Aimee's Thoughts

I feel that I need to explain my crazy self.  I would never blog anything to hurt anyone's feelings or make them feel bad.  I intend this blog to be something of a journal for myself, family, and kids.  Since I'm not so good at actual journalling or scrap-booking, this is the best I can do for now.  (And, it seems that family and friends enjoy seeing pictures of my cute little ones!)  My earlier comment about not liking everyone at church just shows how much learning I still have to do in this life.  As my wonderful home teacher reminded me last night, "There are lots of good people in the world, and there are some who are quite a bit harder to love."  I think that is so true, and one of my goals right now is to be able to see the good in everyone--even those who seem to be my enemies.  It really is so much harder to love someone who has said something hurtful to you or attacked you in some way.  As a typically shy, quiet person, I have not had these situations very often.  I guess being in a leadership position sets you up for that kind of thing.  I see it with our ward leaders, stake leaders, politicians, principals, etc.  I don't know who originally said it, but my stake president likes to talk about it:  "We are all just dirty sticks laying on the ground.  When one of us gets lifted up to lead, all the others like to point and talk about how dirty the stick up in the air is, forgetting the mud they themselves are laying in."  I have learned so many painful lessons this past year about leadership, gossiping, tolerating, and loving.  I've shown much too much of the "evil Aimee," as Clayton likes to call it, but I hope that the sweet and good Aimee will shine through in the end.  I guess that is what life is all about: trying to become our best selves and realizing our ultimate, divine potential.