Thursday, February 2, 2012

1: Man is a combination of thoughts, feelings, and actions

As a missionary I had a great mission president who taught a number of wonderful principles to us. One of those was this basic idea. Man is a combination of thoughts (Proverbs 23:7; 2 Nephi 9:39; D&C 121:45), feelings (D&C 9:8), and actions (Prov 20:11; Alma 37:36; 2 Nephi 2:16; 10:32; Alma 12:31). Ultimately these three make up his being.

Think about yourself, are you not a combination of these three simple things? Is there a part of who you are that cannot be classified as a thought, feeling or action?

Not only do I believe that man is a combination of these three but they are inseparably connected to each other. Thoughts impact feelings and actions; so to do actions impact thoughts and feelings; and finally feelings can impact actions and thoughts.

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