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Meekness

http://lds.org/ensign/1983/03/meekness-a-dimension-of-true-discipleship?lang=eng&cid=facebook-shared This talk absolutely articulates this attribute I have struggled to understand. It is stunning the imagery that Elder Maxwell uses and how his understanding of the concept enables him to so clearly elaborate on what it is. Any insights?

Playing with the new camera - and Thanksgiving!

Othello and Inception

It is true, I am pretty obsessed with Inception but at least its not something worse. I had an exciting conversation about the movie with Ry and Nick a few days back and then I went and saw it again last night with a sold out crowd. It sure made the most since the thirdtime around and I found it even more exciting after some discussions we have been having in Shakespeare class. So I am working on my final paper for the class and it is all about Iago and how he manipulates Othellointo believing all sorts of bad things and then it all ends in tragedy. Well, as I was watching Inception it hit me! Iago never just tells Othello - "hey Des is cheatin' so go show her who is boss!" As a matter of fact - I have only counted at most 3 out right lies Iago tells. Everything else is just him inferring things and Othello "filling in the rest" with his own "projections" of what is really going on. Thus, like the team in the film did with Fisher, Iago is manipulating