Jr L's and now what

Love Story continued. Spiritual promptings. Faith in each other. Growth of the family. Moving again.

Thesis of Faith continued. What is faith, parts of faith, how do we gain, how do we lose, worldly vs spiritual, other definition's, what to have faith in. Tags 16 - 20. One great take-away: "That your understanding doth begin to be enlightened"

Thesis of Faith continued. Faith: What is it, what are the parts of it, how do we gain it, how do we lose it, Spiritual vs worldly faith, other definitions of faith, benefits of faith, who or what should we have faith in. Tags 11 - 15.

Love story continued. New house. Another kid. A traumatic event.

Thesis on Faith, research time. Tags 6 - 10. Faith questions: what is it, what are the parts of it, how do we gain it, how do we lose it, worldly vs spiritual faith, other definitions, benefits. This time we talk about how Faith can help define the meaning of life or why we are here.

Beginning of new series on Faith (thesis on Faith), the time for research together. The questions: What is Faith, what makes it up, how do we gain, how do we lose, other definitions, spiritual vs wordly, benefits. This was the first 5 of my Faith tags in the Gospel library.

Love story continued. Our time in our first home we "owned", a condo. 

Testimony of modern revelation, of prayer, of progress

Testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints as the current church, of the Leaders of the Church, and of modern revelation

Testimony of Joseph Smith

Testimony of the Temple (House of God)

Testimony of Faith

Testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints

Testimony of the Book of Mormon and how it testifies of Christ

Testimony of Jesus Christ

Love Story continued. Our first year or so together and time in our first home (apartment). 

Importance of feet. Shoes & socks that have worked for me. Items to ponder through life on how we treat our cloths from what is better for us vs what other people think is either good looking for "fit in" for the environment. 

Understanding the opposites can help us through contrast. Evil is evil and good is good as an eternal principle, regardless of how we "feel" about something. A few scripture references for seeing elements of evil thoughts or actions. 

A truth or thoughts about insurance. Possibly a necessary evil, but something often worth having but also worth investigating and researching before investing in. 

Potatoes are great. They are the best. Potatoes any way you have them are better than almost any other food. You can have them with almost anything on them and they are great. Mashed potatoes are one of the best ways to have them and this episode I share some of those thoughts. Plus Bacon makes everything (even cooking Turkeys) better.

The evils of HOA. They are evil. You can't convince me otherwise. HOW = EVIL.

Talk about Superman. The latest movie as well as some of the older TV shows & movies

Discussion about medical procedures. Surgery's. What to expect. How to be prepared.

Inspired to read a bit from the Book Of Mormon, the book of 2 Nephi, Chapter 5 (my second favorite of all chapters in the Book of Mormon)

Continuation of the love story. A continuation of the wedding day and events that followed. A high recommendation for taking the time & money to have a honeymoon. 

Pondering miracles, pondering health and the word of wisdom. Asking about miracles and why some blessings happen while others don't seem to. 

Love story continued. The continuation of the wedding day. 

Off topic, Christmas movies & Winter movies. Some fun, some serious, some maybe for everybody while others are most definitely not.

Love story continued. Wedding day. Greatest Joy to that point. Eternity and Infinity. 

Projecting vs reverse projecting (maybe not a real thing, but we'll call it that for now). Are you emotions really yours or are you adopting others? 

Random thoughts. Interesting finding on Hitler in recent news. There are bad people in the world and very good people in the world. Quote from Captain Moroni in the Book of Mormon.

Passions, Peer Review; School, work, faith, natural man. Why it is important to use them, to give feedback well, to receive feedback well

A little venting about life. Sharing a moment of thought others had for us to help us through the hard moment. There is hope. Hold onto the hope that hope & peace can & will come. 

Readings of Gospel study's. Understanding our true nature as literal children of God.

Love story continued. Priesthood. Sealing. Wedding. Good vs evil. Assumptions vs Assurances.

How to be a peacemaker. Open Communication, respect, recognizing weakness, understand that if it is important to another, that is enough.

Continuation of the love story. The time during engagement. Learning that being prepared is wise, but there is such a thing as waiting too long to be too prepared.

Entering into the Christmas Season. Christmas Music favorite songs & artists. 

Getting to know me a bit better & my obsession with all things Lego

Halloween memories. Traditions. 

Continuation of the Love story. What happens at the end of the 2 weeks after I proposed. Ponder the "endure to the end" as it relates to religion and relationships.

Passions: Liberty. Use your power to vote. School, work, Faith, Natural Man. 

Love story continued. 2 long weeks of waiting for an answer to the BIG question. 

Passions: Dealing with the Rational vs the Irrational. School, Work, Faith, Natural Man. Learn how to distract others & yourself.

Love Story continued. How the proposal day went and the Personal Hell I was about to go through

Passions: Dealing with the police. Know your rights & be respectful. School, work, Faith, natural Man. 

Love story continued. Preparing to propose due to a prompting from God.

Off topic, all about parenting theory's, ideas, and concepts.

Passions, Personal Finance; School, Work, Faith, Natural Man. Use the "allowance" method. Check finances every day. Learn young to leave below your means. 

Love Story continued; Using fasting to determine next steps; spent time at Temple with my Mom to get an answer. Be careful what you ask for. 

Passions Projection; School, work, faith, natural man; Don't react to the way you think others are feeling towards you unless it is for safety reasons. Speak Plainly. 

Love story continued; 9/11; First kiss; with those that don't have the Holy Ghost present vs those that do; Time to determine if this is something I should pursue.

Passions Excuses vs Reasons; School, work, Faith, Natural Man; Often Excuses means a passive lie or that you don't care. Not always though.

Love Story continued. Our first 2 dates after my mission. The 1st major spiritual prompting after my mission and how it affected the course of my life & many others around me.

Passions; Easy vs Better (easy isn't always better, but better is always better). School, work, Faith, natural man. 

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Love story continued, an out brief looking back on my mission many years later. What I learned, how I progressed, how I was humbled. Most importantly, I learned how to recognize the Holy Ghost (when he was there or when he wasn't).

Chuck Norris Facts (some of my favorite). Take a moment to smile & laugh.

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Passions, finish off a good cry natural man part of earlier episode. This passions is Culture vs Society, from a religious perspective it is Culture vs Church vs Gospel. School, work, faith, natural man

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Love story continued. Last area of my mission as part of my backstory. Studying the scriptures resulted in the ability for the Lord to use me to answer a question. Had a minor tropical storm. 

Passions; A good cry; Your lie in April. One of the last times I cried; School, Work, Faith

Love story, time on my mission. Blue Angles; reason I was there; I found out that God can laugh

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Passions, Commitments. When & how to approach (win or lose). School, Work, Faith, Natural Man. Secret to work, those that commit and follow through are the more sought after.

Love story continued, my time on my mission. Where I learned Chainmail, to play the piano, got the wrong sized bike. Testimony of the Book of Mormon

Passions. Looking for success. What I can Succeed at Today or WICSAT. School, Work, Faith, Natural Man. 

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An interlude.  A little about my recent medical challenges. New beginings. Hope. Atonement.

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Love Story continued, more time on my mission. 3rd area. Lots of physical challenges

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Passions: To Do Lists. Why we use them, when should we use them. School, work, Faith, Natural Man.

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Love story continued, second area of my mission. More time & reason to be humble. Source of To Kill a Mocking bird. 

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Passions: Know-it-all. Learn to listen and talk less. School, Work, Faith, Natural Man.

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Love story continued. 1st area of my mission. Was very hard & a great place to grow.

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Passions: Phones. Learning when to use them, when not to use them, how to use them so that they improve our lives. School, work, Faith, Natural Man. 

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Love story continued. Time on my Mission. Preparing to go. I needed to grow up & to get Humble. That was an important part all throughout my mission. 

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Passions; Respecting yourselves; School, work, faith, natural man. Your are worth it!

Love story continued. My first year of college. Many failures. Many!

Passions, remembering names; School, work, Faith, Natural Man. Worth the study.

Love story continued. My Senior Year. My favorite truck.

Passions, Hard work, school, work, Faith, Natural Man. Exercising the muscle of hard work. Pushing past your limits.

Love story continued. Rest of my Junior year.

Passions, Truth of what it means to be a professional or expert. School, Work, Faith, Natural Man. Always ask questions. 

Continuation of Love story. Home Coming our Junior year of high school

Passions. Methods of Teaching. Teaching with the Holy Ghost. Learning to teach a person how to eat with sensory challenges. Teaching topics beyond the "necessary". Learning that people learn differently and therefor we should be able to teach differently.

Love story continued. Ending of a relationship. How a truck was involved.

Passions. Judging, how & authority. Work, School, Faith, natural man. 

Continue with Love story. One of the worst teenage work moments for me. 

Time with others, dating, giving all, going in 100%. Faith in God.

sacred grove. Joseph Smith. Bible. Book of Mormon. Testimony.

My early life in high school. Continuation of the love story. Learned to work hard.

Passions. Power of Music. School, Work, Faith, Natural Man.

Continuation of my love story. Life in High School. Power of Fasting

Passions. Meditation. Listening to the Holy Ghost.

Continuing my Love story and how through the process I gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Passions with focus on understanding your personal worth

My love story & God's influence. This is the introduction to this new topic, back story & starting 1 year before I met my wife.

Motivation. Stepping up & Stepping Forward. Learning to solve either the cause or the symptoms. Relying on the Spirit.

Self reflection. Being a know it all. Respect. Love from our Savior.

Camping (funny story about tent), fighting Iran, Work from home: Written word; Education: knowing how to deal with doctors; Faith: understanding the Holy Ghost is the only one that can help identify the truth; Natural Man: Helping understand what it means to progress. Joy in Clarity. 

Introducing some of my Passion topics. Working from home, Education, Faith, Natural Man. 

Continuation of my passion topics. Working from home and benefit to driving; education and social interactions; Faith and the threshold of proof; Natural Man and self aware.

Working from home: Facility resources; Education: Communication and learning languages; Faith: Nephites and threshold of proof vs Holy Ghost; Natural Man: Growing beyond our instincts.

End meaning of life major topic