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"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” --Aphonse Karr In today’s world, where there is so much conflict, it is easy to become jaded and disheartened.  Anxiety and worries about the future can...

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Holy Bible, Luke 12:27) Life is full of many difficulties and pitfalls. The day-to-day...

Recently, I was visiting with one of my children. We were talking about their great-grandparents and some of the trials that they had faced. As we visited, I thought of the saying, "How do you know where you're going unless you know where...

The Thanksgiving holiday holds wonderful memories for me. As a child, my family would take a four-hour drive to celebrate the holiday with my grandparents. My Japanese grandmother was a very traditional first generation American. For Thanksgiving,...

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. (Matthew 10:39) On Sept 15, President Russell M. Nelson, the current prophet and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spoke to 49,089...

As a young child, my father would put me on the counter and instruct me to jump to him. He would immediately catch me and then he would place me slightly higher and have me do the same thing. As I got older, I would ask, "Are you sure you will...

In April 2016, Elder Paul V. Johnson, a church leader, shared the following personal experience, “Nearly one year ago, our daughter Alisa died. She had struggled with cancer for almost eight years, with several surgeries, many different...

Recently, I attended a memorial for my grandmother, Masae Sakuma Nishimoto (1914-2017). I was overwhelmed by how thankful I felt to her and my grandfather for the life they created for their children and grandchildren. My grandmother’s life was not...

With so many challenges in the world, the separation between wrong and right seems to be blurring. Drug and alcohol abuse; the loss of civil discourse; hatred and animosity; selfishness and depravity – it seems this is becoming the way things are, t...

“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:9). In the Bible, there is a story about the apostle Peter. It was in the fourth watch of the night,...

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” The saying has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin. All of us plan for many things in our lives. We plan to get an education; we plan to raise a family; we plan for retirement. All these things ar...