Comments on: My Conversion Story http://blog.johnhorning.com/religion/my-conversion-story-to-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints/ Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Gari Black http://blog.johnhorning.com/religion/my-conversion-story-to-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Gari Black Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:23:08 +0000 http://blog.johnhorning.com/?p=1069#comment-8 In the final judgment we will not be judged by how our testimony compares with others or with some measuring stick. We will be judged by what we did with the testimony we had. Look to the Parable of the Talents. Whether we are the servant with 10, 5 or 1, the reward is the same if we magnify what we have. You have the marvelous Catholic gift: guilt, we have given the Jews a serious run on who has the most developed sense of guilt. We all need to get past it. Feel guilty for the unrepented wrongs you have done, repent of the wrongs you are responsible for and don't worry about what you should have done, either do it or forget it. Analytical loners are the best. Social skills are not difficult: be kind, listen carefully and show love without shame to man and woman alike. It's OK to say "I don't know what to say". It is part of honesty. But be advised, honest, open conversation will scare most people. I've made the change from loner to wanderer to social fish several times with success. You can too, if that is what you want. Cheer up, you've done most things right, if somewhat in unusual order. What you want most will be yours when you let it go. (this last is something heard from Baba Ram Das 40 years ago, it's all mystic but its really about performance anxiety, "all the world's a stage and we but players on it") In the final judgment we will not be judged by how our testimony compares with others or with some measuring stick. We will be judged by what we did with the testimony we had. Look to the Parable of the Talents. Whether we are the servant with 10, 5 or 1, the reward is the same if we magnify what we have.

You have the marvelous Catholic gift: guilt, we have given the Jews a serious run on who has the most developed sense of guilt. We all need to get past it. Feel guilty for the unrepented wrongs you have done, repent of the wrongs you are responsible for and don’t worry about what you should have done, either do it or forget it.

Analytical loners are the best. Social skills are not difficult: be kind, listen carefully and show love without shame to man and woman alike. It’s OK to say “I don’t know what to say”. It is part of honesty. But be advised, honest, open conversation will scare most people. I’ve made the change from loner to wanderer to social fish several times with success. You can too, if that is what you want.

Cheer up, you’ve done most things right, if somewhat in unusual order. What you want most will be yours when you let it go. (this last is something heard from Baba Ram Das 40 years ago, it’s all mystic but its really about performance anxiety, “all the world’s a stage and we but players on it”)

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