Learn Spiritual Thi

We do not learn spiritual things in exactly the same way we learn other things that we know, even though such things as reading, listening, and pondering may be used.  I have learned that it requires a special attitude both to teach and to learn spiritual things.

       Elder Boyd K. Packer

       The Ensign

       January 1983, page 51

Two Days

There are two days in the week about which we should not worry.  Two days which should be kept free of fear and apprehension.  One of these is yesterday with its mistakes and cares, its aches and pains. Yesterday is passed forever,  beyond  our reach.   All  the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday.  We cannot erase a single act we performed nor a single word we said.  Yesterday is passed forever beyond our control.  The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow with its possible burdons, its large promise, and its poor performance.  Tomorrow is beyond our immediate control.  Tomorrow's sun will rise in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.  Until it does we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

That leaves only today.  Anyone can fightlife's battles just for one day.  It is only when we face the burdens of those other two days that we falter.  It is not today's experience that drives men mad.  It is the remorse and bitterness for something which happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.  So live just one day at a time if you wish to be happy.

       Becky Brown Gibb

       A Faithful Generation

       page 85

Motivation to Live

Recent research in the field of medicine has shown that a specific perception of significance, uniqueness, and being needed on a job or by a family has a significant effect in reducing the risk to cancer, strokes, heart attack, hypertension, and other diseases. This perception also increases the probability of recovering.  So even at the most basic level of our resistance to illness and disease and our motivation to live comes the direct need to believe that we play a contributing role in the lives of people who matter to us.

       H. Stephen Glenn with Jane Nelsen

       Raising Children For Success

       Page 89

Immediate Sensual Gratification

The greatest single cause of what's ailing America, in my opinion, is the "irresponsible obsession with immediate sensual gratification."

       Denis Waitley

       Seeds of Greatness

       page 83

High School Football

I became somewhat excited at my son's high school football games.  One night, when he made a particularly good tackle, I punched the person next to me and loudly proclaimed, "that's my son who made that tackle."

"I know," she replied quietly, "He's my son too."

       Lyle Clark (Indianapolis, Ind.)

       Laughter, The Best Medicine

       Page 75