Spiritual Sunday- Seek to be worth knowing.

So yesterday I heard a really great talk.  It's called "The Gospel and Romantic Love".  I'm just going to share my favorite part, but I would highly recommend reading the whole thing.  Bruce C. Hafen is giving 8 steps to find true love.  Number 6 is my personal favorite.  He says, "Remember: Worry not that you are not well known.  Seek to be worth knowing." 
Then he says,"There are times when we wonder if the Lord loves us; we wonder if other people love us. And so we mistakenly seek the symbols of success—whether that is being popular or being rich or being famous within our own sphere. You might be tempted to let someone take improper liberties with you, or you may indulge yourself in some practice that seems to bring temporary relief but only makes you feel worse in the long run.

Ultimately, however, only the Lord’s approval of our lives really matters. If you seek to be worth knowing and seek to do His will, all the rest will take care of itself. Never forget that all things work together for good to them who love God (see Rom. 8:28)."

He brings up another really great point that I think is hard to remember when you're struggling with dating- "Everybody in the world doesn’t have to marry you—it only takes one."

I thought it was really neat that this talk was given in 1982, but is just as applicable now- probably even more so. 

I like that idea of focusing on being the kind of person you should be and just trusting that everything else in your life will fall into place if you do that- after all- that's really the only thing completely in our control anyway!  :)

http://www.lds.org/new-era/2002/02/the-gospel-and-romantic-love?lang=eng&query=romantic+love