The Madness of March
I love March Madness. I love that at during the last few weekends I can find a good basketball game on at any given time. I know we just talked about multitasking in class, but watching basketball and doing homework is one of the rare exceptions I think. ;) This tournament has been crazy! My family set up a group to compete each others brackets. My bracket was busted very early on, but I love that it has got us communicating and having fun even though we aren't watching the games together. When the question was asked if technology has brought my family closer of made us more distant, I would say it has definitely brought us closer. I get facetime calls from my little brother a few times a week, I catch up with my mom at least every Sunday, we have group chats that keep us updated on everyone. There are definitely ways that modern media has distanced us, but overall I think it has been a huge blessing for my family.
Speaking in Church
On Sunday I had the blessed opportunity to speak in church. My topic was the blessings of the temple which I thought would be super easy so I never sat down to write anything until late into the week. Sunday morning (thank goodness for 1:00 church) I found myself in a panic and scrambling for resources. I have never been more thankful for lds.org and how quick and easy it is to access any talk I want. I quickly printed off a bunch of quotes that I liked and sat down to put in my own thoughts and experiences. Miraculously everything came together so smoothly and better than I ever could have imagined!
Here is a story that I shared:
Here is a story that I shared:
President Hugh B. Brown, formerly a member of the Twelve and a counselor in the First Presidency, provided a personal experience. He told of purchasing a rundown farm in Canada many years ago. As he went about cleaning up and repairing his property, he came across a currant bush that had grown over six feet high and was yielding no berries, so he pruned it back drastically, leaving only small stumps. Then he saw a drop like a tear on the top of each of these little stumps, as if the currant bush were crying, and thought he heard it say:
“How could you do this to me? I was making such wonderful growth. … And now you have cut me down. Every plant in the garden will look down on me. … How could you do this to me? I thought you were the gardener here.”
President Brown replied, “Look, little currant bush, I am the gardener here, and I know what I want you to be. I didn’t intend you to be a fruit tree or a shade tree. I want you to be a currant bush, and someday, little currant bush, when you are laden with fruit, you are going to say, ‘Thank you, Mr. Gardener, for loving me enough to cut me down.’”
I related this to our new Provo City Center Temple. The Tabernacle served a wonderful purpose, but God had something better in mind for it. He "cut it down" just so he could build it up for something greater. We now have the opportunity to partake of the blessings of it.“How could you do this to me? I was making such wonderful growth. … And now you have cut me down. Every plant in the garden will look down on me. … How could you do this to me? I thought you were the gardener here.”
President Brown replied, “Look, little currant bush, I am the gardener here, and I know what I want you to be. I didn’t intend you to be a fruit tree or a shade tree. I want you to be a currant bush, and someday, little currant bush, when you are laden with fruit, you are going to say, ‘Thank you, Mr. Gardener, for loving me enough to cut me down.’”
The Dorito Effect
My husband and I got out of Provo this weekend! It's always so nice for me to get out and have a break from the chaos of it all. Anyway, when we went to Canada over Christmas break we started listening to an audio book called The Dorito Effect. It was super interesting, but we haven't had time to finish it since then until this trip.
First of all, I love audio books. I really don't like reading because I feel like I am wasting my time. With audio books, I can multitask and do whatever I want while I listen. I love that modern media gives us options so we can enjoy things in different ways.
So this Dorito Effect book is pretty neat. I'm really into nutrition and healthy eating so it's right up my alley. The premise of the book is that flavor and "fake flavors" in our food is causing people to become addicted to things that really aren't even natural foods. The epidemics of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are not tied to the overabundance of fat or carbs or any other specific nutrient. Instead, we have been led astray by the growing divide between flavor—the tastes we crave—and the underlying nutrition.
Isn't that so interesting? If you are at all interested in nutrition and the way food has been changed today, check this book out. Whether you read it or listen to it, you'll love it!
First of all, I love audio books. I really don't like reading because I feel like I am wasting my time. With audio books, I can multitask and do whatever I want while I listen. I love that modern media gives us options so we can enjoy things in different ways.
So this Dorito Effect book is pretty neat. I'm really into nutrition and healthy eating so it's right up my alley. The premise of the book is that flavor and "fake flavors" in our food is causing people to become addicted to things that really aren't even natural foods. The epidemics of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are not tied to the overabundance of fat or carbs or any other specific nutrient. Instead, we have been led astray by the growing divide between flavor—the tastes we crave—and the underlying nutrition.
Isn't that so interesting? If you are at all interested in nutrition and the way food has been changed today, check this book out. Whether you read it or listen to it, you'll love it!
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