My husband offered to buy me a CTR mood ring.
For no good reason, I accepted.
I didn't need it, and I don't take much stock in their working.
Well, maybe a little more than before.
Much of the time my ring is blue, which means I'm relaxed.
Sometimes it changes to green, which shows I am active.
But one day......
I was in Washington state, which I love, coming out of Tacoma Boys, the local fruit stand that I love, eating a newly-discovered Honey Crisp apple with sharp English cheese that was heaven, and I noticed the ring on my finger was purple! That's the color for love.
Rachel got a CTR mood ring for her baptism. On the afternoon of her baptism, she was floating around the house, carrying her new scriptures in her new little bag that she loved, that was filled with all the goodies people had given her, and her ring was purple. She was feeling the love.
I'm beginning to be a believer.
I don't believe in rabbit feet, taro cards, palm reading, or ouiji boards, but I do believe in feelings. I think they are emotional, but also physical, mental and chemical. I think they affect our internal environment, and external.
David O. McKay taught:
"The only responsibility that a man cannot evade in this life is.. his personal influence. This is simply the constant radiation of what a man really is. Every moment of his life he is changing to a degree the life of the whole world. Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other. To exist is to radiate.... to be a recipient of radiation." --William Jordan
When I was a teenager, I tried to be a Stoic. I didn't want anyone to know what was happening inside me by what they saw on the outside. Silly, I know.
Now I love to see the inner self appear on someone's face, or in their body language, in a smile or in jumping for joy!
Now maybe you can tell what I'm feeling by the ring on my finger, and the look on my face.
My ring has not yet turned orange or red or black. Those colors denote being nervous, unsettled or stressed. If it really works, I suppose it will. But I hope not often.
Today my ring borders on purple. I love that Fall is finally creeping in, that they have hired another person at work, and that in a few short weeks I will see my family!
I am loving life.
That's the mood I'm in.
Can you tell?
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Is that quote from DOMcKay or W. Jordan? It is a GREAT one!
I wish I was in a better mood- life feels a little heavy right now. And do they make mood rings where good feelings are red and orange- I like those colors so much better than purple!
But I am happy to hear you are in a purple mood for what it really means!
McKay was quoting Jordan, but he taught the principles using his own words many times.
I love that your ring is so often purple and blue! And yes, I can tell you're loving life.
I've run the rainbow on mine. Apparantly my fingers were a bit swollen the day I got it though, it only fits my thumb now.
I'd be very curious to see what color I would turn a mood ring, the poor thing probably wouldn't be able to keep up with me.
You sound good!
And to think you were just telling me about your mood ring tonight. Of course yours will be purple most of the time, because life is just better with purple. I am afraid that if I had one, it would be the red, orange, etc. guys most of the time. Not so good. Would be interesting to see I guess.
You are wonderful and I love you. Thank you again for such a yummy dinner and excellent company.
You are so cute! I love you. Micah and I have a mood rings too. Mine is a dragon fly, and Micah's is dinosaurs. We got them when I worked at the life science museum. For me, just putting on a mood ring boosts my mood, so it's always pretty swirls of blue and green. Maybe I should add that to my happy list!
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