Possibly the greatest Mormon Message I've seen...

A few months ago I was watching Mormon Messages and stumbled across this gem. Holy Moly. I have never cried so hard watching one of these and my husband can testify, I am a crier when it comes these videos! It is the sweetest story of a couple who exemplifies the words, "true love". I want to be the kind of spouse that the husband in this video is to his wife. Simply inspiring.

Should I Delete Facebook...or Not?

For theeee longest time I have been debating on whether or not I should delete my Facebook account. There are so many good uses for Facebook (like being able to keep in touch with old friends, see pictures and videos of friends/family who I don't get to see very often, hear about current events that my friends are involved in that I might want to support, ) but there are so many bad things too (like how time consuming and distracting it can be, how annoying the advertisements are, how people get mad at you when you don't post things very often, how annoying some people can be). I've gone for a year and half without Facebook (on my mission) and I thought I would just delete it when I got back, but then I got sucked up in it again. It's so fun to see pictures of/hear about friends who just got married or had a baby or who just post fun things! It's not really a distraction to me now that I am in school, but it is when I have extra time on my hands. Ughhh...I just don't know what to do!

I found this video on my newsfeed on facebook a few weeks back. It shows how media-saturated our world has become, and how it's hard to "live in the now" because we're always trying to capture every moment on our iPhones or cameras. I am totally guilty of doing that! This short film inspired me to "unplug" for at least a few minutes each day and just live life. I feel that often times I get distracted by a tiny device that rings and vibrates and lights up but there is so much to be seen and experienced in this world! We can live in the here and now, take a moment to meditate and breathe, or go for a walk outside and just enjoy the fresh air (the weather has been a lot warmer lately, yay!). Whatever it is that we do, there is much more beyond media to be enjoyed.

So I was recently flipping through Netflix and found a documentary called "Blackfish" that sounded pretty interesting. I hadn't heard anything about it, but I have always been fascinated by killer whales so I decided to watch it. I thought it would be about killer whales in general and how it is dangerous to train them. What I didn't realize, however, is that the people who created it had an agenda. The documentary was basically about how orcas are unpredictable and sometimes ferocious, and injuries and even death can occur from training them (at Sea World, in particular) so they should not be trained and kept in such places. The people they interviewed were all former employees of Sea World and they talked about their experience working there. Towards the middle-end of the documentary, I just felt like all the information they gave was extremely biased. They were of the opinion that all whales should be freed and that to keep animals like that out of their natural habitat is wrong. Although I do not completely disagree with their ideas, I dislike the feeling of others opinions being shoved down my throat. Had the documentary been less biased and more like "here are the facts, you decide", I feel that I would have been far more interested. Nonetheless, after watching the documentary, I did feel that I needed to create an opinion of my own. I've since talked with my husband, brother, and sister-in-law about the film and we've had some very stimulating conversations. With such a controversial topic, it's nice to feel more educated and hear what others have to say. That often helps me form my own opinions.