Tuesday, November 17, 2009


There is a kind of creepy cartoon called "Choroline" that made Brandon jumped up from his seat at the theater.

There is a lonely girl called Choroline and she wishes a warm and loving family instead of her busy and preoccupied parents with their jobs. By chance, she found a secret key to the other side of the world which looks exactly the same except that is controlled by night power.

There all her wishes come true and she is so happy being around her "night" parents of the other side. One day, they explain to her that she needs two buttons instead of her eyes in order to be a part of their "family".
The story goes on and she finally finds the importance of her real family not in the dark side.

I think there are many people do not mind putting "button eyes" instead of facing realities. We wish our realities would be somehow different and give themselves in to some fantasy in exchange of their real sense and true knowledge.

One of my favorite friends just sent me a message that now she knows the church is wrong according to the Anti-Mormon message and web sites. She honorably completed her mission and married in the temple, and she walked away from her husband when he left the church. She kept going and trying with her faith under so many trials, but now she feels "free like a little bird" because now she knows the church is wrong. Some other friends commented on her that what in the world that was when she testified of the truthfulness of the gospel so strongly and confidently at the Temple Square a few years ago.

"Several years ago a friend of mine had a young daughter die in a tragic accident. Hopes and dreams were shattered. My friend felt unbearable sorrow. He began to question what he had been taught and what he had taught as a missionary. The mother of my friend wrote me a letter and asked if I would give him a blessing. As I laid my hands upon his head, I felt to tell him something that I had not thought about in exactly the same way before. The impression that came to me was: Faith is not only a feeling; it is a decision. He would need to choose faith. My friend did not know everything, but he knew enough. He chose the road of faith and obedience. He got on his knees. His spiritual balance returned."

"You Know Enough" by Elder Neil L. Andersen



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