Young children are often asked what they want to be when they grow up? Their answers are usually some vocation that they are acquainted with such as a fireman, a policeman or they may say they want to be what their father or mother does. I believe that most people end up doing what they…
Tag: Work
On The Word of Wisdom
There are many words of wisdom coming from wise men all over the world. Their wisdom is directed to many different subjects but most of them are generalized in respect to how a person should conduct their lives. I can honestly say that many of them have been a positive influence on my life. Hopefully…
On Rearing Children
Rearing or raising children is not an easy task for any couple let alone a single parent. My wife and I raised six healthy and caring children, not to say there were no problems. I rather doubt that any couple raising six children could say they did so without any problems or serious concerns. If…
On Filtering Life
There are many filters in life and if you ask certain tradesmen they would tell you that filters are life savers. Filters are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, and even in our places of work. Industry has to filter their smoke coming out of their chimneys. We filter everything that we can to preserve…
On Drifters or Driven People
We have but one life, but there are those who seemed to have lived several lives. They are the driven ones. Yes, there will be some but that’s true in every life, but the driven ones can only tolerate so much drifting. …
On Hard Things
My wife has been combining the brief histories of her pioneer families. They were brief but interesting histories she wanted to share with our children and their families. While doing so she read to me, how her grandfather had moved to Salt Lake prior to the ‘Great Depression’ in the mid 1920’s. He was fortunate…
On Repetition
Repetition is one of the most common methods of learning. We have all heard the admonition to keep saying it until you know it by heart or keep doing it until you can do it without thinking about it. As a young man I was a bricklayer by trade, when I first stood on the…
On Spiritual Obedience
Matthew Cowley, a member of the Twelve Apostles, found a picture of a workhorse while serving a mission in New Zealand in 1918. The picture so impressed him that it hung in his office until a week before he died. Before he died he gave the picture to Elder Glen L Rudd. The following poem,…
On Record Breakers
The New Orleans Saints Quarterback, Drew Brees, recently eclipsed the all-time passing record and his message for football fans was that everything begins with God. An emotional Brees surpassed hall-of-famer, Peyton Manning, and offered both thanks and advice after the Monday Night Football contest. The league stopped the game after Brees shattered the record while…
On One Day At A Time
People experiencing a tragic event in their family often get advice from friends and others, suggesting that things will get better, just take one day at a time. I was watching ‘CSI Miami’ the other night, and Horatio Caine (the star) said to a woman after experiencing a tragic event, “One day at a time…