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When I’m unhappy, I feel like I’m doing life wrong. I’d rather be happy. But is happiness the point of life, or is there more to it? If I pursue happiness, mine first then for those around me, is that selfish? But if there’s a bigger purpose, then what about people with Alzheimer’s or dementia who can’t recall recent...

When you get to the end of your life, old and tired, and you look back on all the things you did and time you spent, what will make you say: yes, I did well and it was all worth it?...

“Their frustration is understandable, but this kind of expectation betrays a misunderstanding of what’s actually driving food prices higher in this country.”

A boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum online, with what could be thousands of shoppers taking their money elsewhere in May.

While many have to pay to access any of the dozens of parks across the country, there is a group that has been granted free admission.

I’m writing this partly because I think others might be interested, partly because I want to know what others think of my setup, and partly because I’m going to upgrade my hardware and need to review my setup so that I can re-create it on the newer hardware....

With your life, or artificially happy, knowing it’s temporary?...

“Men are that they might have joy.”...

What do you think? Temple of the one true living God? Or hotel lobby?...

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15863592...

I haven’t been for a couple weeks. In that time, an older couple moved in. They have some peculiar ideas. The EQP and another older member already have a penchant for sharing deep doctrine. Today, the EQP and new guy chased each other down a couple rabbit holes (Jewish tradition and whether or not the elements have a spirit...

Mission Preparation Class for the stake. Here are the details:...

I think I remember this song. It seems familiar. YouTube recommended it based on other songs I was listening to. It was clearly popular. Do you remember it? What do you associate it with?

I wrote this as a comment in another thread, but I thought it might deserve its own post. This is how I think about saving for retirement, given a fairly difficult scenario. I’m open to feedback, suggestions or criticism, and I’m curious to see if others think about this differently....

It will be interesting to see how many church leaders’ heads explode.

They bishopric member who was conducting today opened with his testimony. A long-time friend of his recently left the church. That bothered him, but he listened to a podcast (the guest was Don Bradley?) and he’s comforted to know that there are good answers to the difficult questions. My wife murmured her agreement. She...

Just like the prophet asked them to. But Mormons don’t follow the prophet when his words conflict with their personal politics....

I’ll be teaching elders quorum today. The GC talk is boring and participation is always the same handful of people. But I don’t mind standing in front to guide the conversation. I mentioned to my wife that there probably won’t be many families in attendance because it’s summer....

Two of my kids went to FSY this past week. Overall, it was a mixed bag with some fun games and good food, but too much church stuff (according to them)....

Some of these numbers are shocking. Who knew that Taiwan has 14 Costcos, whereas France only has 2 and New Zealand only 1?

You can’t convince anyone by explaining the facts. Psychologist Adam MASTROIANNI wrote an insightful and entertaining piece about why that’s the case....

I recently travelled to East Asia for two weeks. I wanted to share a couple things I learned....