Ashley's Philosophy Corner

     Surely there is no greater call, no greater duty, and no greater work to occupy that of the young man's time, than to go out amongst the nations, and proclaim His beliefs of peace and happiness, of the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ here upon the earth today. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHMI51d9ROk

P.S. My brother is going to be one of those missionaries in a few months. :)

Austin's Funnies Corner

This video could very well be placed in the random awesome corner, because it's very random, and very awesome, but I got too many amused laughs out of it to not put it in the funnies corner. So, enjoy! You have to admit, it's a pretty cool spectacle for the eyes.

Alex's Random Awesome Corner

This video is of a fusion jazz band of exceptional talent. If nothing else, you have to appreciate the Improv skill that went into the making of this song. Not only that, but this is Dixieland jazz, which is a spirited, motioned, and severely difficult fast-tempo form of jazz, and one of my favorites. Especially towards the end, there's something about it that just makes every part of you want to move to the thrill and the beat of it. I hope you appreciate and enjoy it as much as I did!

Anna's Great Literature Corner

    Here are some quotes from a dauntingly sad classic novel that contains much wisdom, especially concerning the purity of a woman in an impure world.
   
    “A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.”
--Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles

    “Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.”
--Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

    “If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.”
--Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

    “Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?"
    "Yes."
    "All like ours?"
    "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted."
    "Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?"
    "A blighted one.”
--Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Ashley's Philosophy Corner

    "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

--Unknown

    "If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world."

--Elaine S. Dalton, Previous General Young Women President

Austin's Funnies Corner

    A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks. If one felt it was too hot, the other thought it was too cold. If one said the TV was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed to be turned up. Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom and gloom pessimist.

    Just to see what would happen, on the twins' birthday, their father loaded the pessimist's room with every imaginable toy and game. The optimist's room, he loaded with horse manure.

    That night the father passed by the pessimist's room and found him sitting amid his new gifts crying bitterly.

    "Why are you crying?" the father asked.

    "Because my friends will be jealous, I'll have to read the all these instructions before I can do anything with this stuff, I'll constantly need batteries, and my toys will eventually get broken." answered the pessimistic twin.

    Passing the optimistic twin's room, the father found him dancing for joy in the pile of manure. "What are you so happy about?" he asked.

    To which his optimistic twin replied, "There's got to be a pony in here somewhere!"

--Unknown

Alex's Random Awesome Corner

I think this video is wonderful, and very inspiring. I mean, to see the transformation...wouldn't it be nice to have a home like theirs? As they say in the video, there's always something you can do. Making your home a happy, beautiful, and holy place, isn't a huge undertaking of incredible change. It's through the small and simple things. :)

Anna's Great Literature Corner

    "Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven."

--Old Christmas, byWashington Irving

    

    "The whole earth  was brimming sunshine that morning. She tripped along, the clear sky pouring liquid blue into her soul."

--Unknown, by Theadore Dreiser