"Its the process not the product"

In my one and almost half years of pharmacy school I have come across the phrase "its the process not the product" on several different occasions. In pharmacy school, this is a lie, the product gets graded, and can be counted against you, even though the bigger picture is the process.

That being said, I agree with the above said statement or title of this blog entry. In the real world I think the bigger picture of life and our growth as christians is based on the process and not necessarily the product. There are alot of times in life where one can be left wondering "WHY??...why did I have to go through that? I didn't even get what I wanted after all that work". The answer? most likely because in the process of going through 'that' you went through a meta-morphasis of learning, you grew, you were able to comprehend something when you were unable to before. Sometimes we are unable to learn or we are blinded by the object that the process is lost, and we are once again put in the cycle so that we may open our eyes and see what is right in front of us (not the product).

I had a friend of mine, who chased after a girl for 14 years of his life. He claimed to be in love with her and felt that she was what he was meant for. I think a lot of the time he focused on the product (the girl), and not the process (his praying, changing, becoming humble...etc). He became angry when the girl did not reciprocate the feelings. Many times in his life I saw him put through the same cycle, the same process and he was still chasing the product.

As a christian, I will be the first to note that I have failed several exams administered by God. I have been asked to be patient but become belligerent in my wait, I have been asked to be humble but have allowed my hubris to shine through with bright colors, I have been told to forgive, but still hold anger and resentment somewhere where no one else can see them. I have gone through situations that produced some very ugly products, ones that I would most likely want to throw in the garbage or sell off in a rummage sale. But as I look back I am able to look at the situation and go through the process. I see situations that are similar that I had to repeat because I was too focused on the product and not the lesson.

In several passages of the Bible that Paul writes, he is thankful for the "grace" of being able to go through trials. At first I thought Paul was just trying to be piously over righteous. I didn't understand the concept of being grateful for trials. As I grow as a christian, over the past few years, I begin to see that trials bring forth growth. Growth that cannot be achieved through mere day to day living. I now believe he is thanking God, for the grace to grow.

It amazes me that life is just a process its not the product, that all comes in the end. You, dear reader, are growing, you are not always going to get it right on the first try, in fact you are going to go through many failures before you reach success, just make sure you learn in the process and not rely on the damaged product as your inheritance.

Thanks
Regina

Clutch FEVER

Okay so I saw this clutch as a giveaway on

http://nataliejost.com/3901

I LOVE IT so I thought I would let you guys know that I entered for the chance to win and if you want to see some more of these beautiful clutch purses

Here is the link:

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noteworthy Quotes

"The hardest things in life is learning which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn"

I found this on a blog that I read, and thought it was apt.

DOVE WRAPPER

"YOU are that superwoman. SO enjoy"

-Okay so maybe I ate half the bag to get to this little fortune.

Back To the Basics

So over the past few days I have been getting better at setting up a small routine for myself and getting organized in regards to school and life in general. I am trying my absolute best not be late/(skip class) or go on coffee runs(which result in  being late/skipping class). As of two saturday's ago I purchased yet another planner ( I know I am compulsive about these things), but I couldn't resist. I then told myself that I would stop spending the obscene amount of money on coffee from Starbucks and make my own coffee every morning. I write things down and check them off =) and I have built a budget (yes I the budget breaker). So far I have been diligent on each of these things, although it has only been going on for about a week. Hey we should rejoice in small victories, right? Im heading home today, and I am thrilled, I have a sad feeling I might not want to return. Just a small update.

what happened?

Hello Readers,

Although I am more than sure that my reader level dropped to zero over the past few months. I have not been diligent about keeping up with my blog. The reason?- life. I just got overwhelmed with things at school that it pretty much killed much of my creative juices. I am not making excuses, and I am going to try and get back on track. The last time this happened was around the time my blog first started, I took a 3-4 month hiatus, and only began reworking the blog during the following summer. Hopefully I can keep a steady pace starting today, I will be posting a "sunday morning thoughts from the pewside" later tonight.
I have a busy week ahead, keep me in your prayers.

Now that thats out of the way...


Amazing isnt it?
how much we grow (change), I recently was able to open up my friendster account after a long time. I was amazed at some of the old messages, my responses, and it gave me a little insight at who I used to be. Granted, I was 16 when I had a friendster account and now I am 22. It still never ceases to amaze me how I used to be and who I have become. How about you? do you smile when you think about who you were, and who you are?

Projects?
-knitting 101
-exercising
-photos
-twitter.

So I got a new IPOD.

Here is the story: When I got my new MacBook, last year, I also got a free Itouch, which was what I own and was semi happy with, didn’t really get to work much with it because I got caught up with classes and other projects. I was also not really into the gaming features or apps. All I wanted was something to listen to music on. A simple contraption I can take with me on the go, and listen to my music in the car when the radio keeps playing “California girls” by katy perry on repeat. Ne ways So it turns out that my younger brother stole the itouch from because he deemed that he put more use into it then I did and therefore he owns it. I, being, the unselfish older sister that I am, gave in and let him have it (he doesn’t know that its his yet-he thinks he is just hanging on to it for me). I came back to school IPOD less so I am back to square one. Then I gave in and purchased the IPOD classic- 160 GB. Now it can double as a external hard-drive for back up memory space as well. So you see this purchase was mandatory and necessary. All in all I am happy. Now I just need to update it with some new music. Any suggestions? And if you want to send me songs, email me =) or suggest them under comments. Currently I have total of 7 songs.

Happy Listening

Pseudo