General Conference

Hello, guys! As all or most of you know, General Conference was yesterday and today. I really enjoyed each of the talks, particularly Elder Wirthlin's talk on laughing in the face of adversity, trials, and sadness or embarrassment. What kept our entire family chuckling and rolling around for quite a while was the story of Elder Wirthlin's daughter's blind date. I'll tell it to you now, just in case you missed it.
Elder Wirthlin's daughter had been set up for a blind date. Soon there was a knock on the door. She answered it. She thought the man was a little on the old side, but she invited him in, introducing him to all her family. After that, she put on her coat, ushered the man out the door, and got into his car. Elder Wirthlin watched for several moments, as the car did not move, but he could see the man talking with his daughter. The daughter eventually got out, red faced, and hurriedly came back into the house to fetch her younger sister, for who the man had arranged a babysitting job to care for his children while he went out. Elder Wirthlin, his daughter, and the entire family were laughing so hard that it was hard to control themselves when the daughter's real blind date came. Actually, Elder Wirthlin couldn't control himself, so he sentenced himself to the kitchen, still heaving laughs while his daughter introduced the blind date to her family, other than her father.
Instead of being embarrassed, and humiliated, she decided to laugh along with everyone else, laughing it off and creating something funny out of something that could otherwise have ruined her night. We get to decide whether or not to be happy. I really liked that. It showed us that we can choose to be miserable, or we can choose to laugh and live longer.
Love you all!