| You have probably heard the saying, "Sew a thought, | | | | On the walls of our home, my parents displayed |
| reap an action. Sew an action, reap a habit. Sew a | | | | pictures of their wedding that were taken outside |
| habit, reap a character. Sew a character and you'll | | | | the temple. One of my sister's friends said that my |
| reap your destiny," by Anthony Robbins. You may | | | | mom had a "glow" about her. She came to our home |
| have experienced this played out in your own life, | | | | often and even attended seminary for a time. Seeing |
| and seen it for good and bad in others' lives. Our | | | | pictures of my parents at the temple inspired me to |
| thoughts are affected by what we see. | | | | want to live my life so I could attain an eternal |
| I remember in high school, we were driving in our bus | | | | marriage. |
| home from a speech meet and we all needed a | | | | The art we display in our home reflects our values. In |
| bathroom stop. Unfortunately, the only available | | | | a certain apocryphal story, an LDS family hung a large |
| location was a small town bar. Feeling uncomfortable | | | | picture of a ship in a prominent place in their living |
| but desperate, I went in to use the restroom. On the | | | | room. Their sons grew up and decided to join the |
| door and walls of each restroom were pictures of | | | | marines rather than serve missions. That is not to |
| scantily clad men and women. The men's door had a | | | | say you cannot hang such artwork in your home, but |
| woman, and the women's door had a man. | | | | that what you choose to display reflects the values |
| Pictures and art are designed to elicit certain thoughts | | | | you hold. |
| and emotions. When I saw the posters, good feelings | | | | If you teach your children about Christ, temples, |
| and moral behaviors were not the first things that | | | | prayer, and scripture study, and then display artwork |
| came to mind. While I had no desire to look at them, | | | | with those very themes, they will be more likely to |
| and left as soon as possible, the images left an | | | | think about those things. Since they will be thinking |
| imprint in my mind for long time. | | | | about it, they will be more likely to do it. |