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MoodyLizzie
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Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Interests: Piano, the Colts, the Pacers, and Scrapbooking but I can't forget- Roadtrips! Anything with friends etc.
Expertise: Being a complete klutz, sticking my foot in my mouth, and making people laugh
Occupation: Contract Specialist
Industry: Computers (Software)
Message: message me
AIM:  MoodyLizzie21
Member Since:
10/27/2004
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| Everyone makes mistakes. The statement is true, for everyone but ourselves or so it seems. Sometimes we are so quick to point out the mistakes in others that we miss the mistakes we make. Not today. Today, I made a big mistake. It took me all morning to get up the courage to tell my boss. I ran reports, made spreadsheets, and calculated how much my mistake cost. I then gathered my courage and went into my boss. I laid it all out, took the blame, and offered to fix it off the clock. And then I waited...
She just smiled and said, "Wouldn't the world be great if we all did our jobs perfectly." In that moment, I was given grace. Real grace. This wasn't "grace" that sweeps everything under the rug, no this was grace that said, "hey you made a mistake...okay...get up and fix it." I have quite a few hours of work ahead of me, but my boss did not allow my mistake to define me.
As I have been given grace, I do not want to become like the man who was forgiven much who refused to forgive little. Let's stop staring at other's mistakes. Let us instead see the mistakes and help the people up and aide them in heading in the right direction. In other words, "Get the plank out of your own eye."
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| Thanks to a horrible headache I have been stuck on the couch unable to raise my head. You know what that means...tv all day. While watching mindless and brainless shows it has occurred to me...why do we fall for it? Why do we believe that relationships started on lies and developed with lies will actually end happily ever after? The reason the film ends where it does, is because they know that it only will deteriorate from that point forward. Let's look at a few classics such as How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days or Failure to Launch (strangely enough 2 movies with Matthew). The story line goes, Girl meets Boy and they tell a week of lies to each other. They then discover the truth, get really mad, and then live happily ever after. The crazy thing is that millions of us (I admit I've done it) sigh and believe the movie's message which is, "Get a guy, lie, lie, lie, and a relationship will survive. The thing is...it's a lie.
Why are people so afraid to start off with the truth. In the beginning you have nothing to lose. In the beginning why can't we be completely honest. What would a story be like that started with something like, "Hi my name is Lizzie and I'm a stubborn perfectionist that really likes to laugh." What would happen? Why are we so afraid of truth? Why do we instead rush to fill our minds with the belief that lies will create a solid foundation? I say we begin with truth...what would happen?
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| Chicago and I are in a relationship...a marriage of sorts, and I want a divorce but it is trying to woo me back. I hate Chicago and I love Chicago. It was an arranged marriage. I went into it thinking that perhaps we could make it work. It tried to win my love with cultural events, great food, wonderful music, and farmer's markets. But then it turned nasty. It grew cold and withdrew. It punished and turned ugly. It made me think of my first love, and in my eye I only saw the beauty and greatness of my first love. I eventually filed for separation and that lasted for a year and a half. I came back though. I realized that no matter how bad it treated me, we were in a relationship. It wooed me all over again, but then it turned harsh and cold. I finally gave it an ultimatum. I'm leaving in May. I might visit every now and then but I'm leaving in May. It has had a change of heart this past week. Chicago has shown me how beautiful it can be when it wants to be. But this time...I know how ugly it can be. I know and I'm not coming back no matter how hard it tries to win my love.
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| I think the world has discovered the winning factor. You have to have a Manning on your team... | | |
| This year was the first year in a long time that I did not camp out at Best Buy, Circuit City, or some other electronics store. Now I know most people think I am crazy for this, but I will devote this blog to explaining our reasoning behind camping out all night in the cold. 1. We do it for the money. It's money out of thin air. You can't do that every day. 2. We have crazy stories to tell. (ex. ordering pizza to be delivered to the 2nd blue and white tent in the best buy line, having the cops try to arrest Eric for mistaken identity, being interviewed on the news, "Ya want to see inside my RV?" and many many more stories) 3. There is a sense of accomplishment. 4. I know that I have done something that not many people dare to do. 5. I just like to see the reaction on people's faces when I tell them what I have done. 6. After a night in the cold, the cold stops affecting you as much. I have camped out all night at stores 6 times(once for 27 hrs.). This was my first Thanksgiving not to. The line started at 2:00pm on Thanksgiving day. I believe that family comes before money so we stayed home this year. I enjoyed being nice and cozy, but I missed the adventure. | | |
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