Been in Denial....

Recently I've finally realized I've been in denial about my facebooking.  I realize now I'm a facebook addict and its time to change that! I need to be more moderate about it.  This change was brought on by this month's edition of Ensign.  It talks about all the pro's and con's of internet, social networking and all that fun stuff.  The articles were so powerful.  I learned that when we spend to much time on the internet we are minimizing our wonderful bodies.  WE show we aren't grateful for that wonderful gift from our Heavenly Father when we waste it.  We lose important communication and relationship skills.  Did you know that when you speak more than 50% of it is all in tone and facial expression. You lose a lot of what you are really saying when you say it through a computer. When we spend to much time on the internet or even playing video games we subject ourselves to the devil.  We lose the holy ghost and forget who we really are.  We aren't a person any more.  Our bodies will cease to exist if we let it rule our lives.  And that makes Satan happy.  He doesn't have a body and he wants us to unhappy and miserable like unto himself.

Facebook can be a good thing.  You can talk to your friends that live far away, reconnect with old class mates, and keep in touch with family.  But facebook can also be a bad thing.  It can waste to much time and it can become addicting, like in my case.  It can make us unhappy because people are doing this and have that because they're bragging about it. We may become mad because we don't have that.  You can expose yourself more than  you need too.  It allows you to dim your light.  The light of Jesus Chirst.  When we waste our time and expose ourselves to much on facebook our Savior becomes disappointed in us.  This life isn't a time for compromises! Its the time to do whats right and to be worthy servants of our Heavenly Father.

This may seem blunt, I know it is but its truth.  Use the internet and facebook wisely!  I've been wrong for so many months and now I've come to realize how I should use facebook. I've been abusing it and that not fair.  Heed to the Latter Day Prophets words in using moderation and in a positive manner.  Don't live you life half way by throwing it a way on the internet!

Things you could do instead of spending to much time on facebook or the internet

1. Read your scriptures
2. Go over scripture mastery
3. Exercise 
4. Cook
5. Sew
6. Play an instrument- for me the piano
7. Draw a picture
8. Paint a Picture
9. Spend time with your family
10. Read a good book
11. Write a letter to a missionary- in my case my cousin Tyler whose in Alabama
12. Learn or improve a foreign language-  I would like to improve my Spanish and learn French or Portuguese
13. Family History
14. Go Visiting or Home Teaching
15. Fulfill your church calling
16. Write in your journal
17. Make a more efficient budget for yourself or family
18. Clean and Organize your room
19. Jump on the Trampoline 
20. Weed the garden
21. Do service
22. Personal Progress (Moms' and Young Women)
23. Read Preach My Gospel
24. Read the Strength of Youth
25. Play with the dog or cat- any pet that you have
26. Make a schedule Play with a younger sibiling
27. Have a face to face conversation
28. Do your homework (when ever your in school)
29. Go for a hike
30. Tell somebody you love them in person
31. Sleep (night)
32. Family Home Evening
33. Take a picture to share with others
34. Go to the Temple Grounds to Think
35. Go swimming
36. Star Gaze with somebody
37. Cloud Watch
38. Jump in a pile of leaves (Fall)
39. Make a snow man, fort, or angel (winter)
40. Visit a museum 
41. Go fishing
42. Roast Marshmellow and make smores
43. Write a note to somebody who has made a difference in you life
44. Clean the yard, bathroom, kitchen, any where that needs to be cleaned.
45. Go on a picnic
46. Play a board game
47. Go for a bike ride
48. Make a list of what you could be doing instead of...
49. Write down your goals - a goal is a wish until you write it down!
50. Go to ward activities, institute, mutual, enrichment night, Stake Activities 
51. Tell someone about the gospel of Jesus Christ
52. Share your testimony
53. Listen to a friend
54. Make a scrapbook
55. Finish unfinished projects
56. Go on a date - heck I would be willing to pay for that one
57. Go Dancing
58. Fix your hair a new way
59. Read Ensign, New Era, or Friend
60. Wash your face
61. Catch mice
62. Eat healthy food
63. Plan a Vacation - I would plan one to Paris, Boston, or Logan
64. Create Something - possibilities limitless
65. Be a friend to somebody who needs one
66. Try a new food
67. Climb a Tree
68. Ride a horse
69. Climb Rocks
70. Read your Patriarchal Blessing
71. Listen to stories of the past
72. Jump in a creek
73. Go to a yard sale- find a treasure
74. Wash your hair
75. Overcome a fear
76. Make a dream board
77. Write a song, poem, or a silly story
78. See a Scenic view
79. Was the vehicles at your house
80. Duty to God (Young Men)
81. Get your Eagle Scout Project done (Young Men)
82. Plant a garden
83. Bird Watch
84. Make a sweet treat
85. Plant a tree, bush or flower
86. Make a pillow 
87. Paint a Picture
88. Write a list of heroes in your life
89. Make up a new dance
90. Improve your dance skills - I want to get better at swing
91. Learn a new dance - Salsa anybody?
92. Go roller skating
93. Make a music video with friends to a favorite song
94. Get in a water ballon fight
95. Heck you can kiss your significant other (eg husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, I think you get the point)
96. Play basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, football, Frisbee, softball, volleyball or anything you can think of
97. Make silly faces in the mirror
98. Lay in the middle of the road
99. Play "your team, my team"
100. Dance in the rain
101. make cookies
102. jump into a pile of pillows
103. look at old family pictures
104. forgive somebody
105. List qualities you like about yourself - i love my eyes and my outgoingness (is that even a word)
106. List qualities you want in a future spouse or list qualities you like about your spouse
107. Design a dream home
108. Pray
109. Rock out in the privacy of your own room...pull some air guitar moves 
110. look up long funny words
111. blow bubbles
112. Play night games
113. Pick your favorite flowers- Daisies and Lavender for me
114. Go shotgun shooting
115. Go camping

Don't live your life half way!