Thoughts and stories, by Pal

In this age of technology, it is easy to become consumed by it , and it may take up our time more than it should.  Here are good ideas for Christmas, and every day! Friday Minute: Push Away From the Table By Wm J. Monahan  · December 3, 2015, from Meridian Magazine My dad used to say, “Push away from the table while you’re still a little hungry.” Pushing away is also sage advice for those willing to restrict the glut of media and entertainment overeating. In a feeding frenzy of high-fat entertainment and lewd low-fashion disguised as virtual virtue, the world is digesting itself. The more it feeds, the more it needs. While many are enamored with sizzle over substance and the latest gadgets and platforms, content and message still matter. Protecting your family from electronic overload is essential. The problem with addiction to the virtual world is that real addiction is not virtual. I am not suggesting the elimination of electronic devices, the Inte...

I really enjoy the beautiful thoughts each day on Latter Day Light, and the Daily Devotions.  The first one is reminding us how much our ancestors are looking forward to us to remember them, and do their Temple work.  The second is thoughts of gratitude, and thanksgiving, and the last is just plain wisdom.  One of the quotes below is from our beloved President Spencer W. Kimball.    As the Christmas season is now here, I hope we will be able to keep our thoughts on what is really important!  There are many "things" we could do without, and there are so many places that we could help others at this time.  If we just look around, we can find someone to help who lives close to us, or even a close relative that could use some help, but doesn't want to ask for it.  Have a wonderfully happy day today, and this whole season. We don't know just what will happen with Wayne, my husband, whom I've mentioned on this blog before.  His esophag...

I love to learn about the Prophet Joseph Smith.   One of my gg grandfathers was one of his bodyguards, and rode with the group to Carthage. You can read about him in blogs about John Lowe Butler, actually Butler, John Lowe   -- look him up in "labels". Report this ad New Joseph Smith Papers volume provides insight into his 'turbulent and incredibly productive' final year of life (+videos) By  Trent Toone ,  Deseret News Published: Thursday, Nov. 26 2015 5:00 a.m. MST View 13 photos » Willard Richards kept Joseph Smith’s journals with help from William Clayton and others between 1841 and 1844. This volume of The Joseph Smith Papers reproduces the journal entries. Trent Toone, Deseret News Summary Volume editors describe the last 14 months of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s life as portrayed in his daily journals, maintained by Willard Richards, his private secretary and historian, in four words: “Turbulent a...

This is a lovely Christmas story.  I like to read and share uplifting stories and ideas.  After a very busy Thanksgiving with 28 people in our home for dinner. I have just been resting a couple of days after everyone left to go home.  I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving, and now we enter on the most giving time of the year -- Christmas!  I hope this blog brings cheer to all! "God Told Me to Give You This:" The Surprising Way One Christmas Card Traveled Hundreds of Miles to Answer a Prayer by M.C. Sutton  | Nov. 28, 2015 Makes You Think Mormon Life  From LDS Living "And the greatest of these?" asked Emma. "The Connection," answered Jon. "That which binds us all together. And to the world around us." -from "Book 5: One Voice Shall Rise" "Can we help them?" "Sure," answers Josh as he glances in the rearview mirror before pulling onto th...