Wow March 23rd! Can it be? Did I miss the first day of Spring? It's the day I usually attempt
to balance an egg-just kidding! According to snopes.com, “The
Chinese are thought to have originated the practice of standing eggs
on end during the equinox. Just as the equinox symbolically restores
balance to the world by signaling its rebirth after a season of
darkness, the equinox literally balances the day by dividing it into
equal portions of darkness and light. If the symbol of fertility,
eggs, could be balanced on end during a day equally divided between
day and night, this was a sign that all nature was in harmony. Nonetheless, the vernal equinox brings no special egg-balancing
properties with it.” I guess next year I should see how
“balanced on end” I am, and if I am in harmony. I'm not right
now! Ask me in another week. Let's just say, I need to recuperate
from work-related events of the past few weeks. :D
I love my mission assignment! If you don't already know, I am a
Records Preservation Missionary and part of the Genealogical Records
Division (GRD) training team for FamilySearch International
(www.familysearch.org). Last week we held our first training seminar for
camera operators and field supervisors from North America. These are
the people who coordinate, capture, and collect digital images of
birth, death, and marriage records in the U.S. and
Canada. Many of them have been doing this painstaking work for over
two decades! We held a three-day training seminar, with almost every
minute scheduled! I hope they had a positive learning experience. I
hope they left knowing how much we care about them; how much we appreciate and
love them!
While preparing for this seminar, I
received a timely email from my Master Teachers- that's what I call
them! Their pearls of wisdom revealed, perhaps the real purpose of
my mission: “to help other people discover their personal worth”. Don't we all want to be valued and feel appreciated by someone? Yes. What would happen if we knew our “personal worth”? If we
truly knew our own unique value, would that knowledge change us? How? Why?
I am willing to explore these questions, and I hope you
will too. I believe that if we do so, we will gain an insight into
our divine nature, where we may ultimately feel cherished, united,
and complete. Exploring ourselves requires patience and honesty-
and a quest for truth. While pondering these questions as I
write, the thought process is already creating a slight shift within.
Are we all “special”? Yes.
Each of us? Yes.
If so, how do I see myself? Perhaps I'm
a little more necessary in this world than I thought before.
Why? I will continue to search, dig deeply,
to find my answer. I invite you on a similar personal quest. It is important to know- to know how
special we are- and to know this for ourselves.
I know it will allow me to open my mind
and heart, to value myself and others, and life itself.
(Sigh) Well, I feel a little more balanced,
more “in harmony” with life/nature, and a little happier.
How
about you? It feels like a moment of renewal, of
brightness, of Spring! Welcome to more light; longer days, and
shorter nights! Welcome change and growth, and flowers! Ah, the
flowers in Temple Square! Here they come!
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