Comments for Break-Line.net http://www.break-line.net Let's make the world a better place ... one person at a time. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:20:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on About Me by Max Drown http://www.break-line.net/?page_id=24&cpage=1#comment-769 Max Drown Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:20:59 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/?page_id=24#comment-769 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> Comment on About Me by Jason Smith http://www.break-line.net/?page_id=24&cpage=1#comment-768 Jason Smith Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:10:47 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/?page_id=24#comment-768 Interesting site, great quotes... Interesting site, great quotes…

]]> Comment on Eliminate Poverty Among Us by Janet http://www.break-line.net/?p=80&cpage=1#comment-761 Janet Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:01:37 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/?p=80#comment-761 I found your blog from reading about you on Mormon.org. Oh my! I am looking forward to coming back here and studying your entire blog. So for now, I'll say thank you. Janet I found your blog from reading about you on Mormon.org. Oh my! I am looking forward to coming back here and studying your entire blog. So for now, I’ll say thank you. Janet

]]> Comment on Endure to the End by Max Drown http://www.break-line.net/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-698 Max Drown Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:39:19 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/wordpress/?p=10#comment-698 Well thank you. I was discouraged because I didn't think anyone was listening (reading). Thanks for the comment. Well thank you. I was discouraged because I didn’t think anyone was listening (reading). Thanks for the comment.

]]> Comment on Endure to the End by Bible Verse http://www.break-line.net/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-697 Bible Verse Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:35:53 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/wordpress/?p=10#comment-697 Excellent post.Sustain the avid work,You must definitely have to keep updating your site Excellent post.Sustain the avid work,You must definitely have to keep updating your site

]]> Comment on The Necessity of the Fall by Max Drown http://www.break-line.net/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-676 Max Drown Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:49:04 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/?p=61#comment-676 Hey Jamin! We believe so, yes. Read that article by Hafen and let me know what you think. Hey Jamin!

We believe so, yes. Read that article by Hafen and let me know what you think.

]]> Comment on The Necessity of the Fall by Jamin http://www.break-line.net/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-675 Jamin Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:41:21 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/?p=61#comment-675 God planned The Fall of Adam? -jamin God planned The Fall of Adam?

-jamin

]]> Comment on Most Important Friendships by Jason Black http://www.break-line.net/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-188 Jason Black Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:30:51 +0000 http://www.break-line.net/?p=50#comment-188 I have similar problems keeping in contact with my family. I've tried the blog/internet thing, but couldn't get anyone to understand or have interest in it. We do a periodic newsletter that we e-mail as a PDF to those that have e-mail and snail mail it to everyone else. But I have always found that all my attempts at "keeping contact" are feeble at best. My experience has been that these important relationships are strengthened not by the quantity of our contact, but by its quality. E-mail, blogs, and even phone calls just don't do for us what a heart-felt letter - even just one a year does much more toward improving our relationships. I'm not talking about a "here's what's been going on in our family this year" kind of letter - superficial information, however important, can be shared with pictures, newsletters, phone calls, etc. I'm speaking of a personal letter to each individual pointing out what my relationship with them means to me and how what I have learned from our past shared experiences are affecting me in my current circumstances. Perhaps they gave me a good piece of advice once that has suddenly become important in a new situation. Maybe I recognize that a backhanded comment that someone used against me at work was similar to something I had said to a sibling years ago, and now I want to express regret and make amends. The point is that it's got to be personal to be truly strengthening to the relationship. Here's a case in point: While I served my mission in Brazil, I got a letter from my mother every week. She kept me abreast of what was going on at home, and asked me what was going on with me. I appreciated the letters, but today they're mostly worthless. I got a total of seven letters from my father during the entire course of my mission. They told me nothing of news; asked me nothing of my news. My father told me how he felt about me, how he was proud of me, what his hopes were for me, and how his past and current experiences shaped and changed him. His letters were hand written and usually long, speckled with scriptural and prophetic quotes. These letters are sacred to me, and I still read them at times, appreciating how greatly our relationship has grown because of them. My father and I still talk on the phone sometimes. But when I want to talk to my dad, I write him a letter. I have similar problems keeping in contact with my family. I’ve tried the blog/internet thing, but couldn’t get anyone to understand or have interest in it. We do a periodic newsletter that we e-mail as a PDF to those that have e-mail and snail mail it to everyone else. But I have always found that all my attempts at “keeping contact” are feeble at best.

My experience has been that these important relationships are strengthened not by the quantity of our contact, but by its quality. E-mail, blogs, and even phone calls just don’t do for us what a heart-felt letter – even just one a year does much more toward improving our relationships.

I’m not talking about a “here’s what’s been going on in our family this year” kind of letter – superficial information, however important, can be shared with pictures, newsletters, phone calls, etc. I’m speaking of a personal letter to each individual pointing out what my relationship with them means to me and how what I have learned from our past shared experiences are affecting me in my current circumstances. Perhaps they gave me a good piece of advice once that has suddenly become important in a new situation. Maybe I recognize that a backhanded comment that someone used against me at work was similar to something I had said to a sibling years ago, and now I want to express regret and make amends. The point is that it’s got to be personal to be truly strengthening to the relationship.

Here’s a case in point:

While I served my mission in Brazil, I got a letter from my mother every week. She kept me abreast of what was going on at home, and asked me what was going on with me. I appreciated the letters, but today they’re mostly worthless. I got a total of seven letters from my father during the entire course of my mission. They told me nothing of news; asked me nothing of my news. My father told me how he felt about me, how he was proud of me, what his hopes were for me, and how his past and current experiences shaped and changed him. His letters were hand written and usually long, speckled with scriptural and prophetic quotes. These letters are sacred to me, and I still read them at times, appreciating how greatly our relationship has grown because of them. My father and I still talk on the phone sometimes. But when I want to talk to my dad, I write him a letter.

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