Reflections of a True Millennial

     Faced daily with differing paths and decisions, we mold our character and disposition through the choices we make. We facilitate each option through two means- commission or omission. Specifically each wrong decision we make can come by commission or omission.      The concept is fairly obvious and probably what you think about concerning choices. Commission is what you do. So if you do something, you've committed something- whether it be good or bad. What we often don't think about when it comes to choice is omission. Omission is what we choose not to do. Even though the concept of omission isn't obvious to our minds, it's often how we choose to do wrong.  We all know the sins of commission, and we're not likely to commit a serious wrong such as killing someone, it's probably just not going to happen. But, when things become hard it becomes so easy for us to omit the things that matter most. What we need to do quickly turns into what we should have done

     Every six months, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormons) holds a General Conference broadcast to all members teaching basic doctrine from the Prophet and other leaders. Over 100,000 people attend the two-day event live in Salt Lake City, Utah while it is broadcasted over satellite connections, TV, and internet to 175 countries in 94 languages then later distributed across the world in print, video, and audio forms. Basically, General Conference is a giant meeting of the Mormon Church. The 183rd Annual General Conference occurred this weekend, with 27 different speakers with varying messages.      The messages of General Conference are basically modern Scripture to the LDS Church. Speakers are not assigned topics, but ponder what needs to be heard and prepare talks to give.      One of my favorite talks from this weekend was given by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a retired German pilot, who serves as the 2nd counselor in the Presidency of the Church. He prefaced

So this past weekend was our final robotics competition of the season in Ft. Lauderdale. Long story short, we lost. Yes, we were the only team the entire weekend to climb to the top of the pyramid (and consistently for that matter), we brought home the Excellence in Engineering award for our "King Kong-like" climbing mechanism, we remained the only alliance the entire weekend to bring down last year's world champions, we ranked 9th out of 46, and we captained our own alliance heading into the elimination rounds. Yes, this was our best season ever. But, our goal was to make it to the championships in St. Louis and we came up a bit short. No matter the cause (ahem, string) we failed to win it all. And early today, I wrote a depressed little entry about this, but decided to hold it off. Often times, we seem to be surrounded by those who aim high and seem to always achieve their goals, often landing even higher. It's discouraging to fall short of things that you'