I am posting this so I'll know where to find it in the future. I have done this activity with the youth in our church several times over the years, but they have been so spread out, any documentation saved on ancient computer hard drives are gone, baby, gone.
I usually ask the youth to tie the activity into a gospel principle, and it's always pretty amazing what they come up with. Just in case they struggle a bit, I like to have something in mind.
Some possibilities:
1. From President Thomas S. Monson: "When faced with significant choices, how do we decide? Do we succumb to the promise of momentary pleasure? To our urges and passions? To the pressure of our peers?
Let us not find ourselves as indecisive as is Alice in Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. You will remember that she comes to a crossroads with two paths before her, each stretching onward but in opposite directions. She is confronted by the Cheshire cat, of whom Alice asks, 'Which path shall I follow?'
The cat answers, 'That depends on where you want to go. If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn't matter which path you take.'
Unlike Alice, we all know where we want to go, and it DOES matter which way we go, for by choosing our path, we choose our destination.
Our Heavenly Father did not launch us on our eternal journey without providing the means whereby we could receive from Him God-given guidance to assist in our safe return at the end of mortal life. I speak of prayer. I speak too of the whisperings from that still, small voice within each of us, and I do not overlook the holy scriptures, written by mariners who successfully sailed the seas we too must cross.
Each of us has come to this earth with all the tools necessary to make correct choices."
2. Free Forever, to Act for Themselves by Elder D. Todd Christofferson.
3. Choose Wisely by Elder Quentin L. Cook.
The youth always love this activity, and it's really pretty simple to pull off with a little help dishing up the crazy courses.
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