JESSIE'S VEGAS

I remember when my brother in law, Todd Smith, was project manager working on the Gilbert, AZ temple. He had said he would have given his "big toe" to be involved in building a temple. His friends in the construction industry warned him that temples were notorious for construction headaches as everything had to be beyond perfect. Sure enough, during the process things were having to be redone over and over.They kept ripping stuff out cuz it wasn't perfect. Drywall, tile, and then when they did that to the absolutely stunning stairs that reminded me of the staircase from the "titanic", I was actually a little disgusted. "WHY all the focus on perfection when life on earth is SO far from perfect, I wondered?"We had been dealing with our health problems. Lauren with autism and psychosis, Alyssa with Tourette's and Syd was bordering on a catatonic state even as they were building the Gilbert temple. Anyhow, we were supposed to go on a special tour be...

Isaiah 61:3 “ …to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair”  Sometimes I have dreams. Most of the time they are silly;exaggerated solutions to a stressful day. Occasionally they have meaning. These visions are mostly for myself, but other times the dream is  for a different person. When the latter circumstance appears, the images are vivid as I feel like I am watching a scene from someone else's life.  Years ago my first encounter with counseling was serendipitously with a Jungian psychologist. Carl Jung was a pioneer in the field of the subconscious and dreams. While I parted ways with the psychologist not long after our few sessions,our personalities did not mesh, I remain in gratitude for the materials and references she provided for me. In summary, from my study, I have surmissed that depth and Jungian psychology are involved in how the mind seeks to heal itself. ...