Music is a powerful Truth Tool, but when I first bring it up as a Tool most people think only about listening to music. Granted, that does...

Yesterday my daughter, Mariah, made me the best birthday dinner. She went to a lot of trouble and made all my favorite things. Kirsha and Me...

It is obvious how the Truth Tools help us drop the Unnecessary Pain in our lives. The Tools change how we think, and thus we let go of ...

One of the ways to keep ourselves out of the Pit of Illusion and to avoid vexation is to use a Truth Tool called Affirmation . But ...

Rumination is a fun word to say. Say it out loud and see how it rumbles around in your mouth as it tickles your tongue with soft vibrat...

We have season tickets to a local theater and love going to the plays with some friends. For years I've called this couple before the ...

The Vexed Man by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt Almost everyone I've ever asked has had a similar thought come to them at one point in th...

As in all things Jesus Christ is our example. He shows us how to Live in Truth and in many instances His example is so profound it brings...

As we've talked about the last few days, Living in Truth means living with what is, what was or what will be, or in other words ac...

Before we can discuss how to avoid Unnecessary Pain we need to discuss Truth. When we read the word Truth in scripture most of us think...

I had a neighbor once who left the Church because her father, who was in his 70's, died. She said to me one day, "How can I belie...

I made it through the day yesterday without cutting open any more fingers, but Mr. J is suffering from a cold. In the 45 years we have bee...

Yesterday, while cleaning up after dinner, I grabbed the blade to my food processor to wash it and sliced my index finger open. It bled pr...

I have made and continue to make a lot of mistakes in my life. The older I grow the more it seems that the things I have done wrong in my ...

I have been surprised the last few days by people complaining about Christmas. Even at church! Here we are with a chance to celebrate the ...

A friend just stopped by to visit. Dressed in black she stepped into my foyer with a garumph and announced she was dressed in mourning be...

When we are Living in Truth we jettison all Unnecessary Pain, but we can still expect to encounter Necessary Pain. Necessary Pain will...

I've been going to physical therapy for some problems in my back and have been amazed at what I am learning. The therapist contorts my...

I hope you are enjoying Education Week. Besides the wonderful feelings generated by all these people, the setting here at BYU is one of my...

Here in Utah it's Pioneer Day which is a state holiday that commemorates the day Brigham Young entered the valley and proclaimed, ...