1. "Things as They Really Are" How to Use Technology Righteously

         In today's world, some do not realize the importance of living real lives, instead focusing on social media and video games.   Many lead fake lives through online gaming.  In one particular game, The Sims, the gamer can control the lives of people in a town.  One can create fake marriages, fictional characters, and experience aspects of daily life, such as travel, work, friendships, and play.  My personal question has always been, why spend so much time to create an ideal life online when time could be spent developing REAL talents and relationships.  Some of the most dangerous weapons to an eternal marriage is too much time spent on social media, the use of pornography, and obsession with video games.  In David A. Bednar's "Things As They Really Are," he focuses on the importance of reality, saying, "Our physical bodies make possible a breadth, a depth, and an intensity of experience that simply could not be obtained in our pre-mortal estate."  By skipping over our bodies, which we use to feel and understand situations more deeply, we are undermining the gift our Heavenly Father has given us.  By cultivating our talents and relationships with REAL people, we become the people Heavenly Father wants us to be.  We have been commanded to use our bodies for good, and if we become too obsessed with technology, we cannot live up to our full potential.