So much of the natural world teaches us spiritual truths. In His grand design, God is teaching us of the eternities by the every day experiences we have. Light, for instance, is necessary for life. All life depends on and therefore is created to seek after light. Plants will grow toward light and develop the …
I love lessons from nature, taught without words, yet so relatable and powerful. When I come across a windswept tree that is standing firm against the onslaught, I want to cheer it on: “Hang in there, tree friend! You’ve got this!” A tree can withstand enormous forces pressing against it largely because of what is …
I love to read. A lot. Reaching the end of a great book is always bittersweet. It is wonderful to reach the resolution and the place where everything comes together (books that don’t reach that point are terribly frustrating!) But there is a poignancy in reaching the conclusion as well. Sometimes we just don’t want …
We forget a lot. We forget what we had for breakfast last week, what we came into the room for, what happened on June 12 when we were five or twenty-five. Sometimes that is a good thing-we might otherwise be overwhelmed with too much information in our limited capacity. But sometimes, remembering is vital for …
As human beings we seem to be made to want happiness. Joseph Smith taught that ‘happiness is the object and design of our existence’ so it must be divinely intended as a pursuit of our lives. Mostly, however, we tend to seek for it badly, or at least in ways that fail to satisfy our …
