Tagged with "Friendship"
Young Women Lesson 21: A Righteous Example Influences Others
"It is our duty to live our lives in such a way that we may be examples of righteousness." -Thomas S. Monson Discussion Questions • How do your friends react when you live Church standards? How can you respond if they label your obedience as being self-righteous? • What are some ways you...
Dave Says: Mixing Friends and Business
I started a partnership with my friend. What can I do to make sure our friendship is saved even if our business doesn't end up working out? Dear Dave, I just began a business with a friend as an LLC partnership. I know he’s honest and a hard worker, but I’m still a little scared that...
Vai's View: A home-teaching companion reunion rekindles a testimony
Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series that follows and explores Vai Sikahema's quest to find and thank the people in his life who assisted him in his youth. It took me a little more than a year to find Marty Klein. Three months of that time was spent just trying to come up...
Female Friendship at Forty
I’m a female who needs other females. Although I’m blessed to have a husband who’s done a bang up job filling the role of best friend for more than two decades, he can’t (and shouldn’t, imo) fulfill every need I have for companionship, sociability, understanding, sympathy, or fun. Even...
What counts at age 86
MR says: This LDS woman reflects on life in her old age and what's really important now that she's done and seen it all. I absolutely love it. The older I get the more I realize that what really matters at any age is relationships. I like to think of them as being horizontally to the human and vertically to...
Young Women Lesson 6: Finding Joy Now
"Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family." - Thomas S. Monson Discussion Questions • Many people seem to have a negative outlook on life. How can we avoid this attitude and help others look at things in a positive way? • How...
Dave Says: Business and Friendship
My friend wants to rent part of my duplex, but I'm worried this could jeopardize the relationship. Dear Dave, I’m about to buy my first home. My plan is to buy a duplex and rent out the other side to help pay down the mortgage quickly. A friend of mine wants to be my renter, but I’m worried...
Men's Brains vs. Women's Brains
MR says: This was the subject of on BYU Education Week seminar. It may be useful/interesting to readers who are in a relationship . . . Licensed professional counselor Kevin Hinckley explored the difference between men's brains and women's brains during a lecture given Tuesday, Aug. 16, as a part of Campus...
Can I Really Forgive and Forget?
By far, the most common relationship questions I have gotten from LDS Living readers have been about rebuilding trust after a violation. These are my thoughts on rebuilding a fractured relationship. How do I forgive when it still hurts so much? How do I get back to how it was before he/she lost my...
USA Today: Happiness is having friends at church
MR says: Attending church has been proven to increase a person's happiness. Of course, the LDS community already knew that! Attending religious services regularly and having close friends in the congregation are key to having a happier, more satisfying life, a study finds. Even attending services...
Making friends with Mormons is hard
MR says: This letter to the editor was published in BYU's newspaper. The author is not a member of the Church. Very interesting, and sad. "Try to go to church even if you don’t like it. It’s the only way to make friends here.” This advice one of my friends gave me sometimes makes me think twice...
Worth the Effort
Many of us have been reminded that love is the most significant word in the first two commandments. First we are to love God and then we are to love our neighbors. We have also been reminded that the second commandment does not end with loving everyone else because it says, “…as thyself.”
Lesson Helps: Befriending Converts (Teachings for Our Time Lesson 9)
Read the following excerpt from Gary J. Coleman's new book, The Journey of Conversion, for some additional insight into the Teachings for Our Time Lesson 9, Strengthening New Converts. A fter joining the Church I had a transitional experience with a former pastor, one whom I had assisted for...
Choose Carefully Those You Date
No one says, "I’m going to date losers—I love misery." At the same time, many don’t think seriously about who they ask out or who they agree to date. Perhaps you need to stop and consider what kind of person he or she really is. And while people don’t wear “I’m a loser”...
Word of Wisdom: The Pressure, Part 2
Friends' behavior can influence you even when nothing is said--even when you don't realize you're being influenced. Group dynamics are powerful. That's why it doesn't hurt to think carefully about the groups you choose. The Pressure, Part 2 C hurch leaders are continually reminding LDS...
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