Warm Fuzzies vs. Cold Pricklies

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both" class="separator" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4RBQI883P1za87yr5Ot6a8t8Y193tz2MUllEqem0gLpNqZ3PokVJmZ4vSaO2sAZHP4IJCKEmNw1XrOGm30sLJpVjuA2-RnbaJTnyw2bOGpKjz50bSFG_cVvjNRT8wWw8URCWjIuAC7y3/s1600-h/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; cssfloat: left"><img border="0" sr="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4RBQI883P1za87yr5Ot6a8t8Y193tz2MUllEqem0gLpNqZ3PokVJmZ4vSaO2sAZHP4IJCKEmNw1XrOGm30sLJpVjuA2-RnbaJTnyw2bOGpKjz50bSFG_cVvjNRT8wWw8URCWjIuAC7y3/s320/1.jpg" /></a>When my husband and I were living in the ward he attended as a child, he received a <a href="http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/glossary/glossary-definition/calling">calling</a> to teach Sunday school for the youth ages 12 and 13, a class that happened to be dominated by rowdy boys. After the <a href="http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/glossary/glossary-definition/sacrament-meeting">Sacrament meeting</a> in which his calling had been announced a Sister in the ward came up to me and told me that when she heard what my husband’s calling was she was overjoyed and knew that God was a just God. She had been a <a href="http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/glossary/glossary-definition/primary">Primary </a>President while he was a child, although he seemed to have turned out quite nicely, in his Primary of around 30 boys he had been an awful little instigator who had sometimes left her and his other teachers in tears. I may have imagined it, but I think I saw a slight smirk on her face as she asked me to wish him good luck.<br /></div><p align="left"></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><br />Often when you find yourself in or teaching a Sunday school or Primary class dominated by boys, it can be a nightmare, but every once in a while you learn something you never would have expected. In class we were discussing service and the <a href="http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1117-27,00.html">story</a> which <a href="http://www.thomassmonson.org/">President Monson</a> relayed during <a href="http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/glossary/glossary-definition/conference-general">Conference</a> of the Primary who had sent him a jar of warm fuzzies, with each warm fuzzy representing an act of service that a child had done for someone else. Of course the boys being boys had no interest in anything warm or fuzzy and one boy said what if instead of warm fuzzies he got a jar of cold pricklies. Other than the desire to send President Monson a jar of cold pricklies, I actually found the remark to be quite clever and began to think about what a cold prickly might look like. I did what every person with a church inspired question does, I searched…Google. To my surprise when I typed in warm fuzzies, cold pricklies also came up. I don’t know if the boy had heard this before and was referring to it, but his smart aleck response led me to this great story.<br /><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white;color:#666666;" ><br />"Once upon a time, there was a tiny village nestled between two mountains. Each person in the village was very happy because he was given a bag of Warm Fuzzies at birth. You could reach into your bag and pull out a Warm Fuzzy whenever you wanted, and everybody wanted to all the time. Warm Fuzzies were given to other people on the street, at home, everywhere. Warm Fuzzies made you feel just like they sound - warm, happy and content. Everyone in the village was happy, everyone but the bad witch. Now we all know that bad witches are growly. They like us to be unhappy, sad. The bad witch in this village was no exception. She tried and tried to make the people stop giving away Warm Fuzzies. One day she whispered in the ear of little Johnny Brown, "If you keep giving away all of your Warm Fuzzies you won't have any left for yourself." Johnny didn't listen at first, because everyone always had lots of Warm Fuzzies. The more you gave away, the more you got.</span><br /><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white;color:#666666;" ></span><br /><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white;color:#666666;" >Then the witch said to Johnny, "If you give COLD PRICKLIES you will be able to keep all of your Warm Fuzzies." Well, Johnny got to thinking about this, and noticed that his mother was always giving away Warm Fuzzies. So were his father and his sister. Soon he thought they would have no more for him. So Johnny started saving his Warm Fuzzies and started giving COLD PRICKLIES. Soon the whole village was giving COLD PRICKLIES. Everyone was gloomy and sad and very grouchy. The village was no longer happy, and there wasn't a Warm Fuzzy to be found!</span><br /><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white;color:#666666;" ></span><br /><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white;color:#666666;" >This had been going on for years and years, and the wicked witch was very happy. One day an old man came to visit the village. When he spoke to anyone they frowned at him and turned their backs, often walked away. The old man continued to be friendly, polite, pleasant, and one day a very young boy smiled back at the old man. It made him feel good - so good that he patted his dog, and the dog didn't bite him! This was the first Warm Fuzzy given in some time, and the little boy dug into his bag of Warm Fuzzies, as they were much nicer than the COLD PRICKLIES, and he started giving them away. The townspeople grumbled and growled for a while, but soon they felt like giving Warm Fuzzies. One by one people went home to find their Warm Fuzzies and soon everyone was again giving Warm Fuzzies. The bad witch was so upset and disgusted that she left the village and took her COLD PRICKLIES. After all, they didn't stand a chance against Warm Fuzzies.</span><br /><span style="color:#666666;">To this day that village is happy and content. Maybe, just maybe, if we give enough Warm Fuzzies our world can be as happy and pleasant as that village."</span><br /><br />Have you ever learned something great from the mouth of babes?<br /><br />Sista Laurel<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfreecopyright.com/registered_mcn/BT8QW_3GY41_YKT8E" title="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected"><img alt="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected" border="0" height="38" src="http://storage.myfreecopyright.com/mfc_protected.png" title="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected" width="145" /></a> </p>

Warm Fuzzies vs. Cold Pricklies

When my husband and I were living in the ward he attended as a child, he received a calling to teach Sunday school for the youth ages 12 an...

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Hallelujah Holla Back!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nqv86jqeZ0wtB-MWaR18Lwqq67RNxqChgd5jVlNMqK3V1ui4yFjHXeKL_XpBWTXoiTiXLY_d0kNfyFHlw40HRbq_mNsMRnYf7ftyy51WxGJQRVfkmktOmC1wodBtIsQ9OcAf36oyU4Q/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397361285549603058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nqv86jqeZ0wtB-MWaR18Lwqq67RNxqChgd5jVlNMqK3V1ui4yFjHXeKL_XpBWTXoiTiXLY_d0kNfyFHlw40HRbq_mNsMRnYf7ftyy51WxGJQRVfkmktOmC1wodBtIsQ9OcAf36oyU4Q/s200/6.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Sometimes I wish that President Monson was also a D.J. and took special requests. Because I know that people are willing to listen to him. I can just see it now...<br /><br /><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #93c47d;color:black;" >President Monson:</span> Hallelujah Holla Back, Brothas and Sistas, this is D.J. Thomy, taking your special request live...liv…liv...live, holla atcha Prez.<br /><br /><span style="color:#93c47d;">Sista Beehive:</span> Umm... D.J. Thomy, could you please give a shout out to my husband, I want him to start letting me pick his clothes because I have a keen since of style. Oh... yeah tell him to stop cutting his own hair, cause I don't really like that either. You getting all that?<br /><br /><span style="color:#93c47d;">President Monson:</span> Yeah...little Sista I got you.<br /><br /><span style="color:#93c47d;">Sista Beehive:</span> Ummmm, One more thing...<br /><br /><span style="color:#93c47d;">President Monson:</span> Alright Sista, we got eternity.... but we don't got all day.... hahaha.<br /><br /><span style="color:#93c47d;">Sista Beehive:</span> Please, one more.... ummm how come he can spend hours watching BYU basketball but can't watch a chick flick with his wife??? Huh? Why?<br /><br /><span style="color:#93c47d;">President Monson:</span> Sista, I know you don't expect me to respond to that...but, I will say this, Brothas, watching a chick flick, won't affect your Priesthood, but watching one with the one you love will bring you closer to the eternal relationship you seek! Ya heard it here Brothas and Sistas. It's out there far and wide, high and low, from "This is the place" to "Whoop there it is"... Thanks for tuning in; I hope ya'll had a good time! Be Blessed and Hallelujah Holla Back!<br /><br />That’s how I imagine it anyway, because I know that the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, can communicate in all tongues…. even Ebonics.<br /><br />Who would you need President Monson to shout out to? What would your special request be?<br /><br />Sista Beehive<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfreecopyright.com/registered_mcn/BT8QW_3GY41_YKT8E" title="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected"><img alt="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected" border="0" height="38" src="http://storage.myfreecopyright.com/mfc_protected.png" title="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected" width="145" /></a>

Hallelujah Holla Back!

Sometimes I wish that President Monson was also a D.J. and took special requests. Because I know that people are willing to listen to him. ...

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