How many of you have ever filed out a online dating and when you get to the question about "body type" on you pause and read the choices: Slim, Average, Athletic, More of Me To Love then maybe you expand or shrink the truth...? There have been times when I have expanded or shrunk the truth. I know physical attraction plays apart in dating, love, marriage, it is a natural thing to be attracted to people to not be attracted to others. Often times we here songs and see clips on youtube that talk about how important inner beauty. More often then not it is aimed at women. I would imagine that we aren't so blinded to think that men don't feel pressure to be bigger then what they are. I had a conversation with two really close friends. We were talking about dating and what we thought about the trends that are going on. We talked about all kinds of things from reasons why people don't date and different ways of communication, to attraction. We talked about how important it is to be strong in your core. The stuff that makes you, you.
I took this thought to the bare bones and really thought about who I am, what defines me, what holds me together. I asked myself if I didn't have an artificial leg who would I be. Would I treat people with the kindness I try to now? How would I see the world? What activities would I do that I don't do now? As I thought about this I saw core values and beliefs that held me together. Some of them strong and some of them weaker. This is because I chose to believe in the doctrines taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints it is the first doctrine taught: God is our loving Heavenly Father. Because I know that this is true I know that he has a plan for me. That plan doesn't change with or with out a leg. He wants me to be happy and return to live with him again.
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