The Christianville Spirit: My Colorful Mind's Question

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Sparks Your Heart

January 26, 2011- TCS # 234

So, Lately in My Mind or as I now refer to as “My Colorful Mind” comes up with out-of-nowhere questions to ask people about. You See, Every now and then, My “Colorful Mind” comes up with Questions relating to “What If ?”, “If this was the situation, what would you do?”, and other questions that interest me. You See, My Out-of-Nowhere Questions do come but, very rarely; It usually only comes when I’m in a really good conversation. But, Recently I’ve been coming up with Questions to ask My PTLS Family like “If You could have Lunch with anyone, living or dead, Who would it be and Why?” and most recently “If Your Life was a TV Show, What kind of Show would be and What would be the Name of it”. the second question, surprisingly got the most responses which based on the last question I asked, I didn’t think that many people would answer. Most of My PTLS Family said theirs was either a Comedy or Comedy-Drama. The main reason why I asked this question is because I wanted to use my imagination to imagine a real-life TV Show about their lives and watch it to see what it was like. You See, I’m a visual learner and I have a unique Imagination. So, with a Name to the show and the Type of show, I can imagine watching it on TV and liking watching a Comedy about Someone’s life relating to PTLS. Now, as for Me, I would probably have a Comedy like Boy Meets World But, I would call it “When Christian Meets World.” So, If Your Life was a Movie, What kind would it be(Comedy, Comedy-Drama, Drama, Sy-Fy, Action, Horror, or Documentary) and, What would it be called? All in all, We all see our lives as a Movie at some point in own life, Close Your Eyes and Imagine what it would be like.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. With Your Imagination, anything is possible

The Christianville Spirit: The Opportunity at Collin College

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Sparks Your Heart

January 19, 2011- TCS # 233

So, A couple weeks ago, Before the start of 2011, One Day When My Mom came home she informed me that her boss at the Community College she teaches at, Collin County Community College now known as “Collin College” had offered a chance for Me to Volunteer for the Grand Reopening of the campus she teaches at. You see, Months ago, Collin College decided to make renovations of the Campus Building that’s been there a while. So, they decided to change it up a little which ended up being really cool. Anyway, they offered me to be a Tour Guide for this Open House which was 2 Saturdays ago, to show people what they’ve done to change it. Now, I didn’t get to be a Tour Guide because the person would have to read off a script and I had to really know the whole place. Anyway, so instead I got to be a Greeter instead which was really cool because I took it upon Myself to also personally escort people to some of the classes that they were having during this open house along with demonstration classes on things. A lot of the times I escorted people to their classes, When they told me where they wanted to go, I would put my finger on the card I had in hand to mark it so, I would remember where I was going even though I knew where they were going. So, A couple of times I would Talk to other people or the person I was escorting and My darn Short-Memory came in and I had to ask the person again just so I would remember. In fact, at one point it happened and I joked with one of other people on The Elevator, I said, “Short Memory; What are You going do?!?”. Also, another highlight was that I got to walk past what was My Favorite Room because it was a Hospital Lab or as I called a “Mock Hospital”. The reason I called it that is because it looked like a hospital, complete with Hospital Beds with dummies on it as Patients and a Scrub Room like the ones people use to wash their hands before surgery like in Grey’s Anatomy. Here’s something that My Mom pointed out to Me after we left. Apparently during my duties, when things were calming down, The President of Collin College was talking to the Collin College Officer about being at the NCAA Championship Game in Frisco in which Vice-president Biden was there and the officer missed it. The President of The College, The Officer, and I were laughing about what he missed and how The College President was having a good time with eating the great food and sitting NEXT TO V.P Biden at The Game. I told The President that the officer didn’t show up because as I put it, “There are a lot of Crazy People out there that need to be Policed”. Anyway, as People started leaving the Open House they did something that surprised me. As they were walking by, the people that I escorted Thanked Me which to me was really awesome. Along with the people, some of the staff, and head of Continuing Education thanked me as well. All in all, It was really awesome to Greet People and take them to their classes because it made me feel like I did my job really well, I impacted them in that way, and I was accepted.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Give someone with Special Needs a job that they are good at and Their performance will surprise you.

The Christianville Spirit: The Devil Words

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Sparks Your Heart

January 12, 2011-TCS # 232

So, I know many of You are always wondering about what’s life is like for someone who has PTLS, let alone being the one of the oldest and fourth in the world being diagnosed at the time I was diagnosed. Well, I can say that having PTLS(or Potocki-Lupski Syndrome) as with anything, has it’s Perks and Disadvantages. Like for instance, being Happy most of the time, seeing the world with Roses, and being more Special than People with other special needs or “Normals” because PTLs is rare. But, there are disadvantages, like what We’ll call “Devil Words” like the R-Word and the one I’m going to tell you about, the words “Can’t”(as in I can’t, You can’t, We can’t) and “Why can’t”(like Why Can’t He/She do this?). You See, the word “Can’t” and “Why Can’t” are as hurtful to Me as The R-Word. These words hurt me because of their meaning and they demean the fact that I’m unique and they degrade me. Not only that but, it puts one more thing on my list of things I can’t do, which I hardly touch but, it does happen. Like here’s a common one, the fact that“I can’t” Drive and not because I literally can’t Drive, I’m sure I could but, My reaction time is very slow and I love to look at the Road Signs. So, that would make me dangerous on The Road and added to that I wouldn’t be able to guess what the other drivers are going to do. So, around my age, that darn 2nd “Devil Word” comes in, “Why can’t You(or Him) Drive?”. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love to teach people about Me and The Uniqueness I have but, I would rather people not ask in that fashion because it degrades me and everything I stand for. I don’t mind people asking me if I have Special Needs, but If they assume that means “I Can’t” do anything then, it bothers me. I might have different abilities but, we all do things in our own things and some things better than others, Like My strength is Geography. So, give everyone a chance. All in all, Try to stop using the word “Can’t” for yourself and others, it might be you just don’t want to.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Give Can a Chance!

The Christianville Spirit: Happy New Year 2011

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Sparks Your Heart

January 5, 2011- TCS # 231

Hello, Everyone and Welcome Back to another year of Touching, Inspiring, and Thought Provoking Newsletters. But, first; Happy New Year And Welcome to 2011! I believe that 2011 will be an awesome year for all of You and us here at The Christianville Spirit. So, to Start off This Year, I’m going to tell you about something that I heard about and My View on it. So, I found out on CNN Newsroom that there are several ministries that studied the bible and it’s numbers and did all the math from Noah’s Time to now. They figured out that Jesus was coming some time in May 2011. So, I was curious about what that date was So, I knew in advance about it. Well, They found out that this year, 2011, has been 7 Thousand Years since Noah’s Great Flood when God warned Noah of “The Ending Times”, In the Bible in it states that “One Day is as A Thousand Years” which brings us to this year. These Ministries also applied Biblical Number and Math Equations to back up this theory that The Rapture will happen on May 21, 2011 and the World will be Destroyed on October 21, 2011.

It is interesting to Me to hear and read about how they came up with this theory. It also brings many questions to Me, like, Why Now?, How is it going to happen?, and What will Heaven look like?, will it be easy to get around(because Everyone has there own Personal Heaven), Will I still have Special Needs? and other questions generally about Heaven. So, here’s what I think. I Believe that Jesus will come in the middle of The Night and I will Magically Wake up in the house of My Dreams in Heaven. The House will be a Beautiful Log Home surrounded by Tall Trees, Many Highways full of Road Signs, and Heaven is Interconnected by Highways and Roads to other’s “Personal Heavens”. So, as to Why Now? And Why in 2011 of all years? is because although God is in our hearts and all around us, In my literal mind, I see him as a Real Person living a Large Mansion full of Happy Angels and he can watches us through a Large Globe (like a Snow Globe). So, with saying that, I think He misses Us being with Him in Heaven So, he sends his son, Jesus, down here to get us and bring us home. Would I have Special Needs?, Only here on Earth are people seen with Special Needs but, God sees us as his perfect angels here on Earth to help open people’s eyes to The World. So, I will be the same person in heaven as here.

All in All, Have You ever thought of what your “Personal Heaven” is like?

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. I hope You have an AWESOME 2011!