Elder Bednars talk response

So our next assignment for freshman writing was to respond to Elder Bednars talk about "Things as they really are."  One of the main things i got out of this talk was how important our bodies are and that we need to take care of them.  The devil did not receive a body and is jealous that we have one. We need to make sure to do everything in our power to take care of our bodies.   It says "happiness consists in having a body."  In order to have physical feelings we need to have a body.  It also talks about relationships online versus relationships in real life. i  think something i need to focus on is having relationships in real life and not just online.  I have kept in touch with a lot of my old friends online and i usually make new friends through my old friends. Some of this can be good but i have realized that it makes it difficult for me to be outgoing by myself.  Instead I am going to try to be more friendly and sociable.  This is one of the things that i got out of this essay.  Also that i need to make sure to respect my body by eating well and excercising regularly.  Things have been stressful with school so i dont do these things as well as i used to, so i am going to start scheduling in time to do this.

Dance

So as you can probably tell by my URL i love dancing :)  this is one of my favorite quotes along with a beautiful picture

internet used for spreading good

Reading this talk by Elder Eyring taught me a lot about how members can use the internet to advocate for good in our society.  We do not just have to ignore the bad that can be online, but have a chance to put interesting, gospel related material out there.  He talked about the ripple effect.  The part that really hit home for me was how one person can effect a few others, but if many people post true, gospel related information the effect can be much larger. I think that even the effect our class will have could make an impact on someones life.  The internet is what people put out there and if we flood it with good, it will be that much more difficult to get to the bad.

M. Russel Ballards talk

Reading M. Russel Ballards talk about new media made me think about what i can do different.  It was very interesting to see what his thoughts were on how each member has the oppourtunity to influence a few people and how it can go out from there.  When thinking about it the first thing i thought of were the Mormon stories.  There are a bunch of adds on youtube about being a Mormon and how so many different people can be.  It was cool to see how people are pretty much taking this talk and putting it into action.  I need to start doing this in my life so hopefully ill be able to start with this blog.