Slow Dance – Enjoy Life!

“Slow Dance” By David L. Weatherford (Accessible online here: http://www.davidlweatherford.com/slowdance.html) Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round, or listened to rain slapping the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight, or gazed at the sun fading into the night? You better slow down, don’t dance so fast, time is short, the music won’t last. [...]

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Priesthood Power Poem

A hurricane gains impact, comes on with mighty force, Wreaking mass destruction, along its chosen course. The waters of a mighty flood will make men run in fear, As does the black tornado, when its funneled wrath appears. Earthquakes cause much damage, arising from its berth, And man claims nuclear weapons can eradicate the earth. [...]

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Don’t Quit

Don’t Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,  When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit… [...]

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Our Influence

“We can’t do everything for everyone everywhere, but we can do something for someone somewhere.”  Richard L. Evans We can often get bogged down by all that is required of us.  Some of the greatest advice I got from my mom is to get on your knees first thing in the morning.  Figure out what [...]

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A Time to Talk

A Time to Talk by Robert Lee Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, ‘What is it?’ No, not as there is a time [...]

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A Heart For Children

A Heart For Children One hundred years from now It will not matter What kind of car I drove, What kind of house I lived in, How much I had in my bank Nor what my clothes looked like. One hundred years from now It will not matter What kind of school I attended, What [...]

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God’s Wheel

Taken from Famous Poets and Poems by Shel Silverstein GOD’S WHEEL GOD says to me with a kind  of smile, “Hey how would you like  to be God awhile And steer the world?” “Okay,” says I, “I’ll give it a try. Where do I set? How much do I get? What time is lunch? When can [...]

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Passing Through

Taken from “The Poet’s Corner” by Gloria Sarasin from Trinity, North Carolina PASSING THROUGH So many times I think of death And see how many fear, But for me it’s just a journey With heaven drawing near. When I close my eyes at night And in my sleep, time passes by; I think of death [...]

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Hand in Hand

Paul Skousen, “Hand in Hand,” Ensign, Mar 2009, 13 No more computer work for me. The second job is put away, and that tired look from her tells it all. A turned head says, “Let’s go.” I take my wife by the hand, step quietly to the door, and disappear down the front steps into [...]

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