Beneath the Wraps

                Throughout my blog I have created various posts about my personality, growth, and my gratitude toward the “Come Follow Me” program.  Last week Bro. Wilcox shared a lesson on “Not Leaving Zarahemla”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRiZgJBzP-8&t=2852s           Metaphorically that is where I raised.   I had heard about the outside world but had no desire to be out there among the wolves.   I feel blessed that so much of what others view as temptations were not tempting.   I never wanted to do drugs, smoke, attend parties, or what have you.   I was safe in Zarahemla.   That is where I wanted to be.           I understand the need for some to leave Zarahemla in order to grow.   Unfortunately, due to poor choices, there are hardships that need to be endured.   It involves a lot of pain – not ...

        I've been quite emotional for the last couple of weeks or so.   Watching " The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music "   and seeing the horrors of bullying by supporters of Hitler. Crying over different stories featured in 60 minutes.   It's almost like five years worth of PMS took over.  What's up with that?             In my philosophy class, I was supposed to take a quiz and post my results about taking the quiz.  I just now finished the assignment of what I learned about contextualism or relativism and explaining the similarities between those and virtue ethics.  Actually, I am only supposed to pick one value and one ethic.  I am really quite confused by moral values - which, by the way, are part of my religious upbringing and NOT philosophy.             So I start off the discussion by sayin...

           Each of us has the opportunity to make choices.   We choose to leave the house, transportation, destination, what we eat and so forth.   Often we are presented with obstacles as a result of our choices.   For example, we may have a variety of ways to get from point A to point B - do we want to take the scenic route or something faster.   If we had stayed in one lane could we have avoided the car crash that happens in the next?   What about those that we encounter.   How do our choices effect them?   And what about those things we can't control like the weather or health?  Often the result of our choices makes no difference.  Other times even the smallest decision may change our entire lives.           I think "The Mountain Between Us" gives us some great illustrations of what our choices may cost.   By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https:...