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Single-Adult Issues

Being a single adult presents a host of unique challenges, including dealing with career choices, employment, self-esteem, loneliness, divorce, social relationships, social pressures, and finding a spouse. These challenges can cause discouragement and frustration.

President Hinckley has said: "Never forget that there is something of divinity in each of you. You are a son or daughter of God, and you have a wonderful inheritance. I hope you will never belittle or demean yourself. We are all individuals, men and women, sons and daughters of God, not a mass of 'look-alikes' or 'do-alikes.' All of us are very much alike in our capacity to think, to reason, to be miserable, if you please; in our need to be happy, to love and be loved. We are subject to the same pains, the same sensitivities, the same emotions." ....."I believe that for most of us the best medicine for loneliness is work and service in behalf of others(Liahona, Nov. 1997, 17)." ."

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Featured articles:
"Achieving Your Full Potential"
In a CES fireside address given at Brigham Young University, Elder Donald L. Staheli spoke on the importance of understanding our potential as it pertains to our future possibilities. In this address he suggests four simple principles that may be helpful in pursuing temporal and spiritual success. He concludes his remarks by stating, “As you do these things the Lord will bless you and strengthen you so that you may move forward in magnifying the talents and opportunities He has given you.” 		Staheli, Donald L.
"Push Back against the World"
In a CES fireside address, Elder Oaks revisits "dating vs. hanging out." He then counsels, "We must try to carve out our own islands of serenity and strengthen our barriers against the forces that besiege us in our protected spaces. In short, we should push back against the world." 		Oaks, Dallin H.
"The Dedication of a Lifetime"
"Some people live the gospel with 'short, frenzied outbursts of emotion,' followed by long periods of lapse or by performance that is intermittent or sputtering. What we need in living the gospel is “the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." Elder Oaks also addresses dating vs. hanging out. 		Oaks, Dallin H.


Additional articles:
"A Conversation with Single Adults" Hinckley, Gordon B.
"Belonging to a Ward Family" Hales, Robert D.
"Getting the Job Done Single-Handedly" Hyde, Robert C.
"Seeing beyond Category: Reflections on a Single Life" Underwood, Jan
"Single in a Family Church" Searle, Don L.
"The Marriage Decision" Kimball, Spencer W.
"To My Single Friends" Carmack, John K.
"To Single Adults" Hinckley, Gordon B.
"To the Single Adult Sisters of the Church" Benson, Ezra Taft
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