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This article was very interesting to me!  I hope you like it, from Meridian Magazine. Are There Better Things You Could Be Doing? By Lynne Perry Christofferson  · June 19, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE This article is an excerpt from the author’s book “ Sisters, Arise! “. I’m remembering a summer from my childhood. Each morning, after completing our house and yard chores, my brothers and I played out in the sunshine, enjoying our vacation from school. My mother spent her hours tackling housework and laundry, fulfilling her church assignments, typing dissertations for university students, and feeding her hungry children…But at noon each weekday Mom escaped to the basement—where it was nice and cool—and munched on her sandwich while watching  General Hospital  and  One Life to Live. I often joined Mom in front of our little black and white TV set.  At first I paid little attention to...

This is how I hope to live my life -- In CRESCENDO! What We Can Learn from Church Leaders About Growing Older, "Living Life in Crescendo" by LDS Living  | Aug. 24, 2018 Makes You Think On December 19, 2008, Steven R. Covey wrote in a blog post, “I am now 76 years old and could easily retire. But I’m not retired and I don’t plan to retire. I don’t believe in retirement. Why, people ask me? Simply, I have a life motto. It is: Live life in crescendo.”  This week, my friend Randal Wright gave 11 talks at BYU Education Week 2018. I first met Wright as an EFY counselor in Illinois in 2011 and he has remained a mentor and friend, so I was intrigued to see that he would be teaching 11 classes over the course of Education Week with the same title “Living Life in Crescendo.” I wasn’t familiar with the Steven R. Covey quote beforehand, so when I sat down with Wright on Wednesday afternoon, I asked what inspired this theme. After making it c...

I was invited to join a group called 40 Days and 40 nights General Conference Challenge.  It is to watch (or read) one General Conference talk for the next 40 days.  I have already listened to Elder Uchdorf's talk, which opened the Conference on Saturday morning.  It is always more impressive when we listen for the 2nd or 3rd time.  This link below sends you to the site where you can watch him giving the talk.  He emphasizes words which make it more meaningful!.  If you want to take that challenge I will try to post each link each day for the next 40 days.  During that time I will be traveling some, and also have a foot operation, so I hope I can keep it up! https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/a-yearning-for-home? lang=eng You'll have to copy and paste that link, but it is just so wonderful! Along with this link above, I included a delightful thing I found on Facebook: 90-Year-Old Czech Grandma Turns Small Village Into Her Ar...

Some Good thoughts for the Day! You can see the goodness and kindness in my mother Ruth Allen Miles' face, can't you? August 14, 2017 Things That We Can Do SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 123:17 "Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." QUOTE OF THE DAY Lorenzo Snow "There are many important things required at our hands, and many things which we can do, when assisted by the Spirit of the Lord, which may at times seem almost impossible to accomplish" ( Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow , p. 77). August 4, 2017 Spirit of the Lord SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 39:6 "And this is my gospel---repentance and baptism by water, and then cometh the baptism of fire ...