Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I like to read several inspirational things each day -- I subscribe to LDS Living, Meridian Magazine, and Latter Day Light Devotion, which come free to my e mail each day.  I also receive some blogs when their authors write one.  Today I want to put together some small parts which I have saved, thinking we all would enjoy reading them -- So here are a few various thoughts --  On June 2, 2014, I took this from Latter Day Light Devotion, which was an incident during "Zion's Camp" in Church history -- I find this very interesting! To subscribe to this newsletter   visit  www.latterdaylight.com 1834  - Zion's Camp ferried across the Illinois River. They had been threatened by their enemies, but there were no problems. They encamped on the bank of the river. They visited several of the ancient burial mounds built by the ancestors of the Native Americans in the area. On top of one mound, the brethren dug the "depth of about one foot, discovered the skeleton...

I believe I need to "Sharpen my Saw!" Remember Stephen R. Covey? I believe we have all read his books, and benefited so much. I remember one we had years ago which was called "Spiritual Roots of Human Relations." In it he recommends that we include in our planning, an important area on which we must focus which he calls “sharpening the saw.” A story exemplifies what it means to “sharpen the saw.” A man is feverishly sawing away at a tree with his hand saw. A friend walks by and asks the man working so hard on the tree why he doesn't stop for a little while and sharpen his saw so that he can cut the tree more easily. The man cutting the tree replies that he can't stop to sharpen the saw, he is too busy sawing. Have you ever felt like you are continually busy, yet you are not accomplishing anything important? There are things in life that we can do that, if we did them on a regular basis, would help us to sharpen our saw and in so doing, allow us to ...