November 7, 2008
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Power Of The Mind
There has been so much on my mind lately but I will start off with my library book charges. I knew I was charged for some late fees in the middle of summer. I was just hoping they would go away so I would check on my online account to see if any things change but they didn’t. My total charge was $47.00 because I checked out like ten books and its all ranging from three to five dollar fees. I called up the library and asked if it’s possible to knock down the price a bit and the lady said this is only a onetime thing but I will knock down $25.00 which left me with $22.00 more dollars to go! I told her I was very sorry I let the charges get this high and it won’t happen again, because it seriously won’t.
I told my mom I have a fee because she knew nothing about it and she was freaking out. I said it’s only $22.00 and she acted like we were in a third world country saying that the money is generally the cost to feed me rice for the whole year, which doesn’t make sense. I will pay it off and it will be fine. This is the first time this is happened since I got my card, ten years ago. So I was pretty happy and I am not able to access the library again. I checked out some audio books and eBooks online so I am pretty happy. I also applied to be a volunteer at the library because I know how much libraries are generally underfunded, at least ours is and it’s a place where I would be willing to volunteer.
I am seriously getting tired of volunteering at my church. I have been doing it for so long and I’ve never felt good when I am done working for them. I feel really pressured by my parents as well as whoever is in charge of the event or thing I am planning. Also, when they give you “thank you gifts” they are beyond cheap, not that I am asking for anything expensive but there is no point in giving at all. I generally don’t feel respected at all, no matter how hard I work.
I can easily see myself being more appreciated for working and helping out at the library. It is nice and quiet and maybe be surrounded by intelligent, patient people. My godmother works there and I love being with her so it is also an opportunity to hang out with her. To me, volunteering for the library seems to be a better cause than helping the church because I feel that intelligence can get you more places, although religion isn’t a bad thing and it is good to have beliefs. I might take back the last few sentences I just wrote down… maybe…
Tomorrow I have my accuplacer test for college at 11:00 and I am very nervous. My piano tutor or I will just call her Stephanie because she is in my life so much has been acting a bit rude lately. I know money is tight for everyone but there is no sense in being rude. Maybe she was just trying to be persistent and came off as rude because she doesn’t normally do that? I don’t know but I will talk to her about it tomorrow.
What I really want to write about is the audio book I finished listening to today. The author was generally talking about how much the mind affects us and how successful people have full control over their mind. Not to confuse you with Oprah’s new age junk, that takes it to the extremes. This is not a self centered, the world revolves only around me and you’re always responsible for what happens to you, kind of thing. The few people I have listened to lately on this subject have a more reasonable approach to the mind. Anyways I posted it in my audio section above, hope you check it out and give comments on what you think of it.
