Contention is used to gain power over another person. Contention is used to put people off balance or cause them to question what they think. Contention is manipulative and deceitful. Christ said to his disciples, …
Not Peace at Any Price
Now, all of this may sound nice and like we are just letting people walk all over us… With the erosion of society, and our moral values as a result. This is false though, let …
Persuasive the Savior’s Way
“Differences of opinion are a part of life.”-Pres. Nelson Peacemakers model “how to manage honest differences of opinion with mutual respect and dignified dialogue.”-Pres. Nelson And they do this by managing their own thoughts and …
Doctrine of Belonging
Belonging takes sacrifice! To belong to dance company means you are willing to sacrifice your time and energy to perform at certain times, even if you don’t want to. To belong to the basketball team, …
Decide to Belong
In a world that says, “Just accept me for who I am and don’t expect me to change. Deal with it. You do you, and I’ll do me. And don’t judge me.” The Lord’s message …
That is Enough
Feeling like you belong is YOUR CHOICE Our culture has taught us that “belonging” is something outside of our control. We spend most of our time teaching our children and the YW to reach out, …
Relationship Cycle Examples
Freed from my Burden I spent a good deal of my life, trying to help others be happy… my parents, my husband, my children, etc. Like it was my responsibility to do this… Sometimes it …
Preparing for Miracles
In the Middle Through all this experimenting and practicing I found myself on my knees, praying to Heavenly Father a lot! And my prayers looked like this… I think this is a good thing, I …
Unintentional vs. Intentional
My unintentional life story: my two favorite pretend games when I was little was house and teacher. As I grew, I also discovered that I enjoyed being artistic and I enjoyed writing, but I didn’t …
How Energy Affects Manifesting
The Space Between Nothingness and Physical Form I recently learned that the space surrounding the nucleus of an atom is energy… But even more than that, it is POTENTIAL energy. Given the size of the …