First thing this morning my brother Jimmy sent me and my other brother (not Darryl) John a paragraph from a talk our father gave at a BYU Devotional the year after he retired. It moved me because I saw him in these words. I share it with you here.
"A friend shared with me this anonymous but profound creed that says it well. I quote:
Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say why some fields blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. Care for those around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams are no less than yours, their choices in life no more easily made. And give. Give in any way you can, of whatever you possess. To give is to love. To withhold is to wither. Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared, and your life will having meaning and your heart will have peace."
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2 comments:
Love this! Thank you for sharing.
So many good statements. "We are all children of chance...." "Their dreams are no less than yours...." "To withhold is to wither...."
He could have written this; he lived it.
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