Travel Bug...

I never was the traveling type but I guess when you marry one you turn into one. As a child I hardly ever traveled anywhere, my farthest destination was Minnesota (by car) to visit my uncle in prison, I didn't go to California until I was 16 and didn't go to Disneyland until my 18th birthday! Don't get me wrong we did travel but not all that much, I don't know if any of us really like to because all that goes with traveling is a lot of work! Well since being married I have experienced some great trips! We have been to Hawaii, California a couple times, Las Vegas, Camping, and the last huge one Argentina! Well lets say I am a bit trip hungry right now even though we just got back. I was told I get to pick our next trip and I can't decide where I want to go! I have a couple places in mind tho.... Maybe I am dreaming with some of these but it doesn't hurt to dream sometimes!

Venice, Italy



New York



Australia



Tahiti

Kindness is what matters

"Let us as Latter-day Saints reach out to others not of our faith. Let us never act in a spirit of arrogance or with a holier-than-thou attitude. Rather, may we show love and respect and helpfulness toward them. We are greatly misunderstood, and I fear that much of it is of our own making. We can be more tolerant, more neighborly, more friendly, more of an example than we have been in the past. Let us teach our children to treat others with friendship, respect, love and admiration. That will yield a far better result than will an attitude of egotism and arrogance."
Gordon B. Hinckley, April 2000 Sunday Afternoon Session

My dear husband was reading this talk in church a while back and it really has lingered with me. I feel like as I ponder this, I realize times in my life where I may have acted as such a "holier-than-thou" person but I also see where I was on the other side of receiving someones such attitude and noticed I don't like it. Why is it that we get into these types of attitudes? We are no better then the next person, we are all striving to do our best is what I imagine.

I think I may be a little sensitive towards this subject because of my family background as being converts and some may not following the exact ideas that people think are right in the church. I struggle with emotions of some of the decisions some of my own family members have made in their lives but who am I to judge them? I don't know the wills of their hearts and the struggles they may be dealing with emotionally, only Heavenly Father does. I am here to be there for them, to show my unconditional love for them, and be the greatest example I can be.

As stated I am by no means perfect, I struggle daily with interacting with different people that I normally wouldn't be friends with. I am glad Gentry did come across this talk because it definitely holds a place in my mind and makes me think of my actions daily!