The Keys

TODAY I WILL BE DISCUSSING HOW TO PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE WHICH I WILL SHARE MY THOUGHTS. PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE ISN'T EASY SOMEHOW OUR SOCIETY BELIEVE IT'S JUST A PIECE OF PAPER NOT REALLY A PURPOSE. ALSO PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE IS JUST LIVING TOGETHER AND WAKING UP NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER.TO OUR SOCIETY THAT’S PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE AN NOT REALLY COMMITTING TO OTHER THINGS THAT MATTER SACRIFICING THE SELFISH WAYS. I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPER WAY TO PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE SOME WAYS ARE LEARN TO MANAGE MONEY, PRACTICE PURITY, GET RID OF SELFISHNESS WAYS,STUDY GODS IDEA OF MARRIAGE, LEARN THE VAULE COMMITMENT, CONQUER YOUR INSECURITIES, PUT YOUR PRIDE TO THE SIDE, MANAGING THE HOME, BECOMING A HOLY PRAYING FAMILY. HOWEVER THESE EXAMPLE OUR SHARED ARE JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY BRAIN. NOW I WILL SHARE MORE OF MY THOUGHTS HOW TO PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE AN HOW TO TAKE YOUR TIME AN THIS ALSO I WILL DISCUSS HOW NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH A JERK NOT THE ACTUAL BOOK BUT SHARE MY THOUGHTS AN WAYS THAT YOU CAN AVOID IT.  SO HOW WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE IS FIRST UNDERSTAND WE ARE MEANT TO BE DIFFERENT BUT HAVE THE SAME COVENANTS. THAT MEANING THAT WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN COMMON WITH OUR FUTURE SPOUSE BUT NOT ALL AN THAT’S OKAY.  ALSO UNDERSTANDING BWE HAVE FLAWS AN ACCEPTING THEM FOR THEM KNOWING WE NEVER WILL BE PERFECT. ALSO ANOTHER THING IS THERE ARE GOING TO BE BAD DAYS IN A MARRIAGE WHEN THIERS DISAGREEMENTS OR NEITHER ONE WANTS TO BE BOTHERED.  IT’S THE SACRIFICE AN BEING STRONG AN NOT ALLOWING THE DEVIL TO TAKE OVER YOUR DAY OR HOW YOU SHOULD TALK AN REACT AN TREAT OTHERS ESPECIALLY YOUR SPOUSE.  NOW IS HERE IS ANOTHER KEY POINT ON HOW TO PREPARE IS NOT TO BE SELFISH KNOWING YOU BECOME A FAMILY WHICH THAT MEANS THAT DOSENT MEANS THAT YOU’RE A ONE MAN BAND. HOWEVER NOT SAYING YOU DON’T DESERVE ANYTHING TO YOURSELF SAYING THAT FAMILY COMES FIRST AN IT’S THE MALE RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING THE BREAD HOME IF THEIR A KID INVOLVED IN THE LATER FUTURE ITS GOOD WAY TO PREARE IN THAT ASPECT. ALSO KNOWING THAT YOUR WIFE TAKES CARE OF THE HOME. THIS POINT IM ABOUT TO MAKE I BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY PONDER ON IS NOT HANGING WITH AN OPPOSITE GENDER ALONE OR CONTACT THEM EVERYDAY THE OUTSIDERS HAVE TO BE LIMITED AN FRIENDS AS WELL. WHY IM SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR SPOUSE CAN TRUST YOU ALL THEY WANT BUT HOW WILL IT LOOK WITH A MARRIED MAN OR A NON MARRIED PERSON EITHER WAY. UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN BE FRIENDS WITH BUDDIES FOR YEARS DECADES BUT WHEN MARRIAGE COME THAT HAS TO E LIMITED OR HOWEVER TE TRUE COLORS WELL SHOW ALSO THE RESPECT THEY HAVE FOR YOU ON U YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT NOT EVERYONE AGREE OR RESPECT YOU AN YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT AN MOVE FOWARD WITH YOUR FAMILY AN MARRIAGE. THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THAT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HEAVENLY FATHER THAT THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN LIFE AN A MARRIAGE. HE HAS A PLAN FOR US AS ALL AN HOW WE SHOULD TREATED EACH OTHER AN WHATS THE RIGHT AN GODLY PLAN TO BE IN A MARRIAGE. WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE HE THE ONE THAT CREATED US TO ACT UPON ON ANOTHER. ITS ALL SET UP FOR US TO RECEIVE REVELATION AN AGENCY TO MAKE CHOICE THAT WILL AFFECT OUR MARRIAGE IS A POSITIVE WAY AN SPIRITUAL WAY. IVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AN IT BEAUTIFUL THE GREAT EXAMPLE THAT MY MOM AN DAD CREATED AN SO FORTH.ALSO HOW TO NOT FAL IN LOVE WITH A JERK I'D TO NOT ALLOW HIM TO TREAT YOU ANY KIND OF WAY. ALSO DON’T ALLOW HIM TO OVERTAKE YOU WITH HIS CHOICES PAY ATTENTION HOW HE TREATED YOU IN PUBLIC AN IN PRIVATE. THANKS I HOPE YOU ENJOY .       

It Isn't Always By Choice

AS LATTER DAY SAINTS, WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN OUR GOSPEL THAT GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN FOR A REASON AND EXPECTED THEM TO BE THE ONES WHO ARE ATTRACTED TO ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TAUGHT THAT EACH OF US WERE MADE MALE OR FEMALE FOR A REASON THAT IS CRUCIAL TO OUR EXISTENCE AND WAS DECIDED PRIOR TO US COMING TO THIS EARTH. ALTHOUGH THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT, THERE ARE STILL MANY WHO FEEL THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO THE SAME GENDER AND FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BE THE GENDER THAT HEAVENLY FATHER CREATED THEM TO BE. THIS IS A VERY HARD TRIAL IN MANY PEOPLES LIVES, AS WELL AS IN MANY MEMBERS LIVES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE PEOPLE MAY BE FEELING AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF THESE FEELINGS AND THE WAY THEY ARE. WE CAN DO THIS BY LETTING THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE, ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT FULLY SUPPORT THEIR DECISIONS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TURN AGAINST THEM OR PUNISH THEM. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO TREAT THEM AS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND SAVIOR WOULD. ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO REMIND THESE INDIVIDUALS OF IS THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS A PLAN FOR US AND WANTS US ALL TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO LIVE WITH HIM AGAIN SOMEDAY. THE CHURCH HAS ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMMORAL THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS AND ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN IMMORAL BEHAVIOR. WE CAN HELP THOSE WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING TO FIGHT THESE URGES TO ACT BY REMINDING THEM THAT THERE IS A PLAN FOR THEM AND IN THE END IF THEY CHOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING THEY WILL BE REWARDED BY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAY HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS FIND COMFORT AS WELL IS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEIR FATHER IN HEAVEN LOVES THEM NO MATTER WHAT AND IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE WATCHING OVER THEM AND WILL ALWAYS ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMOSEXUAL ARE NOT THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THEIR ACTUAL ATTRACTION FOR THE SAME SEX, BUT BECAUSE OF PAST EXPERIENCES IN THEIR LIVES THAT MAY HAVE SCARRED THEM OR CAUSED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY. MANY OF THEM DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE TRULY ATTRACTED TO BECAUSE OF THESE PAST SITUATIONS WHICH COULD INCLUDE MOLESTATION OR RAPE. THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY FEEL ALONE OR CONFUSED, BUT BY BEING SUPPORTIVE AND HELPING THEM KNOW THEY ARE LOVED WE CAN HELP THEM FIND SOME PEACE AND COMFORT HOPEFULLY. NO MATTER HOW WE INDIVIDUALLY FEEL ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, WE SHOULD PROCEED TO BE KIND, GENTLE, CARING, LOVING, AND TREATING THESE ONES LIKE CHRIST WOULD TREAT THEM. IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THESE THINGS THEN MAYBE THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND OPEN AS WELL AS BEING MORE OPEN TO COMING TO CHURCH. WE CAN ALSO POINT PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THESE FEELINGS OR THE ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT, TO THE CHURCH WEBSITE WHERE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP THEM AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. WE CAN ALSO POINT THEM IN THE DIRECTION OR CHURCH LEADERS IN ORDER TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO AND SOMEONE WHO MAY BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THESE CONCEPTS TO THEM AS WELL AS HELPING THEM FIND THE HELP AND SUPPORT THEY NEED, WHETHER IT BE AT HOME, AT CHURCH, AT SCHOOL, OR IN ANY SITUATION. OVERALL, KNOWING THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS A PLAN FOR EACH OF US AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH OR WHAT WE MAY NEED CAN BE EXTREMELY COMFORTING. ALSO TURNING TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IN PRAYER CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE THERE WHO IS LISTENING AND SOMEONE WE CAN TALK TO WHO TRULY CARES.

My Culture

TODAY I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CULTURE AND HOW IT CAN HAVE A HUGE  

IMPACT ON YOU. HOWEVER IM SAYING IT CAN IN A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE  

WAY. I BELIEVE THAT DIFFERENT CUTRAL BRINGS UNITY. WHEN I ACTAULLY  

SAY THAT IM MEANING WHERE IM FROM WHICH IS BALTIMORE MARYLAND, WE  

DON’T HANDSHAKE AN THEN FIST POUND AFTERWARDS THAT’S A IDAHO THING  

WE ACTAULLY HUG WHEN WE GREET ONE ANOTHER NO MATTER IF ITS AGUY  

OR A GIRL. WHICH MEANS THAT’S SOMETHING I HAD TO ADAPT TO. WHERE IM  

TRYING TO GET AT IS IF ALL PLACES WERE THE SAME WHAT WOULD BE 

THIER TO OFFER. OFTEN, I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE HERE SAY THAT’S NOT WHAT  

WE DO BACK HOME THIS SO LAME ETC. THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAVE COMING TO  

ANOTHER STATE IS THAT WE SO BUSY TRYING TO CHANGE THE PLACE.  

INSTEAD OF TAKING SOME KEY APSCEPTS AN ADAPTING IT TO OUR EVERYDAY  

LIVES NOT EVERYTHING IS MEANT CHANGE OR BE A WAY FOREVER OR  

OVERTAKE. ANOTHER THOUGHT WE SHALL KEEP IN MIND IS THAT EVERY  

CULTURE HAS THERE OWN VAILDATION. HOWEVER CAN EFFECT US IN A  

NEGATIVE NOT TO BE WILLING TO HEAR OTHERS CULTURE TRAIT OR  

UNDERSTAND WHATS BEING SAID. VAILDATION COMES FROM HABITS AN   

STRUCTURE AN ALSO WHAT YOU PROMOTE. ALSO ENVIROMENTS CAN HAVE A  

HUGE INFLUENCE ON YOU AS WELL AS CULTURE. I CAN SHARE MY  

EXPERIENCES COMING FROM WHERE I COME FROM, THEY PROMOTE FANCY  

CLOTHS, MONEY, DRUG DEALING, NO DATING LEADING TO MARRIGE, GOING TO  

JAIL IS GANGSTA AND BEING RUDE IS GOOD. I DON’T AGREE WITH ALL THAT IS  

BEING DONE THERE. WHICH NOW THAT IM OUT OF THAT SETTIG IM ABLE TO SEE  

THAT IT WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN WHAT WAS PROMOTED WHICH I WAS USE TO  

FOR SO LONG. SINCE COMING TO IDAHO I HAVE LEARNED THAT BEING SAFE  

WITHOUT CARRYING A WEAPON IS A GOOD THING. ALSO IVE LEARNED THAT ITS  

OKAY TO HAVE RESPECT FOR YOUR SURRONDING AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR  

COMMUNITY. WHICH MY CULTURE DOSENT DO AN ENVIROMENT. SO I ADAPTED  

TO TAKING CARE OF WHERE I STAY AN IT’S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.  ALSO  

COMING HERE I LEARNED THAT I COULD KEEP MY GUARD DOWN AN DON’T  

VERY GIRL OUT TOBREAK MY HEART OR PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS. ALSO THAT  

WE HAVE TEACHERS HERE THAT WANT TO HELP YOU SUCEED AN WILL DO  

ANYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO DO THAT AN DON’T WANT ANYTHING IN  

RETURN.  SO THIS CULTRAL HAVE HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON ME ALLOWING  

ME TO BE MYSELF OVERALL BUT TEACHING ME THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO ACT  

HOW YOUR CULTRAL TEACH YOU. BECAUSE IN DUE TIME THAT WILL JUST  

SHOW IT WILL OVERTAKE YOU AS LONG AS YOU ALLOW IT TO. ANYBODY  

THAT’S GOING TO READ THIS BLOG MY ADVICE IS TO YOU YOUR CULTRAL ISNT  

THE ONLY WAY OF LIFE ALSO IS JUST A WAYS OF LIVING DOSENT MEAN ITS  

VAILD TO OTHERS THAT’S NOT FROM THEIR. HOWEVER DON’T GET ME WRONG  

THERE ARE SOME VAILD RULES IN LIFE THAT CULTURES HAVE BUT NOT ALL.  

DIFFRENTS CULTURE BRING SO MANY GOOD THINGS LIKE FOOD INGREDIENTS,   

GAMES THAT ARE POPULAUR ITS ALL ABOUT HOW YOU TAKE IT WHEN ITS  

BROUGHT TO YOU ATTETION. PLEASE DON’T BE IGNORANT WE ALL HAVE OUR  

FAIR SHARE OF LIVING. WE SHALL LOOK AT IT AS THOUGH WE ARENT ALWAYS  

GOING TO APPLY OUR LIFE FROM OUR OLD LIVING CULTURE OR CURRENTS ITS  

LIKE ATREND AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DIFFERENT BRINGS KNOWLEDGE   

AN LOVE AN TAUGHTABL SKILLS FOR LONGTIVITY DEPENDS HOWYOU TAKE IT.  

THANKS   

Family Traditions

Traditions can be formed by anyone, and anything can be a tradition if it is established to be. Traditions are established or inherited and are any thought, behavior or action. They can be passed down from generation to generation and can even be something as small as a certain greeting. Family traditions are very common and have been for a long time. The reason families create these traditions is in order to instill value in the tradition and make memories with these traditions. As I have talked to friends in my life, I have heard of so many different, unique traditions that may not have had any meaning to me, but to those individuals these traditions could have very strong meanings and memories associated with them. Traditions can bring families closer together and help them bond and create better relationships with one another. Artistic methods as well as literary styles can also be traditions and can be followed for years to come. Service can also be a tradition which help others while bringing those who are participating in the tradition closer to one another. One tradition that my family and I have is only opening one box of cereal, or one type of drink, and so on at a time. We did this all my life growing up so it started to become a habit of mine and a tradition that my family and I shared. It was something that we all knew was a tradition and because of that we all followed it. Another family tradition I remember from growing up and that we still participate in to this day is that every Christmas Eve each member of my family gets to open up one of their Christmas presents. This is something that we all look forward to and share memories of doing each and every Christmas Eve. I enjoy this tradition because of the memories that my family and I share together, we have also had many great bonding experiences while participating in this tradition. I also have another family tradition which has to do with Easter. Every year on Easter, the Easter bunny brings my siblings and I each a swim suit for the summer. This is a fun tradition to look forward to and to know that we are all getting a similar gift that we can put to good use! This is something that is fun and different from others and it is a memory that I really enjoy. Another example of a tradition is prayer, it was established very long ago and has been passed down through so many generations. We follow this tradition in our religion as do most other religions. It is tradition for prayer to be used before meals to bless the food, it is also tradition for prayer to be used to start and end meetings in church as well as so many other instances in our faith. Prayer is one of the longest traditions that has ever been around. Holidays come with lots of traditions as well, for example Christmas comes with the tradition of getting presents for family, decorating homes, decorating trees, eating lots of treats, spending time with loved ones, and so many more fun traditions. These are all other examples of traditions that families can participate in together. These are some of the most memorable traditions from my childhood and I'm sure others would agree. I hope to be able to create some new traditions with my own family someday as well as continue on past family traditions so they can be remembered. I also want to make sure to teach my children the importance of these traditions and how they can continue them on their own in the future to teach their children someday. Traditions are going to play a big part in my future family and we will be sure to start traditions that encourage positivity and service.