Don't subsidize freeloaders

Got back a few hours ago from the monthly CES fireside. Elder Dallin H. Oaks spoke and it was a good talk. The subject: dating (well, at least of the second half, which is what I want to talk about). So, I've been home from my mission over eight months now and haven't really been going on many dates at all (two or three last semester, for example). Elder Oaks really made it clear that we guys are supposed to be going on dates frequently, not just hanging out. I guess I've been kicking against the pricks, but now an apostle of the Lord has commanded us to date, so I shall date. As I was writing about it in my journal, I started wondering about who I would ask out. I'll be honest: for these past eight months, there haven't been many girls I've been interested in (and I'm not talking about looks -- it's not as important as girls think it is). But then I remembered something from my mission: when we were riding our bikes around to find investigators but didn't really want to open our mouths, the streets were empty and there was no one to find. When we really committed ourselves to opening our mouths and finding those people the Lord had prepared for us, however, suddenly the streets were crawling with people. It seems weird but it happened so many times. It all depends on your attitude. And I realized that since I haven't really been too keen on asking girls out these past few months, my eyes were closed (so to speak) and so I wasn't able to find any girls I was interested in. But now that I'll be "opening my mouth," I have a feeling that the horizon is going to open up and I'll find a whole new world out there. Updates will follow. ;) (I'll post a link to the talk as soon as they get a transcript up.)