I recent began scrapbooking my life, starting with babyhood. I'm nowhere near done (I'm 73 years old) and I don't remember all the details surrounding events that too place so many years ago, and I have some pictures that I'm not sure who is in them with me. I do take a lot of time with my pages. They are works of art as well as my history in pictures (and words, yes, I do use words when necessary and when I can remember. I also have pictures of my parents and their families, and my brother and his children and their children, and I intend to scrapbook them all (I have no children myself).as family heirlooms to be passed down from generation to generation. Scrapbooking is a lot of fun.
ColinAugust 18, 2015
I often hear this pop psychology-influenced idea that "Love thy neighbor as thyself" means "Love yourself first, then love others." It's not what the gospel teaches, though. We do best when we forget ourselves and serve, when we lose our life to save it.
In fact, knowing people might misunderstand, Christ explained "Love thy neighbor as thyself" with the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, does the Samaritan take thought for himself. Does he love himself first, build himself up first. No, there's not a moment in the entire story when he worries about his own needs. It's ALL about seeing someone else's need and doing what he can to help. That's how the Savior saw "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
KateAugust 18, 2015
I completely agree--and scrapbook pages do not have to take hours to compose. Better if they don't--just photos and words (WORDS!!) mean so much to kids. There are even ways to 'scrapbook' on your iPhone with the Project Life app (just google it)--fast, easy, and you can do it while waiting while they do sports or music lessons. To have daily life and fun times (and even hard times) documented is powerful family history. It is an act of gratitude and of family building.
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ShareeAugust 18, 2015
I recent began scrapbooking my life, starting with babyhood. I'm nowhere near done (I'm 73 years old) and I don't remember all the details surrounding events that too place so many years ago, and I have some pictures that I'm not sure who is in them with me. I do take a lot of time with my pages. They are works of art as well as my history in pictures (and words, yes, I do use words when necessary and when I can remember. I also have pictures of my parents and their families, and my brother and his children and their children, and I intend to scrapbook them all (I have no children myself).as family heirlooms to be passed down from generation to generation. Scrapbooking is a lot of fun.
ColinAugust 18, 2015
I often hear this pop psychology-influenced idea that "Love thy neighbor as thyself" means "Love yourself first, then love others." It's not what the gospel teaches, though. We do best when we forget ourselves and serve, when we lose our life to save it. In fact, knowing people might misunderstand, Christ explained "Love thy neighbor as thyself" with the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, does the Samaritan take thought for himself. Does he love himself first, build himself up first. No, there's not a moment in the entire story when he worries about his own needs. It's ALL about seeing someone else's need and doing what he can to help. That's how the Savior saw "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
KateAugust 18, 2015
I completely agree--and scrapbook pages do not have to take hours to compose. Better if they don't--just photos and words (WORDS!!) mean so much to kids. There are even ways to 'scrapbook' on your iPhone with the Project Life app (just google it)--fast, easy, and you can do it while waiting while they do sports or music lessons. To have daily life and fun times (and even hard times) documented is powerful family history. It is an act of gratitude and of family building.
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