i know it's late, but i still want to do the october reading challenge. why? because october is a month dedicated to fear. how cool is that?
i love being scared. haunted houses, scary movies, horror stories. yep. love. so, for october i am participating in the reading challenge.
it is as follows:
i must finish the following scary classics by october 31, 2012-
henrik ibsen's ghosts. a sixty page play.
the legend of sleepy hollow by irving washington
three of the classic tales by the grimm brothers (haven't decided which ones yet...)
frankenstein by mary shelley
and finish it off with my personal favorite, bram stoker's dracula
i am most excited. to me, october should be celebrated correctly. if you don't like to be scared...i will cry tears for you tonight as i sleep. join me in the challenge.
sometimes...i think too much about everything. and by sometimes, i mean every freaking time. i over analyze, i try too hard and i usually make a mess of it. so, in light of my new favorite song, i have decided to 'feel inside...and stuff like that.' please listen to this song. immediately. stop right now and listen to it. now.
so good? right? i used to be afraid of 'feeling' anything. i would force myself to hold back tears because i didn't want to be weak and show emotion. well, that changed. feelings are given to us, to guide us. i have noticed that when i have a certain feeling...following it and acting upon it is always the best response!
although emotions can be taken to an extreme...and we can lose control sometimes, feeling emotion is God-like. we of course should be careful to always be in tune with our emotions and listen to that inner voice because more often than not, that inner voice is the Holy Ghost telling us exactly what we need to do.
some say the Spirit can be tricky, i used to brush feelings aside saying that it was just me telling myself that. but here's a big however. HOWEVER, when we are living righteously and striving to do all the Lord asks of us, that inner voice is always right because we have completely aligned ourselves with God's will. the gospel is simple, the Spirit is not tricky...it is easy, open-access if we live righteously and feel inside...and stuff like that.
to know about the above-mentioned song...watch the interviews.
