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  A nice change, after all the political stuff!  Let's get back to basics! How Well Do You Listen — REALLY Listen? By  Rodger Dean Duncan  · November 4, 2020 To read more from Rodger, visit  HIS BLOG . No one on his deathbed ever said “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.” Don’t get me wrong. Work is a wonderful thing. It can be very fulfilling and can provide meaningful service to others. But personal relationships are the most important things in our lives. It’s through relationships with others that we learn about ourselves, about how to make choices, how to self-correct, how to grow and develop, how to contribute to the human community, how to turn dreams into reality. And listening is the most important  behavior in those relationships.  Really  listening. This requires using your eyes and your heart as well as your ears. Effective people listen to learn and understand rather than to rebut and overpower. They exercise influence rather t...

We had a neighborhood Family Home Evening last night.  Our friend who was the teacher talked about thankfulness, and had great questions for each of us to answer.  These beautiful thoughts will help you realize again how blessed we are!  The picture below was taken at our Golden Wedding, in September 2005.  We've added quite a few new family members since then!  These in the picture, and all the new ones are what I am most grateful for! Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL November 19, 2018 Source of All Our Blessings SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 78:18-19 "And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.  And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea...

Yesterday I watched and listened to the funeral of  Pres. Thomas S. Monson.   It was truly inspiring! January 12, 2018 Follow the Prophet Visit our new website:  www.Latterdaylight.com SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 21:5-6 "For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith. For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory ." QUOTE OF THE DAY Heber J. Grant "The prophets of God, from Joseph Smith to the present day, have guided us and they have guided us aright, when we have listened to that guidance. The mistakes which have been made have been because of our failure to listen to the prophet whose right it is to guide the people of God. . . . "I kn...