Here's a favorite quote from Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin. Skyler and I are trying to really embrace this attitude even though we are living in a bit of a transition state right now. It is a great reminder for everyone.
"We have so much to smile about, be happy about, yes even to laugh about. So many of us are always waiting to be happy. 'If only I could graduate, if only I could afford a car, if only I could get married...' For too many, happiness is just over the horizon, never reachable. Every time we climb one hill, happiness beckons just beyond the next. It is a terrible thing always to be waiting for tomorrow, always depending on tomorrow, always excusing our todays because we are sure that only in the future will we possess the things that will fulfill us."
"Don't wait for tomorrow. Don't wait for the right job, the right house, the right salary, the right dress size. Be happy today. Be happy now. Abraham Lincoln said, 'Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.' Make up your mind to be happy -even when you don't have money, even when you don't have a clear complexion, even when you don't have the Nobel Prize. Some of the happiest people I know have none of these things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy. Why are they happy? I suppose it is because they don't listen very well, or they listen too well - to the things their hearts tell them. They glory in the beauty of the earth. They glory in the rivers and the canyons and the call of the meadowlark. They glory in the love of their families, he stumbling steps of a toddler, the wise and tender smile of the elderly. They glory in honest labor. They glory in the scriptures. They glory in the presence of the Holy Ghost. One thing I know for certain: the time we have here goes by far too quickly. Don't waste any more time sitting on the bench watching life pass you by."
(-"Lessons Learned in the Journey of Life" 7 Nov 1999)
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