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shelley s blog this site is a place for me to share the thoughts and feelings of my heart and quotes that i love sunday august 28 2022 you can never get enough of what you don t need you can never get enough of what you don t need because what you don t need can never satisfy that comes from the title of a book by mary ellen edmunds i ve never read the book but i love the title because it tis so true posted by shelley pack at 7 28 pm no comments sunday january 2 2022 one threat to personal freedom i m currently serving a welfare and self reliance mission for the church of jesus christ of latter day saints it s perfect for me because i have always had strong feelings about the importance of being self reliant this quote expresses one of the reasons why i feel it is so important to do what we can to be self reliant man cannot be an agent unto himself if he is not self reliant whenever we get into a situation which threatens our self reliance we will find our freedom threatened as well if we increase our dependence we will find an immediate decrease in our freedom to act marion g romney the celestial nature of self reliance ensign november 1982 p 91 we sometimes find ourselves in situations that we are unable to handle without help and it is wonderful to have help available but our goal should always be to become self reliant as soon as possible as we do so we are able to be the ones to provide the help and that is an awesome feeling posted by shelley pack at 8 53 pm no comments wednesday july 28 2021 a definition of a fundamental right there is a lot of talk about rights now days many of them rights that have not been considered rights before i read an article discussing rights and found what made a lot of sense to me the discussion was about fundamental rights and conflicting rights the definition of a fundamental right given there is those rights which all men can simultaneously claim without forcing someone else to serve their needs latter day conservative life liberty and the pursuit of happiness lesson 2 video by joel skousen what is a fundamental right https www latterdayconservative com education a course on liberty life liberty and the pursuit of happiness the thoughts expressed in this post come from that website many of the things being called rights now days don t meet this definition they could be called conflicting rights an example of a conflicting right would be the right to live in a neighborhood where your property values will remain high this requires that someone else not be allowed to paint their house hot pink with black polk a dots in order for your right to be protected another s right to paint their house what ever color they want has to be curtailed they must serve your need another example in order for you to be in a room and experience peace and quiet other people must not be allowed to make annoying noises they are forced to serve your need and don t have the right to do what they want therefore experiencing peace and quiet in the room is not a fundamental right their are some exceptions consider the fundamental right to life this is a right you can claim without forcing others to serve your needs except for children children require someone to serve their needs until they become capable of caring for themselves this right falls into the category of the right of contract the right of contract states that when an innocent third party has been damaged by your actions you now have brought upon yourself a binding contract with the innocent third party to make it right some claim they are free to choose abortion however they exercised their right to choose when they choose to engage in sexual relations they cannot absolve themself of the consequences of their choice to have sexual relations any more than they could absolve themself of the consequences of driving their car through the fence of their neighbor and just drive away there is now a third party an innocent third party that has been affected by those actions and therefore there is now a binding contract with the innocent third party they started the process and therefore they have caused a contract they are liable to support that child and they are not free to disavow that contract posted by shelley pack at 12 46 pm no comments friday april 3 2020 tolerance intolerance seeds contention tolerance supersedes contention tolerance is the key that opens the door to mutual understanding and love now may i offer an important note of caution an erroneous assumption could be made that if a little of something is good a lot must be better not so overdoses of needed medication can be toxic boundless mercy could oppose justice so tolerance without limit could lead to spineless permissiveness elder russell m nelson teach us tolerance and love general conference april 1994 posted by shelley pack at 5 16 pm no comments thursday march 19 2020 do my children know we all learn line upon line precept upon precept with the goal being authentic religious faith informing genuine christlike living in this there is no place for coercion or manipulation no place for intimidation or hypocrisy but no child in this church should be left with uncertainty about his or her parents devotion to the lord jesus christ the restoration of his church and the reality of living prophets and apostles who now as in earlier days lead that church according to the will of the lord the mind of the lord the word of the lord and the power of god unto salvation elder holland a prayer for the children conference report april 2003 i hope that my children have no uncertainty about my devotion to the lord jesus christ the restoration of his church and the reality of living prophets and apostles who now as in earlier days lead his church i have no uncertainty i know it with every fiber of my being posted by shelley pack at 4 15 pm no comments correct children by love there are so many powerful quotes that i have studied this semester in pathways i wish i could share them all i know by personal experience both my own and what i have observed over many years that the words from president joseph f smith below are soooooo true fathers if you wish your children to be taught in the principles of the gospel if you wish them to love the truth and understand it if you wish them to be obedient to and united to you love therm and prove to them that you do love them by your every word or act to them for your own sake for the love that should exist between you and your boys however wayward they might be when you speak or talk to them do it not in anger do it not harshly in a condemning spirit speak to them kindly get down and weep with them if necessary and get them to feel tenderly toward you use no lash and no violence approach them with reason with persuasion and love unfeigned you can t force your boys nor your girls into heaven you may force them to hell by using harsh means in the efforts to make them good when you yourselves are not as good as you should be president joseph f smith gospel doctrine 316 17 posted by shelley pack at 4 00 pm no comments monday february 17 2020 a total leap of faith here are some of my favorite quotes from this week s study i love the way elder hafen explains things he speaks the truth in a powerful way and i add my witness to these truths marrying and raising children can yield the most valuable religious experiences of their lives covenant marriage requires a total leap of faith they must keep their covenants without knowing what risks that may require of them they must surrender unconditionally obeying god and sacrificing for each other then they will discover what alma called incomprehensible joy of course some have no opportunity to marry and some divorces are unavoidable but the lord will ultimately compensate those faithful ones who are denied mortal fulfillment every marriage is tested repeatedly by three kinds of wolves the first wolf is natural adversity second the wolf of their own imperfections will test them one woman told me through her tears how her husband s constant criticism finally destroyed not only their marriage but her entire sense of self worth the third wolf is the excessive individualism our deepest god given instinct is to run to the arms of those who need us and sustain us but he the adversary drives us away from each other today with wedges of distrust and suspicion he exaggerates the need for having space getting out and being left alone some people believe him and then they wonder why they feel left alone when we observe the covenants we make at the altar of sacrifice we discover hidden reservoirs of strength may we restore the concept of marriage as a covenant even the new and everlasting covenant of marriage and when the wolf comes may we be as shepherds not hirelings willing to lay down our lives a day at a time for the sheep of our covenant then like adam and eve we will have joy elder bruce c hafen covenant marriage general conference october 1996 posted by shelley pack at 9 48 am no comments older posts home favorite quotes brothers and sisters in this church we believe in the divine potential of all of god s children and in our ability to become something more in christ in the lord s timing it is not where we start but where we are headed that matters most we all have different intercepts in life we start in different places with different life endowments some are born with high intercepts full of opportunity others face beginning circumstances that are challenging and seem unfair we then progress along a slope of personal progress our future will be determined far less by our starting point and much more by our slope jesus christ sees divine potential no matter where we start elder gilbert g clark becoming more in christ the parable of the slope liahona november 2021 i promise that each faith filled step will be met with help from heaven elder bennett our challenges including those we create by our own decisions are part of our test in mortality our success is never measured by how strongly we are tempted but by how faithfully we respond elder robert d hales ensign may 2009 p 7 a man must be big enough to admit his mistakes smart enough to profit from them and strong enough to correct them from president thomas s monson talk ensign nov 2008 p 84 both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives as parallel realities it is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that s present love health family friends work the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us happiness the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth sarah ban breathnach blog archive 2022 2 august 1 you can never get enough of what you don t need january 1 2021 1 july 1 2020 6 april 1 march 2 february 2 january 1 2019 2 march 2 2017 2 september 2 2016 17 september 2 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