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For many years, I have collected and continue to collect quotes, thoughts, & stories. It gives me the opportunity to ponder, to meditate, and be inspired to greater heights. I have a passion for life, for my religion, for the goodness of life. Through all this, it has uplifted my soul, & made me stronger emotionally & spiritually.

I thought I would share with you, as well as my own random thoughts, testimony builders, a few funnies and so forth to also give you the same opportunity.

I do hope that you enjoy this blog... and feel free to comment ~ preferably positive thoughts, as this is what this blog is all about.

29 June 2009

TOTW - The Virtue of Kindness

"We are all children of our Heavenly Father. And we are here with the same purpose: to learn to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves (see Mark 12:30-31)."

(Joseph B. Wirthlin, "The Virtue of Kindness," Ensign, May 2005, 28)

23 June 2009

TOTW - The Great and Wonderful Love

"If you have any thoughts and feelings [of inadequacy and guilt], I invite you to become as a little child and feel again 'the great and wonderful love made manifest by the Father and the Son in the coming of the Redeemer into the world' (D&C 138:3). Childlike faith in the perfect love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will 'divide asunder' (Helaman 3:29) Satan's snares of inadequacy, imperfection, and guilt."

(Anthony D. Perkins, "The Great and Wonderful Love," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 77)

15 June 2009

TOTW - The Opportunity to Testify

"I trust [the Lord's] wonderful promises. . . .
"God our Heavenly Father knows us by name. Jesus Christ lives; He is the Messiah; He loves us. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real; it brings immortality to all and opens the door to eternal life."

(Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Opportunity to Testify," Ensign, November 2004, 76)

08 June 2009

TOTW - The Need for Greater Kindess

"Let us all recognize that each of us is a son or daughter of our Father in Heaven, who loves all of His children."

(Gordon B. Hinckley, "The Need for Greater Kindness," Ensign, May 2006, 58)

01 June 2009

The Great Plan of Happiness

"To be without God in the world--in other words, to refuse to live His gospel and therefore lack the companionship of the Spirit--is to be in a state contrary to the nature of happiness. The gospel of Jesus Christ is, in fact, the--note that this is singular, meaning it is the only--'great plan of happiness' (Alma 42:8). If you opt for any other way of life or try to live only the parts of the gospel that seem convenient, such a choice will cheat you of the full, resplendent joy and happiness for which you were designed by our loving Father in Heaven and His Son."

(Marcus B. Nash, "The Great Plan of Happiness," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 49)