by Kelly P. Merrill | Mar 23, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
When I think of our need to help hasten the work of salvation, I don’t automatically think of being grateful. I don’t think of joy. Instead, I think of missionary work. I think of temple work. As unlikely as it may seem, gratitude and joy are necessary components to...
by Valerie Steimle | Mar 21, 2015 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior, Finding Happiness, Home and Family, Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Patience is a virtue. I had to repeat that phrase to myself many times this past week. Challenges come in many ways to families. A difficult child, physical limitations, financial struggles, mental illness, and other assorted trials in the form of learning how to deal...
by Tudie Rose | Mar 6, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one’s own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members...
by Roberta Hess Park | Feb 4, 2015 | Roberta Hess Park--Coping With the Hard Life
Who really beats us up? Us! Nobody can beat us up better than ourselves! We have the inside scoop on how we think and this helps us to justify what we do. Over the years we have listened carefully to what others have told said about us; much of what we say to each...
by Tudie Rose | Nov 14, 2014 | Tudie Rose--Marriage
This week is National Pursuit of Happiness Week. (Don’t worry, I didn’t know that either.) For me, the pursuit of happiness is marriage and family. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with...
