Your turn!

"It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples."

I love this quote! Especially when I'm at a dance and I keep trying to start up a conversation but the girl refuses to give more then a 3 word answer and won't even offer a smile. It's quite disheartening for a young man who is simply trying to make the dance enjoyably. So, when that is the case, I usually ask the girl if she likes Jane Austen books. So far that is one of the few questions that will at least get me the first excited answer that's more then three words long. It's usually "Yes! their sooo amazing!" Then she stops smiling and acts as if nothing had ever been said in the first place. Then I ask her if she remembers that quote. She does. Then I say ""It is your turn to say something now, [insert girls name]. I talked about [insert previous topic(s)], and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples."
Needless to say, that usually breaks the ice.

 Well, I'm guessing you all (or you, whoever 'you' happen to be) are getting tired of reading about Louis L'Amour. So,

"It is your turn to [suggest] something now."

Being that so far as I know, the only people who are reading my blog are a few of my friends who are girls (two of which are my sisters) and the mother of another friend (also a girl), and only two people have commented, I don't know quite what to write about. What does a teenage write about to an audience of mainly teenage girls? I'm kind of new at this whole thing, so please let me know what you want me to blog about next. Friends, Life, Work, Books, Philosophy, Current Events, School, Me, You, Us? (Nah) Politics? (Again, Nah.) Anyway, let me know what YOU want to hear.

-CarsonKG

Womenfolks and their Powerful Imagination

I have known several young women who go on and on about how incredible and amazing various young men are. It usually leaves me thinking to myself "Really? You see that in him? I mean he's a great guy and all but not that great. I mean seriously, I've talked to this guy and he's told me about his faults that he's trying to correct and here you go off telling me that those faults are not only non-existent but that those are actually his strongest points!"

"Womenfolks have powerful imaginations when it comes to a man, an' she can read things into him he never knew was there, and like as not, they ain't!"
~Louis L'Amour Ride the River

Personally I think that the worst of these cases is where the girl is telling you to your face how incredible and amazing you are and how you are one of the greatest young men they've ever known while inside you suddenly begin analyzing your faults and seeing all your weakness and then ask yourself "Where did you find that? I must be hiding some incredible attributes from myself where I'm the only one who can't see them." You then start feeling like a jerk for not telling her that she's completely mistaken but for some reason you have a feeling that if you did tell her that then you would only be an even bigger jerk.

Girls, I don't know how you see what you see in men but my only logical theory is that you have each invented this perfect model of a man in your heads and when you find a man particularly attractive then you automatically convince yourselves that he is your Knight in Shining Armor and so he therefore possesses every attribute of that perfect man.
Well, this is not the case. It likely never will be the case. 
so...
A bit of advice: Learn to see men as they really are. The male species is not all that different from the female species in that we too have many faults and rights. Many strengths and weaknesses. 

The greatest point of view to see someone from is not Jane Austen's, but God's. And the second best point of view is their own. 

-CarsonKG

"Each man owes a debt to his family, his country and his species to leave sons and daughters who will lead, inspire and create." ~Louis L'Amour Sackett's Land

How often does society try to teach against having families and then list dozens of reasons why.

Some common reasons include:
"Families are expensive."
"Think about yourself. You don't want to spend the rest of your life as a slave to your children!"
and the tree-hugger "families leave to big of a carbon print and are therefore bad for nature!"

What we must realize however is that there is one common truth that all men must except about life. And that is that eventually every one of us will die. Therefore, while we are alive we ought to offer as much to the prosperity and goodness in society as we can while we are members of it, but if we do not set things in order so that our contribution will continue on, then our contribution may only be remembered for a time but will one day be forgotten.Therefore

"Each man owes a debt to his family, his country and his species to leave sons and daughters who will lead, inspire and create."

or to continue to give that contribution to society.

So let us then ask ourselves "When my mortal body dies, will I have paid my debt? And will my name continue to live in the lives of my posterity?"

 I hope mine does.

-CarsonKG 

I have found a new friend!

Okay, I really found this friend about two years ago when I read 'the Walking Drum' for a school assignment. Ever since that time, I have gained an ever-increasing friendship and interest for Louis L'Amour and his books.

The other day I was reading one of his books on my way into seminary. Someone asked what it was. I told him. Suddenly I had multiple people asking if I'm really a western fan.
In our current culture, "Westerns" and "Country" aren't all that cool. So why do I read Louis L'Amour books? The answer is simple: They are cool!
Western music is "so not cool." Western movies are "old school." ( hey, I just rhymed) But Western books? Those are classic.

Louis L'Amour books in particular tend to be chalk-full of amazing quotes, philosophical insights, incredible characters and personalities, and plenty of room for contemplation. I particularly love the quotes and insights.
 
Two quotes that I have recently found are:

"Each man owes a debt to his family, his country and his species to leave sons and daughters who will lead, inspire and create."
~Louis L'Amour Sackett's Land

and

"Womenfolks have powerful imaginations when it comes to a man, an' she can read things into him he never knew was there, and like as not, they ain't!"
~Louis L'Amour Ride the River

Is not the first quote absolutely powerful and inspirational? Especially in a society that seems to look down on families and children.
And the second quote... Yeah.


I'll be posting more in the future about both of these quotes so be ready.

-CarsonKG

By the way- I woke up this morning and discovered snow. I'm not sure what to think of it yet... how about you?

Yes I did...

Yes everyone, I started a blog.
Now I find myself with two options. I can:

1. turn this into a "Politician Post." You know, where I make a ton of promises about how "I'm going to post everyday! I promise, my post will all be absolutely amazing!", post everyday for the first few weeks so everyone will think of you as an honest and amazing person, and suddenly seem to forget that I ever made any such promises, that I have people who look up to me to fulfill my promises, and even to forget that I ever had a blog to begin with.

or

2. take the "Boy Scout" approach where I spend the first two years posting occasionally but never posting anything of worth, spend the next two years realizing that I better get going and live up to everyone's expectations of me, and then spend the next two years taking advantage of the fact that I have a blog and use it to have fun, waste time, and interact with others while my parents think that I'm doing something constructive. (Sorry all you Boy Scouts but how often is this the case?)

I pick  #3

3. The "Obvious" way. This is essentially where I let you all know that "I think you're amazing people and I don't want to let you down by never posting. However, I have this thing that is much bigger and better than a blog... it's called a Life! That being said, be assured that I will post as frequently as I am able to. I frequently have inspirations and experiences which I want to share but never seem to find the right time or place. These things will be shared here. But do not be surprised if at times I go days or weeks or even longer before my next post. Just know that at those moments, life is simply moving to fast for me to be able to record it before something else happens.

That being said, I hope you people will check in every so often and comment on things if you have the time. If you can't, I understand. Life.

-CarsonKG

P.S. Eventually this will become my missionary blog where my sister who loves blogging will post all of my emails. When that happens, you can get all of my mission details, dates, places, addresses, letters, etc. here.