Use your words to help make someone feel good about themselves. They are people that we love and the ones we assume love us too, so what they think and say and feel about us matters!įirst point – be careful with your words and especially with your actions. It makes sense that we let their words have so much power over us. This is heartbreaking – especially when it comes from the people who you love the most. You would need to be sold – or so he thinks, for you to be married. The travesty in this is not that everyone else thinks this of you, including your own father – but that you are probably starting to think that about yourself too! Your father thinks you are foolish and ugly and even goes too far so as to say that you have no worth. Your already tender feelings are only exacerbated as you overhear the villagers make fun of you and the impending proposal. Imagine being the butt of all the jokes as everyone gathers to witness the negotiations regarding your worth. ![]() “She’s as foolish as she is ugly… I’m ready to give him a cow just to have him take her off my hands” Mahana’s Father conveys this powerfully as he speaks about her in preparation for the negotiations. One thing I think we often tend to overlook is the power in our words and and actions and how they might affect the people around us or even our feelings about ourselves. Although I was very familiar with the story, I learned some very important lessons that Saturday night:-ġ. Our words and actions must uplift – not tear down What probably came as more of a surprise to me were the thoughts that I had following the viewing. I watch in awe as Johnny Lingo tenderly comforts his new wife during the festivities and am delighted and pleasantly surprised to see her again after they have settled into married life. Without hesitation, I click on it and watch as the charismatic Johnny Lingo surprises the whole village with his unmatched dowry of eight cows in exchange for the hand of his beloved Mahana in marriage. On the hunt for some Sabbath-appropriate entertainment, I stumble across the short film on lds.org. I have such fond memories of our family trips to the Temple, especially during the Christmas period when the Temple lights were in season during my childhood!įastforward twenty-or-so years later and I am in my room doing a bit of cleaning. Then they lived happily as a married couple.I’m sure every kid that I grew up with and that had the great fortune of visiting the New Zealand Hamilton Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in their childhood will remember seeing the famous Johnny Lingo movie in the Visitor’s Centre while waiting for mum and dad to come out from the Temple. Mahana went with Tama back to the place where he lives as Johnny Lingo. Tama told her that it's the payment for every year he failed to fulfill his promise. ![]() The new Johnny Lingo apologized and Mahana accepted it. Mahana noticed the arm of the man and recognized in his arm the bracelet that she gave to a boy who promised to comeback for her. The father of mahana agreed but mahana is furious and slapped the new johnny lingo. The new Johnny Lingo, however offered eight cows for the hand of Mahana. The new Johnny Lingo asked the hand of mahana from her father, the latter Agreed if he will give him two cows as dowry of Mahana. He went to see her in their house but was rejected by Mahana. When the night came, all arrived except for mahana whom he made his promise. When he arrived, he was well received and asked that every maiden would be shown that night so that he can choose his bride among them. As a new Johnny Lingo, Tama decided to comeback to the island where he left a girl named Mahana. The adopter of the boy gave his name, Johnny Lingo to him. Ten years has passed and the adopter of the Tama, Johnny Lingo, is about to die. He invented some simple machines that will help him finish his work faster yet efficient. He was given work by Johnny Lingo and found ways to make his work easier. The boy drift ashore and was found by Johnny Lingo. ![]() Everyday from the day of the departure of Tama, Mahana will wait at the shore looking for her friend's arrival. One day, the boy planned to explore and promised to mahana that he will come back. ![]() Even though she is ugly and ill treated by her father and the people around her, she remained kind and good. He became friends with a girl named Mahana who is considered ugly by the villagers. Orphan boy named Tama bounced around between families and getting into trouble.
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