Of all the decisions...

“Of all the decisions, this one [choosing a spouse] must NOT be wrong!” – President Kimball. This quote puts a lot of pressure on us to choose the right spouse. I think this pressure is good pressure though. If we are extremely careful in choosing our spouse, and if we counsel with God, I know that we will have eternal happiness with our spouse. If we pray, fast, and go to the temple about who to choose to be our spouse, I know Heavenly Father will give us the right answer and we will be able to make the right choice in choosing our spouse. 

I really enjoyed our last week of class. I am really grateful for everything I have learned this semester. This week, one of the things we talked about was the purposes of parenting. Obviously, parenting affects both the child and the parent. In class, we discussed a few things that both child and parent can learn from parenting. What parents can learn from parenting is, they learn to understand God. Heavenly Father has unconditional love for each and every one of His children, and parents learn to have unconditional love for their children too. Parents become selfless while parenting. Parenting takes endless amounts of sacrifice, therefore you learn to become selfless pretty quickly. Going along with this, parents learn how to serve also. They are always sacrificing and serving their kids. Both parent and child develop the capacity to love. They both love each other so deeply and they both rely on each other so much they learn to love endlessly.

This week I really enjoyed class. I really liked when we were talking about anger and what not, the teacher reminded us of the saying from Thumper in Bambie, " If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything nice at all." I love that saying. My mom said that a lot when I was younger and it has always stuck in my head. Another thing I really enjoyed was when the teacher told us the story about when his son spoke to his mom unkindly and the teacher said "How would you like it if I talked to your girlfriend like that?" The son came back with "I wouldn't enjoy it. That's rude!" The teacher, trying to teach a lesson, came back with "Well you just talked to 'my girlfriend' that way." I thought that was a great lesson for the son. I really liked that and will have to remember that when I have a family of my own. I really enjoyed this weeks classes and lessons.