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Showing posts with label Youth. Show all posts
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Freebie Fridays - Tons of Printables
Here is this weeks findings:
Baby you don't want to be woken - put this on your front door when they're sleeping. Click HERE
"When I see your face, I remember my own, I feel home"
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For the 2012 Mutual Theme
"Arise and Shine Forth". Click HERE
These would be really cute in a kids room or primary room:
"Try to show kindness in all that you do"
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"I'm going there some day"
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"So little children, let's you and I try to be like Him, try, try, try"
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"Kindness begins with me"
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"I hope they call me on a mission"
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And lastly, spruce up your kitchen for free with these fun free printables in 8x10 or 11x14:
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
About Crows by John Ciardi
I liked this wise poem quoted by Boyd K. Packer in General Conference today. We can definitely learn from those who go before us, and the youth especially need these 'old crows so they don't fly aimlessly ahead':)
ABOUT CROWS
by John Ciardi
"The old crow is getting slow;
the young crow is not.
Of what the young crow does not know,
the old crow knows a lot.
At knowing things,
the old crow is still
the young crow's master.
What does the old crow not know?
How to go faster.
The young crow flies above, below,
and rings
around the slow old crow.
What does the fast young crow not know?
WHERE TO GO."
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
No Cussing Club
I just found this article and video on www.youth.lds.org that was really inspiring. It shows how far a little courage and example will go. You can check the video out here too, definitely worth watching, I dare you not to be inspired:)
https://beta.lds.org/youth/from-every-nation/article/no-cussing-club?locale=eng
Article:
When McKay Hatch of Pasadena, California, and his friends started middle school at age 12, he was bothered by the increase in bad language. “I think what bothered me most,” says McKay, “was that they were using it every other word. It wasn’t just that they used a cuss word when they stubbed their toe. It was becoming part of their everyday language.”
McKay got up his nerve, spoke to his friends, and basically said that if they wanted to continue hanging out with him, they had to quit using bad language. He wondered if he would lose all his friends, but they stuck with him and cleaned up their language. McKay came up with the idea of starting a club—a No Cussing Club.
The first club meeting was held June 1, 2007, at the end of the school year. “A lot of people came,” says McKay. “I was surprised. We talked about what our goals were going to be and what we could do.” Since that simple beginning, McKay reports having members or branches of the club in all 50 states and in 35 countries. They now have T-shirts, wristbands, and a Web site.
The club wanted to have a cuss-free week in their city. McKay wrote to the city council, who agreed, and last year, March 3–7 was declared Cuss-Free Week. In March 2009, the county of Los Angeles, home to over 10 million people, is also going have a Cuss-Free Week, with McKay receiving the proclamation.
It hasn’t all been smooth sailing. At first, McKay almost quit because of negative response. Sometimes people would yell bad words at him. Or they would accuse him of trying to take away their freedom of speech. McKay points out that he isn’t making them do anything. He asks them to challenge themselves to improve. “I’m just trying to bring awareness about people’s language.”
McKay is often asked to talk at elementary schools. He tells the younger kids that their words become their thoughts, their thoughts become their actions, their actions become their character, and their character becomes their destiny. “I tell them it all starts with your words.”
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
How Do You Know If Someone Is Right For You?
"One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?"
This is good counsel that applies not only to dating, but friendships and associations too. Are you someone who makes others feel that way?
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