You're in a vast room filled with obstacles and people.  Your eyes are closed.  This room has two doors.  One door, behind you, is locked from the outside.  You know that you entered through that door.  Only those who are entering the room are allowed through that door.  The door at the far side of the room is said to lead to a room with a treasure untold.  The catch?  You have to get through the room to get to it.  In your mind's eye, you believe you know where you're going and where the obstacles and people are.  However, you keep running into both people who are also trying to reach that door and obstacles.  The obstacles are hard, the people vary in levels of kindness.  The biggest problem you face is overcoming these obstacles.  You have no idea what you're doing because you can't see.  But what if you could see?  What if you could open your eyes?  You would understand how to conquer these obstacles, wouldn't you?  You would also know where to go and how to avoid obstacles you already may have run into, along with some you haven't run into.  You would be able to run through the room and reach the door with the treasure without much trouble.  All of these things would be made possible if you could see, if you had a knowledge of the world around you and how it operates.

So is the importance of understanding principles of self government and the natural law of the world we live in.  They give us vision and allow us to live the way we want to live.  I am very passionate about knowledge.  I am very passionate about truth.  I hope you are too.

Dallin Hughes