Hidden Monster

I have heard of many lives destroyed by the prongs of evil in the world. I believe it is time for people to see how this hurts those around us. I wrote this poem in my advanced poetry class, we were asked to write something real and raw, and this is what I wrote:

Hidden Monster

Boxy, portable, and full of viruses

Secret, addictive, and fills the mind

Closed behind a door, connected through wires,

And accessible in every home

PORNOGRAPHY  

 

I’m done sugar coating it

I’m through trying to be nice

I’m finished trying to believe it doesn’t exist

IT DOES!

IT, hurts, you want to know how:

IT, leaves a mother with her children alone, trying to raise a

family where it’s not complete

IT, creates falsehoods in a girls mind

 thinking the only way to a man’s heart

is to bare it all and nothing more

IT, leads a man to think his manhood is

benign to

a web of wires and a homepage

IT, abandons your daughter or son to a life full of

disappointment and isolation of a childhood

never to be returned

LEAVE IT!

I am here and I am full of

veins that carry blood to my heart

 that will beat only for you,

but you don’t hear the rhythm

I have a mind full of intricate pathways

that will lead to extraordinary places,

but will never be explored, by you

 

HOWEVER,

 You will forget all of that, just to gravitate toward

A cold, hard, emotionless machine, only to find

Its modem has never loved you, let alone,

Known you even exist

CRASH IT!  

  

School project

Listed below you will find a few titles I hope you go through. I was given this assignment at the beginning of the school year. I was to go through some topics picked out in class and I was to go through some of our general church leaders and find quotes based off of those topics. It was a wonderful and valuable experience for me. I love this project and I hope you do too!

Pornography

PRONOGRAPHY

“Pornography is especially dangerous and addictive. Curious exploration of pornography can become a controlling habit, leading to coarser material and to sexual transgression. Avoid pornography at all costs.”

“Don’t be afraid to walk out of a movie, turn off a television set, or change a radio station if what’s being presented does not meet your Heavenly Father’s standards. In short, if you have any question about whether a particular movie, book, or other form of entertainment is appropriate, don’t see it, don’t read it, don’t participate.”

“Because sexual intimacy is so sacred, the Lord requires self-control and purity before marriage as well as full fidelity after marriage. In dating, treat your date with respect and expect your date to show that same respect for you. Tears inevitably follow transgression.”

-President Thomas S. Monson

“It is interesting that people who are involved with pornography often assume a false identity and hides their participation.”

“Pornography is a plague that is detrimental not only to a person’s moral standing with God, but it can also destroy marriages and families and has an adverse impact on society

-Elder Quentin L. Cook

“In our day the dreadful influence of pornography is like unto a plague sweeping across the world, infecting one here and one there, relentlessly trying to invade every home, most frequently through the husband and father,”

“Priesthood holders carry with them the antidote to remove the terrible images of pornography and to wash away guilt. The priesthood has the power to unlock the influence of our habits, even to unchain from addiction, however tight the grip. It can heal over the scars of past mistakes.”

“every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled ‘repentance.’ If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you. The twin principles of repentance and forgiveness exceed in strength the awesome power of the tempter.

-President Boyd K. Packer

“He said we cannot minimize the seriousness of pornography no matter what shape, form, or dosage it comes in.”

 “First, acknowledge the evil. Don’t defend it or try to justify yourself. Second, seek the help of the Lord and His servants.

Third, do all that you can to avoid pornography

Finally, do not patronize pornography”

--Elder Dallin H. Oaks

Pornography is a wide spread epidemic in the world today. It has destroyed families and people of all genders, races, and social latters. It tears people down into a depth of slime. But Christ knew of these hard trials in life, but that doesn’t mean there is not a way out. I am so grateful for Christ and his atonement, that we can turn to him in times of need and see there is a way out of Satan’s traps set before us everyday. I am so grateful for that accessibility there for each of us. 

Provident Living

PROVIDENT LIVING

“Living providently reflects our true eternal nature: we are “to act for [ourselves] and not to be acted upon”

“All of us are responsible to provide for ourselves and our families in both temporal and spiritual ways. To provide providently, we must practice the principles of provident living: joyfully living within our means, being content with what we have, avoiding excessive debt, and diligently saving and preparing for rainy-day emergencies.”

-Robert D. Hales

“Begin to prepare for a temple marriage as well as for a mission. Proper dating is a part of that preparation.”

“We can so live that we can call upon the Lord for His protection and guidance. … We cannot expect His help if we are unwilling to keep His commandments.”

“when much has been given to us much is required of us”

“I know that we are not perfect men. We know the perfect way, but we do not always act according to our knowledge. But I think that for the most part we are trying.”

“They did not send away any who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were athirst, or that were sick, or that had not been nourished; and they did not set their hearts upon riches; therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, whether out of the church or in the church, having no respect to persons as to those who stood in need”

“What we have experienced in the past was all foretold, and the end is not yet. Just as there have been calamities in the past, we expect more in the future.”

“if ye are prepared ye shall not fear”

“Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come”

Being prepared in any situation is important. You will never know when a time of preparation is needed. When you are in school you need to be prepared for the tests, so you study. When you are in a place with high rates of natural disasters then you prepare for a traumatic event by taking the necessary steps if a catastrophe where to hit. When we are prepared and know what precautions to take then we need not fear what may beseech us. That is the comfort in the gospel 

Entitlement

Entitlement

“as you read and ponder the Book of Mormon, verses you have read before will appear new to you and bring new ideas. Your testimony will grow in breadth and in depth as the Holy Ghost confirms that they are true.”

“I hope that you all have proved that promise for yourself or that you will do it soon [see Moroni 10:3–5]. The answer may not come in a single and powerful spiritual experience. For me it came quietly at first. But it comes ever more forcefully each time I have read and prayed over the Book of Mormon.”

“Testimony requires the nurturing by the prayer of faith, the hungering for the word of God in the scriptures, and the obedience to the truth we have received. There is danger in neglecting prayer.”

-President Henry B. Eyring

“The wisdom of God will not come to us by entitlement; we must be willing to seek after it. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him”

“The wisdom of God is a spiritual gift. “Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich”

“Generally, the spiritual gift of wisdom comes step by step as we honestly and diligently seek it. “”

“Finally, the source of the wisdom of God is different from that of the world. The wisdom of God is found in the scriptures, in the teachings of the prophets (such as during general conference), and, of course, in our prayers (see D&C 8:1–2). And always, always this wisdom distills upon us with the power of the Holy Ghost.”

-President Gordon B. Hinckley

“Some of you are floundering about and struggling to find what you will do. It does not really matter what you choose to do for a living. What matters is what you will be. You have the guidelines to know that. Remember the Spirit is always with you to teach you.”

“Once you have this self-control in your life, you will not need to be told what to do all of the time. You will find your way and know where you fit in.”

“If you want to be happy, you must pay the price through obedience. The restraints that you face against wrongdoing are an enormous protection for you.”

-President Boyd K. Packer

I love that we are entitled to do things, but it is our choice to follow through with obedience. I know that if I were not entitled, then I would not do anything. I am grateful for accountability in my life it keeps me grounded in the things I know are right and wrong. I know what I should be doing always, and I know how I should be doing them. I love the guidelines to follow given my prophets and apostles.