So close

Okay so confession time. I hate chanting. I was reminded of this by the last post since I am not a big fan of saying the Pledge of Allegiance. It is not that I am against the pledge, it is well written and I agree with everything in it. I just don't like chanting in unison with others. It makes me feel weird and it makes it almost feel impersonal to me. I don't feel any strength of group thing, I just wait for it to end. Now from the time that I was 12 til I was 18 I attended Young Women's each Sunday as a part of church. At the beginning of each Sunday lesson we recited the following theme:

We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him.
We will "stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things,
and in all places" (Mosiah 18:9) as we strive to live
the Young Women values, which are:
Faith
Divine Nature
Individual Worth
Knowledge
Choice and Accountability
Good Works
Integrity and
Virtue.
We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values,
we will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make and keep sacred covenants,
receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation.

Now, I love this theme; it is beautiful, meaningful, and touches me. But I hated saying it in chant form. I was so grateful to graduate to Relief Society and be done with the group chanting. Arg! Last year they decided to combine the Young Women and Relief Society once a month for opening exercises and so we all have to chant! I was so close to being done. So if you are in my ward and have noticed that I don't join in, this is why. Nothing against the amazing theme, just hate the chanting.

Side note the really fun part of moving around so much during my high school years was hearing all the different places people in different places would pause and take a breath.