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For me personally, one story that comes to mind is that of the Martin and Willie Handcart companies in the mid 1800s, where many in the company felt a presence during their journey. Many swear by it, that the presence felt was that of angels. Honestly, I find the idea comforting.
For those interested in further reading
T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
I am so hyped for General conference next week it is going to be so awesome!
I met a really cool couple on Saturday. She was from Israel and he was from Mexico and they had all these questions about the LDS church. I tried to do my best to answer each one, she had so many. I told her how she could get in contact with pross missionaries, I really hope they take a look. They were both so kind.
Also their pitbull was so freaking cute.
I think I'm just going to just straight up live tweet general conference.
I am so hyped for General conference next week it is going to be so awesome!
I was reading in the book of Moroni and where it talks all about Faith, hope and charity. And I feel I learned a lot about it faith and hope.
Hope might be something you have an innate disposition towards. But really I feel like hope has more to do with knowledge and understanding. Understanding that the way things are don't have to remain. That things can be better.
Faith is described as a "hope of things not seen." But I don't think that means we are going into things blind. I know and understand that God even if he can't be seen will still help us and how he, with unseen power, can help us. He gives strength as we put in effort.
I don't think omniscience is what makes God perfect. No I think God is perfect because he loves without exception or fault. I think even if we knew every single thing in existence it still wouldn't be enough to MAKE us perfect. We'd still need to figure out why any of it matters.
In my mind any secular philosophical ethical theory becomes hedonism without making a big assumption: human life won't just end with the heat death of the universe. In the end literally none of this will matter if there is not an afterlife. An infinite afterlife.
Mormon Missionary eats tiny man.
Light the World Challenge for today: Music brightens the mood. Share a song with someone today 😊
One of my favorite quotes is “If art is how we fill up space, then music is how we fill up time.”
I think that’s a beautiful statement because discovery or creation of music is inevitably the discovery and creation of ourselves. Another form of self expression that can be shared to the enjoyment of everybody around.
As such I’d like to share my favorite song with y’all today: it’s called ‘Wildflowers’ by Maddie Poppe.
My feelings associated with this song can be summed in the words of my favorite poet, Nikita Gill.
If anybody wants to swap and talk about music, I’m all ears 😄🧡🙌🏼
Light the World Prompt for day 7: Compliments
Howdy *waves* I am a verbal processor. A random starting line I know, but I promise it’ll be worth it in the end if you keep reading. As a verbal processor that means I need to discuss or talk things out enable to put organization to the unorganized chaos that is my mind. This unfortunately means that I am talking preeeeeettty much most of the time😅
However, one good thing about this is that I live by the saying “If you see something, say something.” That means that when I saw something SO impactful that the I immediately wanted to tell someone about it because it excited me or intrigued me. So when I compliment you, it means I saw something in you that I just got so excited to see that I just had to tell you, so you could get excited too!
So Friend, lemme tell you what I see:
I see you there Friend, tired and hurting from the struggles of your life. I see you, getting up every day and doing your best to do something. I see you reaching out to help friends and family members even when sometimes nobody takes the time to help you. I see you sitting by yourself with a lonely sigh. I see you, crying into your pillow alone at night. I see you sick and tired of not being heard or misunderstood. I see you putting your heart and soul into whatever the work it is you do, and while it may never get the attention it deserves, it’s still beautiful.
YOU are beautiful. Yes, I’m looking at you. I see YOU. You’ve got a beautiful soul friend, one that is uniquely yours. It’s brilliant, Darlin’. And in a world that keeps getting increasingly dark, we need YOUR light. Yes, YOURS! Because it’s simply a better place when you are HERE.
Don’t let ANYBODY tell you otherwise (feel free to dm me if you need me to fight someone) and that includes yourself. You ARE worth the time. You ARE worth the effort n the love. Simply because YOU. ARE. WORTH. IT.
In whatever way you say it, I love you friend. And just in case nobody told you today:
I’m grateful you’re here. I’ve never seen a smile quite like yours. *grins* Ah there it is! Look at how beautiful you are. Keep smiling like that, Beautiful. You deserve it and the world.
Don’t EVER forget how much good you AlReAdY do. Don’t EVER forget how loved you already are. 😊🧡✨
Here’s my big boi with the biggest heart I know, to help send the message home. If you EVER need a reminder, please feel free to talk to me. You don’t ever have to go whatever it is alone, ok?🧡