habit or impulse

“Old persons are creatures of habit. Almost everything is impulse with a little child, and nothing can be called habit; almost everything is habit in… old age, and there is very little that can be called impulse. As character to be used for eternity must be formed in...

higher pursuits

“A life devoted to trifles, not only takes away the inclination, but the capacity for higher pursuits.” ~Hannah More When we think it’s time to change because life has become mundane, the same old thing, day after day, it might be useful to consider the habits we have...

infinite debt

“The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe How sacred a thing marriage is! Johann’s statement teaches in a few words how...

the path

“We read in Proverbs the admonition, “Ponder the path of thy feet.”(Proverbs 4:26) As we do, we will have the faith, even the desire, to walk the path which Jesus walked. We will have no doubt that we are on the path which our Father would have us follow. The Savior’s...

storms

“The storms will still beat at our doors from time to time, for they are an inescapable part of our existence in mortality. We, however, will be far better equipped to deal with them, to learn from them, and to overcome them if we have the gospel at our core and the...

happy chaos

“… God will not act to make us something we do not choose by our actions to become. Truly he loves us, and because He loves us, He neither compels nor abandons us. Rather He helps and guides us. Indeed, the real manifestation of God’s love is His commandments. ~ Elder...

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