Bad Words

Tonight at young womens we played team bonding games. The first game we played was a pyschological game and it was extremely fun and we all learned a lot about eachother and ourselves. It was fun to hear about the other girls and really get to be inside their head.

After all these exciting games happened and we said the closing prayer it was time for the Mia Maids presidency meeting, which I am first counsler of. We addressed usual business and activitys then we discussed who in our class needed love and who was doing what and basically planned ways to include everyone in our class outside of mutual. We talked about all the girls then we talked about ourselves. It was interesting to have personal young woman-to-young woman time, we really dug deep.

Our president Alexa brought up how her mother and her had gotten into a fight before she arrived and how angry she was because her mother had called her a "bad word". Our advisors then gave us advice on how to handle ourselves when we feel like we have no friends or when we get into terrible fights with our family members, especially when its the other people saying the "bad words" to you. They said that we just need to take time to cool down and then confront them about it. They told us that when someone says mean and awfully hurtful things to or about you we have to tell ourselves that its just because they see a fault in us that reminds them of a fault in themselves and that nobodys perfect so we have to show our love towards them even if they arent so good at returning it.

This advice couldnt have come at better time in my life. I feel lonely all the time and I hear all these "bad words" that people say about me and try to be brave through it all. My geography teacher from 8th grade told me this once and it really stuck: "When it feels like the whole world is out to get you, remember someone loves you." At the time, im assuming she meant herself, but now that quote has an all new meaning to me. It means that as long as I tough it out now then my future husband here on earth and the children waiting in Heaven to be born loves me and wants me to stick to values and standards whether people say bad words about me or not. So now matter how many bad words are said about me I will conitnue on my straight path towards the Celestial kingdom and ultimate happiness.