Smart Choices

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Tomorrow’s blessings and opportunities depend on the choices we make today.

President James E. Faust

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The great thing about this life is that we're here to make our own choices. For good or bad, they're ours to make, unless we allow others to make them for us.

Elder Faust said in his talk Choices, in the April 2004 Ensign:

"In this life we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices. Making perfect choices all of the time is not possible. It just doesn’t happen. But it is possible to make good choices we can live with and grow from. When God’s children live worthy of divine guidance they can become “free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon.”

Please tell us what are your thoughts in this matter.

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Feel the Savior's Love

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When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 19:30

At this time, just two days before Easter, we want to remember our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by showing this Mormon Messages video.

We want to share our strong belief that He is the one who was crucified, the one who atoned for our sins, the one who left the tomb and is resurrected.



We welcome your comments, wish you a great Easter weekend, and remind you to take advantage of our Free Download Friday.

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Personal Touch

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In our Personal Touch with Rebecca Cressman segment, she interviews David Osmond. He is the son of Alan Osmond and, as such, he has been performing his entire life, beginning as a young boy when he was lead singer for the popular octet Osmond Second Generation and continuing through young adulthood, lending his voice to numerous recording projects and on-stage appearances. He has been a favorite of local and national media, including a run on American Idol in 2009.David’s road has not always been easy. He was forced to put his music career on hold due to a difficult battle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Despite his challenges, David often recounts great miracles in his life. David’s new album, Road Less Traveled, speaks of his personal journey of faith in overcoming adversity.

If you’re a Mormon and single, you have probably heard all the jokes and know what the General Authorities counsel you to do. Our contributor Lisa Asanuma, who blogs at ‘Lisa’s Latter-day Thoughts,’ wrote this article for us: “ECPs and Peter Pan Syndromes.” She’s talking about singles dating, or in reality, how difficult it is for singles to actually get to know each other when they don’t even spend enough time dating. She tells us: “I’ll just say it out straight. No one is dating these days. Or rather, no one is casually dating.” We’ve seen some young adults that love to remain the way they are; they love to enjoy their ‘singlehood.’ We see males that would rather spend an evening playing games, and the counterparts are the females that are waiting for these commit phobic guys to make any kind of move.

Do we believe that sometimes the hand of God is in some of our life experiences? Scott B., from ‘By Common Consent,’ mentions how he was living his life while single, as follows: “When I was single, I often would go to the temple in Logan and participate in sealings, despite not having a spouse to work with. (Generally speaking, this is a poor way of spending your evenings if you’re trying to find a spouse, since the median age of the people in the sealing rooms was probably about 106.)” At one of these sessions he was told about this thing that would be in his future. If you’re lucky enough to get that kind of blessing, do you heed it, or do you ignore it?

There are many people that suffer from Multiple Sclerosis, like David Osmond. We can find many experiences that are uplifting and out of the ordinary. One of them is the story posted on YouTube by ‘johnnydollar01,’ and it’s in reference to Janice Dean. Ms Dean works for the Fox network. Meteorologist Janice Dean talked about her condition on the Fox and Friends show. She was diagnosed in 2005. Since then, Janice Dean got married, pregnant, and had a baby. You can live with the disease if you put your mind to it, and make the choice to live your life to 'your' fullest.

 
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Personal Touch

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Greetings, Princes and Princesses.

Today’s newsletter is very inspiring. We’re talking about princesses, and frogs. To the female readers: have you ever wondered about finding your prince? To the male reader: have you ever wondered if you were the right kind of prince for a certain lady?

Let’s get started: in today’s Personal Touch, Rebecca Cressman interviews Ronald Hatfield, who has created a world of Princesses with character. Before Ronald Hatfield created the popular Princess Festival and invented a land little girls called “Hatfieldadelphia”, he was a long-time entrepreneur and businessman. He holds B.S. degrees from Brigham Young University in Youth Leadership and Business Management and earned an MBA degree from Utah State University. He has also been a strong supporter and active volunteer in district leadership in the Boy Scouts of America during the past 30 years. Ronald and his wife, Maurine, are the parents of eight children and the grandparents of 44 children. Together they co-founded the non-profit organization, In Our Own Quiet Way in 2002, and in 2008 its primary fund raising event, the Utah Princess Festival.

Our contributor Lisa Asanuma, from Lisa’s Latter-day Thoughts, sent “Fairy Tale Life”. In it, she wanders about having to work to be able to find her future ‘prince.’ She realizes that: “…people (or characters) need to go through some kind of trial to reach their “happily ever after,” and … our “once upon a time” is in fact right now.” It is a good talk, and she explains her point so well. It’s a delight to read.

Our next entry comes from Sister Patricia T. Holland. Don’t you miss her talks? This one is called “One Thing Needful”: Becoming Women of Greater Faith in Christ. She mentions a trip to the Holy Land, and the feelings she had at that time in her life. We should pay heed to her insights and counseling.

Our last entry comes from Julie Rowse, a contributor to Segullah.com. She’s pondering about her choices in life, and wonders about the fact that she’s still not married. Some of us have gone down that road. Some of us have married later in life. I remember thinking if I’d ever find the ‘right’ one, and listening to my mother telling me I needed a career to ensure my financial security later on.

To view a copy of the Neighborhood News for Monday, 24 May’s, please click here.