And it works. I do reread these thoughts frequently throughout the day. It's not that I do that many dishes, but between washing my hands and doing dishes and filling the water filter and wetting a paper towel to wash baby's hands, I seem to get a lot of chances to read a little snippet of inspiration every day.
So, I've been sitting down once a week to compile the list of quotes or thoughts. Sometimes I keep some of the previous weeks thoughts and add a couple of new ones. Sometimes I start over from a blank page because I have something new I want to focus on for the new week. And if I'm sitting down to compile it and print it out, why not just post it here, too?
Here is this week's page. Some are things I need to learn about work, from a lesson a couple of weeks ago. Some have to do with Courageous Parenting, the topic of a lesson I gave. Others have been on the list a long time as I constantly need reminders of them. If you want to read more on any of these, the link at the end of each quote will take you to the source.
Let us do whatever is required to qualify for the Holy Ghost as our companion, and then let us go forward fearlessly so that we will be given the powers to do whatever the Lord calls us to do.
By work we sustain and enrich life. It enables us to survive the disappointments and tragedies of the mortal experience. Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.
Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. Give priesthood blessings. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man.
You are creatures of divinity; you are daughters of the Almighty. Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future, if you will take control of it. Do not let your lives drift in a fruitless and worthless manner. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart.
I know we like to be appreciated but if we do not get all the appreciation which we think is our due, what matters? We know the Lord has laid high responsibility upon us, and there is not a wish or desire that the Lord has implanted in our hearts in righteousness but will be realized, and the greatest good we can do to ourselves and each other is to refine and cultivate ourselves in everything that is good and ennobling to qualify us for those responsibilities.
