Debby's Tuesday Teaser

"Contrary to my legal training, I have come to realize that feelings are often more important than facts.  The law doesn't have much to do with feelings.  A feeling is rarely actionable or even admissible. But our most important decisions, though accompanied by a careful study of facts, are usually most immediately motivated by feelings.  Who we marry is an example.  What fact or facts, unaccompanied by feelings, would motivate that decision? 
Feelings are vital to the process of revelation.  In a talk, I listed eight purposes or functions of revelation.  They were testifying, prophesying, comforting, uplifting, informing, restraining, confirming, and impelling. Significantly, seven of these eight - all except informing - come as a feeling.  For example, we should always be prepared to act upon an impression when we "feel that it is right" (D&C 9:8), even though it is not justified by the facts."

From Life's Lessons Learned ~ Personal Reflections by Dallin H. Oaks