Just when I thought I STILL didn't have anything to write about, I ran across this post... (If anyone can't see it, let me know and I'll re-post the content here)
I now want to make a list.
Out on my mission I was serving in a Singles' Ward, and I once heard the 30-yr.-old Relief Society President say, "My requirements have fallen so far, all I really want now is to find someone male and breathing." This saddened (and frightened) me. A couple of years later I was staying with a friend who had recently divorced. After telling me that sometimes, "you just want a boyfriend", she went on to explain that after having one relationship fail, her standards had gotten higher. Her reasoning was that if she was going to have to wait even longer for the right guy, and she was doing all she could to live obediently (and she totally was), then the Lord would make sure that guy was worth the wait.
I agree with Friend B.
So, the list – it seems that sometimes the largest part of getting what you want is figuring out what it actually IS that you want. (Think Christmas, people.) As I read Tam’s list I saw that I wouldn’t necessarily include all the same things on my list… which got me wondering just what I would include. (You would have thought I’d have started on lists like this a LONG time ago, eh?)
Anyway, I’ll get to pondering, and listing… and I’ll start out with the I-Absolutely-Agree-Is-Number-One slot:
1. Must be Temple Worthy
It’s a Celestial position someone will (someday, maybe) be applying for, after all.
I’ll keep working on it – and I’d love to see your lists, too!
1 comment:
I made a list too...and Jason met every single one of them...in fact what made him so attractive to me is that he had a list he had made as well and our lists were almost identical! Crazy huh! Well I only have one caution with "The List"...be VERY careful and prayerful about what you put down, because what we ask for we just might get and when we get it we might think twice about having put it on the list. I think Temple worthy is safe as well as most on your friends list...there are a few that I might debate on (but only one or two, only because of a few doubts I have now from my own experience making "the list"), but I don't think we can ever fully understand everything we truly want and need. In deed life would be very boring if we knew everything...how else do we progress and learn? Keep on thinking about that list! It really does open your eyes and helps you sift through the men who have those characteristics you truly desire and dispose of the ones you know don't make the cut!
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