Best of Especially For Youth

Saturday I got to go to the Best of Especially For Youth. The first speaker (I never caught his name) talked about how we can get passed Mental Problems and how to "Win Life". It was really interesting and gave me some tips on empowering myself, learning to laugh at myself, loving myself, not overwhelming myself, and being myself. He quoted the scripture 1 Nephi 17: 20-21. It talked about how Lamen and Lemuel hated the experience they had in the wilderness and how they complained continuously. But then he talked about 1 Nephi 17: 2-3 and 1 Nephi 5: 27 and those talked about Nephi, who was in the same situation as Lamen and Lemuel, that him and his other brothers were happy in the wilderness and they were doing fine. As you can tell by these to different opinions that your attitude effects how you feel about a certain situation. The second speaker, Chad Kirby, talked to us about how we're all different but we're all God's children. He taught us about Mosiah 4:30 and how our thoughts can turn into your words, and how your words can turn into your deeds. The last speaker, Matthew Richardson, talked to us about our feelings. He started off in such a funny way, telling us about how some of his seminary students once sang this song "Feelings" and were singing and dancing to it. He could really tell that they had practiced this routine. He made a good point that feelings can influence us to do things we don't usually do. Such as fear. It makes us jump and scream and hide behind things. Usually you don't do this on an everyday basis right? He also told us about the scripture Matthew 16: 13-17 which talked about how Jesus asked his apostles what people thought about him. Then he asked what they thought about them, and one bore his testimony and told him about how he knows he was the savior and God's son. He also read the quote that said "The scriptures generally use the word voice which doesn't exactly fit. You may feel it instead of hearing it."