My Visiting Teacher ( a woman who comes to visit me every month to check up with me) came by last night to eat ice cream with me, I wasnt home. I was working...It was a nice surprise to come home to. She is a wonderful woman who is from Canada NORTH EAST Canada!! That is the best part. We have spoken in passing for the last year or so but now we chat more often. She is real, kind, understanding, loving...all the cool things I need. Although we dont have a lot of time together, she knows how to say the right thing to me. So she must have known that I needed this, and I ate it all myself...it was delicious and I felt the love in every single bite! I love you lady friend, you know who you are!!!
Today I gave a talk at Church. In our church 3 sundays of the month members of the congregation are asked to speak for 10-15 mins. I was asked this week to choose a topic and speak about it. I chose a topic which is really touchy and wasnt sure if it was going to go over well but I decided to jump in. I spoke about Pornography and its deadly hold on people. This includes men women and teens. Addiction is what it is a terrible vice to get caught in. Dont get me wrong we all have something that holds us back. Unfortunately porn is a never ending cycle, it gets stuck in your head. There is a quote I thought was interesting and it came from a teen "Because the world and brand of porn is all based upon vanity and careless behavior. Porn is a soulless entity. This is NO good to come from it" One of the quotes I really found interesting was from a man who wrote a letter to one of our Apostles Dallin Oaks, "Pornography is addictive. A man who had been addicted to porn and hard drugs wrote me his comparison: " in my eyes cocaine does not hold a candle to this. I have done both...quitting even the hardest drugs was nothing compared to trying to quit porn". Interesting, porn is addictive and can kill relationships. It was an interesting topic and interesting responses came from it.
I am a firm believer that talking to your children from the very beginning about bodies and all if its functions. Talking about sex to children is important, how else are they going to learn? From school? From teachers? The parents of your kids friends, who you dont know very well? Not sure if you want your children learning from random people or if you want to teach them yourself.
I am not sure how many of you out there believe this is a true thing or not about porn but I do. I have seen it destroy marriages. Its a sad thing, but any addiction can destroy a person and families. The cool thing about this talk was the fact that I could use some lyrics to a song which had been roaming in my head for a week.
I love the Foo Fighters, some of the lyrics are so poignant and make me really think. I only used some of the lyrics to make my point but in reality what has the best of you? Is there something that holds you back from becoming the best you? I know I have something in my life, I think we all do but controlling it or finding a way to over come it is important. I hope if you have something you are struggling with you can find some way to get the help you need, whether it be through church or counseling find peace in your life, we all deserve it.
On another topic life can be a big suck ball of crap. I had a job interview this week for a really great company and they didnt want me. I was so frustrated and angry. Why do I even try? But then I realized I have to keep going. Life is sucky but in reality overall its good. I have a pretty cool bunch of kiddos and nieces and a nephew and I hope another one from my lovely awesome sister....I have a good amount of support from those around me and I am glad of it.
Which brings me back to ice cream...why is it so good? What is your favorite kind? Seems like growing up Spumoni was on the list along with (of course) Chocolate. Some how I remember peanut butter as well. Now days I love just about any kind, mostly I am into frozen yogurt as of late. There is a place near by which serves frozen yogurt with any kind of toppings. Deliciousness...
3 comments:
Your talk was great. As a mom of boys I appreciate a good talk on pornography. It's real and it's dangerous. Love ya Moira!
Great job man. Dru turns to me in the middle of your talk and whispers ' she's totally quoting foo fighters'. We were laughing. That ice cream looks good.
We really enjoyed your talk. A hard topic to tackle, but you did a great job (I think everyone was listening! Even my twins stayed awake for it). Love you too!
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