Stuff to ponder, thoughts to think, boxes to open

Plenty to think about these last few days. We were able to send off our missionary and that was a good thing. It is interesting to consider the "Rite of Passage" that Zach is going through. One day he was a boy and the next he is a man. The change seemed to be visible. We saw this formalized at the MTC but we have experienced it for a few months really. When something one does is labeled as a "Rite of Passage" it usually has a beginning, and a middle, and an end. An example might be when one withdraws from his original group, then lingers in a place that is different learning and changing, and then returns.

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On a different note I wondered if all that we are...................... is really indeed the sum total of all we have thought? I hope not, actually, since all thoughts are not good or even productive. On the other hand all that we are does represent those thoughts that did impact us by causing something to happen. So the question becomes are we what we are on purpose and were all of those thoughts that caused this, choices? Do we do things on impulse really, or do we do things because we have thought about doing them? If we are the result of our thoughts then we did them on purpose.

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We were listening to a CD about the differences between the way men and women think the other day. I recall the conclusion that "men departmentalize things". (did you notice I needed to put quotes around this? ) Having heard that insight in to men I decided to just hold the thought and consider it again because at the moment I was more interested in hearing the rest of what the CD had to say than digging into whether or not it was true that men more so than women really compartmentalized things. I would have given this some thought before now, since it has been a few days now, but I had a lot to think about especially yesterday.

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Having Zach just get up and walk out of our room for two years was just a lot to consider. I am pretty sure that I have not yet finished considering it and I am not sure whether I want to completly open that compartment today, besides I have a large number of compartments and if I want to go around opening stuff up, there is other stuff waiting.