A View from my heart #4 - Guns Germs and Steel

Well, I didn't get to see Sense and Sensibility. I went to go and rent it 3 times but it was nver in stock!! It really makes me want to see it more though because it's probably a really good movie to be out so often.

What I did watch was a show on PBS called Guns, Germs, and Steel, which is a show about why the Indians were taken over by the Europeans. There were some things that I liked and some things that I didn't like. A thing I liked was that it talked about that people in places like New Guniea where they don't have a lot of technology or anything are really just as smart as the people back in civilization, they just haven't had the opportunity to learn the things we have. This is really true I think, I mean arean't we all children of God? Every once in a while a really smart person comes along, but it seems like most people are at about the same level of smartness.

A really sad thing was at the end they talked about all of these little children in Africa who were dying of malaria, because they live in big cities or something and they didn't before. It makes me glad that people are trying to work on things like this, helping people instead of trying to tear them down with inappropriate movies and media.

One thing I didn't like was that they talked about the Americas being taken over by people from Europe and that it was because of disease and technology, when really we know that it was becasue the people were wicked and there needed to be righteous people in the land (2 Nephi 1:9-11). All and all I thought it was a pretty good show and I was glad they were trying to help some people.

That's all for this week! Mom and Dad have surprised Stephen and I with a trip around Utah to see Church History sites! I thought it would be so exciting especially with Pioneer Day being so close.

Why I haven't posted lately

I haven't been a very good blogger lately, and there is a reason for that. I don't want to get into too many details, but a close friend of mine recently told me that she is pregnant. She is not married and is a member of the church.

I really had some problems with this. My friend and I were close, and I couldn't believe that she would be doing things that would get her pregnant. I didn't know what to say when she told me. I just sort of went into shock. I don't think she had told too many people yet, and she was probably approaching me for advice or maybe some sympathy or even just a listening ear. I just totally froze up and didn't say ANYTHING!!! My poor friend just sort of looked at me frozen and then got up and left.

Its been an intense few weeks for me as I've thought about this. Part of me wanted to stay away from my friend, probably beceause I felt bad about how I responded and partly because I felt like I didn't want to be around someone who had gotten pregnant out of wedlock. After a week of feeling this way, I decided I was wrong and that it wasn't right to shun someone because they have a problem or made a mistake. I spoke to Stephen about it, and he said that I should call and offer to help my friend. This was pretty good advice I thought so I called my friend and told her that I was sorry and asked her if I could help.

She's since gone to her bishop and is working some things out. You know, I tried to expand my horizons by getting familiar with music and other things, but I decided that this has helped me with that more than any of those other things.

Stay tuned though for this weeks View from my Heart: Sense and Sensibility!!! (Thanks to me-myself-and I for the suggestion).

A View from my Heart #4 - Suggestions

After the mess that happened from my previous movie review, I'm looking for suggestions for the next "A View from my heart". Peter and I are looking to support good books, music, or movies. Please leave your suggestions here and maybe I'll review yours this week!