I remember as a young boy watching my mother kneading dough to make bread. It looked like it was hard work as she would push the dough into the table and then squeeze it together then roll it out and turn it over and do the same thing over and over. When she finally got…
Tag: Love
On The Law Of Others
We have been instructed by the Savior to “Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect”—an admonition that was an objective, one not meant for this life, but rather, it was an eternal objective for each of us. The Father’s perfection, justice and power are all directed toward assisting His children to…
On Spending A Little Time
I sometimes think to myself that I haven’t spent much time with one of my children. I need to call him/her and take them to dinner or do something with them. I say children but the youngest is 45 and the oldest of the six would have been sixty years old this year. He passed…
On Pets
My adult daughter called her mother the other day, tearful and emotional, to tell her that her family dog, Taz, had passed away. Later that day I was with my wife and she told me of the sad event. Taz had not been feeling well for several days and that night they had put him…
On Being A Guide
I enjoyed reading the following story several years ago. It was written in the first person so I assumed the author was writing about his own neighbor’s animals. “Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you…
On Gifts That Cannot Be Bought
I remember bringing a gift of flowers home to my wife on our first anniversary, and she was pleased but advised me that we shouldn’t spend our money on things that are nice but unnecessary. We were struggling financially while I attended the university. Later, when we could afford it, she was still too practical…
On Mating
Boyd K. Packer stated in a talk years ago titled “The Plan of Happiness,” ideally, mating begins with romance. Though customs may vary, it flourishes with all the storybook feelings of excitement and anticipation, even sometimes rejection. There are moonlight and roses, love letters, love songs, poetry, the holding of hands, and other expressions of…
On The Personal Fruits of Our Labors
There are times in our lives when we wonder if anything that we have done or accomplished in this life has had any positive effect in the lives of others, especially those of our own family. My wife and I have been most fortunate to have loving children who have often expressed their love and…
On The Soulmate Myth?
There are those who generally believe that there is one, and only one, right person to marry—their ‘soulmate.’ Helen Hayes made an important observation when she said; “The story of love is not important—what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.” My…
On Creeds of God And Men
There are many creeds and/or codes of conduct that men try to live by. The God of the Old Testament was the great Jehovah or “I Am.” He it was who commanded Moses from the burning bush. He was also the “Word” as described by John, He, it was who under the direction of the…