Some more rambling notes on Joseph Smith and how he's influenced me

Due to recent events and conversations, some described here, I found myself thinking about how exactly mormonism and Joseph Smith influenced my life. Because there was another surge of interest in the article I wrote about it two years ago (which is still my most widely read, and most commented piece on this whole blog, which is funny to me), I read it again after a long, long time, and while I still agree with myself from back then, it was also about midway through my active interest and engage...