Thoughts and stories, by Pal

 This really made me think!  Everywhere we go we see this ----   ! Are We Guilty of Latter-day Idolatry? By  H. Wallace Goddard  · February 6, 2023 In his stirring message,  The False Gods We Worship , President Spencer W. Kimball suggested that many of us Latter-day Saints are guilty of idolatry. Idolatry! That seems like a harsh indictment for such an earnest people who do so many good things. Yet he challenged us: In spite of our delight in defining ourselves as modern, and our tendency to think we possess a sophistication that no people in the past ever had—in spite of these things, we are, on the whole, an idolatrous people—a condition most repugnant to the Lord. Idolatry is the worship of someone or something other than God as though it were God. Satan is clever. He knows that we are unlikely to place a golden calf in our living room and convene the family for prayer around it. We know better than that. So, he uses a more cunning method to push u...

Today, in considering what I'd like to write about, I found this paper I had written on October 4, 2011, two days before I turned 77.  I believe I wrote it for my grandchildren.                                 About Life:    'IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND WE'LL DEAL WITH IT!' Money isn't the most important thing in life -- people are .  Use money for wise things.  Live within the money you have and save for emergencies. Thank people who have helped you.  Be appreciative and grateful for parents, family, friends. Spend time with your family whenever you can, as those days will be gone soon.  Remember family birthdays, Father's and Mother's day, etc.  -- Call or visit, write, also grandparents -- and friends.  If they forget your birthday, etc., call them -- don't brood over it, feeling sorry and resentful. Don't hold grudges -- and when a person has truly chan...