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The last post was on Hard to Say things, and I ended with the idea that all times, people and places are appropriate circumstances to use these words with. As I come from a largish family, I wanted to clarify what I meant. And If you haven't read the post before this one, I would suggest reading it first. Within reason, these words can be used all the time. Consider my purely hypothetical situation below. "Will you please pass that wrench? I can't get this bolt undone with mine huge hands." "Right. One wrench coming up, Ow! I hit my head on it!" "Oh dear! I'm sorry I asked for it, you wouldn't have hit your head on it had I not. Will you forgive me?" "I forgive you. It was my fault I hit my head on the wrench." "Oh, well thank you for getting it for me. This bolt would have been a large pain in ta backside if I hadn't a wrench." You can probably tell I exaggerated this, em, slightly. The point is, the words can be us...

I've been thinking. What is something hard to do, outside of your comfort zone, that would benefit others around you and yourself? A ton of different ideas can be used, but in this instance I swerved towards my speaking habits. I was looking, of course, for something that I could implement fast, that would make me happier too, and (I add this last) I was going for something easier. Please and Thank you came up quickly, which I thought I did quite well on. Hah! As soon as you think of something you're good at, you start seeing all the many places you aren't good at it. I've realized that most of the time I can be saying please or thank you to someone. The only time I don't need too is when I'm alone! :) I also found that there are a lot of things that I take for granted, which are important to me and I value without even realizing it; that I now want to thank someone for. One last small observation, was that saying thanks didn't seem quite as effective as t...

Hello again! So yesterday afternoon I became sick, and consequently, I wasn't able to go to church. I lay on the couch, and read the bible instead. While I was thinking, a thought came to me. Why do we only worship on sundays? (or at least mostly only on sundays) We try to pray and read our bible everyday, but when it comes to worship, it's only on sunday. This seems backward almost. We should, I should, be worshiping the Creator every day. Maybe there seems to be no time. Does there ever seem to be time for bible reading and prayer? Maybe it seems to be uncomfortable. Well let's expand our comfort zone. How can glorifying God be uncomfortable? So I challenge you, as I challenge myself, to worship God more often. Plan it out as you would prayer and bible reading, start with simple songs. "I love you Lord" "Better is one day" "Amazing Grace" Worship isn't standing up and remaining in one place, while you close your eye...

Barbaric Ben's Den has been created! Not sure how I'll celebrate, but I'm definitely excited. BBD's blog will have everyday life happenings and my hopefully humble insights about them. BBD's will also have some reports and essays for variety and fun. I hope you end up enjoying what I write, and maybe it will help someone too. :) Benjamin