Confidence

There is nothing so confident in appearance as a contented cat surveying their realm. You see, a few weeks ago I got an electric blanket and Little B adores this blanket when it's turned on. She gets on the blanket, stretches out and there is something about the set of her head that states - this is my land and I suffer you to be here with me. Everything about a cat, or at least my cat, in this instance is about confidence, even arrogance.

Cats are known for getting what they want through this confidence and I think that can easily carry over to people as well. Now, I'm not advocating arrogance by any stretch of the imagination, but if we take a cats confidence down a couple of levels to healthy confidence I think a lot can be accomplished.

All people have worth, all are loved by God and in fact he plans our days long before we take our first breath (Psalm 139). This is a reason to hold our heads up high, to remember that we have worth and that yes, we can accomplish what we set our minds to. We can also have confidence in God - confidence that we serve a God who loves us, who desires what is best for us and who will walk with us through all the valleys in life...confidence, not always a bad thing...in moderation of course, and certainly not to the level of my cat. Now, I have to go and try to get some space for me to sleep in.

Following Progress

How do you track your progress in things? I, for example, am a bit of a nester and can be followed around a house or other locations by looking for the little piles of books from place to place...until you find me and the book I'm reading at that moment.

Progress like that is easy to track and in that particular case kind of funny. However, sometimes it is harder to see where the progress lies. There are those who give up on weight loss because it seems to them that they aren't changing in any way. What about people who are trying to give up an addiction and feel the same strength of craving every day? Progress in those situations and many more can seem so very hard to track.

I have never been someone who enjoyed journalling - just not my thing. Yet it was continually suggested to me as a way to work through issues. So I thought I'd try it and ya know it sort of worked. I don't journal regularly, only when the problem is ongoing or weighing particularly heavy on my heart. A benefit to journalling is that I can go back over the previous entries and I can read the progress - how the problems have changed or been resolved and so on. It may seem like there are always challenges, well, okay, there actually are always challenges but it's nice to see the progress too and to know that they are changing and progressing.

Arrested

Well, I know typically you wouldn't expect an officer to be arrested, but, it finally caught up with me...okay actually nothing caught up with me but I did get arrested. We have here in Fernie - Griz Days. Takes place for 3 days over a weekend and there are a whole ton of events for the weekend. One of the events that occurs on the first day is that a variety of people from around town are arrested. We are asked in advance and we are required to raise bail money and so with the help of some great people in town I was able to raise my bail and get out of jail at the end of the day.

Then Saturday it was pretty quiet in the store but around town there was lots going on and of course Saturday night was the parade. Well, actually not of course as my understanding is that in prior years it was on the Friday but this year it was on Saturday. Luckily for me the parade passes right outside the Salvation Army building and so I had a very convenient place to watch from. Unfortunately it was raining and quite cold out but the enthusiasm was still high.

Oh, I should also mention that while I was in jail I was given an opportunity to repent of my ways but then they let me out so... ;) Just kidding of course I repented.