh), big change from my old job where I CONSTANTLY had a million things on my shelf! I like staying busy...hopefully it will pick up once I get a little more settled.
The office here is very proffessional and the people are all mostly really nice. The president came up to me on my third day and gave me an envelope with a $500 bonus in it!!!!! Is that not amazing??? I thought it was...They are celebrating their 30th year in Canada this year so everyone got a big bonus.
The president of the company is a little Japanese man and he is so kind! I really like him.
The HR manager has already talked to me about being promoted into the Human Resources department to assist her. I hope that happens soon!:)
I was a little sad today becuase I got a voicemail from my old boss (Matthew Merchant) he is the lawyer that I used to work for. He had a few questions for me on some files and he told me that he had gotten me a little gift from India and maybe I could get it some time (he just recently returned). It made me miss my old work and all the people a little bit, crazy I know...It will just take me a little bit to get more comfortable here, but thats ok! :)
Any way I guess thats all!
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