Spiritual Thoughts

May I counsel you that when you select causes to devote your time and talents and treasure to, be careful to select good causes. There are so many of these causes to which you can give yourself fully and freely and which will produce much joy and happiness for you and for those you serve. [...]

“Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but on what happens inside of you.” ~Harold B. Lee, Ensign, Feb. 1974

Submitted by: Barbara Jackson Thanks! If you want to be happy and make others happy too, nourish your attitude of gratitude. It will brighten your day because you will be focusing on the positive things in your life. And your brightness and appreciation will brighten the people around you and make you a good role model [...]

We all want to be on the right road. We all desire to move effectively down that highway of life with the least amount of detours and delays. We all have moments when we get slightly confused and need additional help in making correct choices. We are frequently at a crossroads where we must choose [...]

Some who have accepted the gospel by being baptized do not continue to enjoy the feast. Once we have come to the Lord’s table, let us not leave too early! Continuing to feast on the good things of the gospel means we will keep the commandments, attend our meetings, and contribute to the happiness of [...]

All through the scriptures the loftier expectation is expressed by the Lord and His apostles: Believe, repent, obey the ordinances, walk in the light of the Spirit, endure in faith—yes! But also, manifest your discipleship in civility, in gentility and tender compassion, in kindness and consideration, in patience and forbearance and refusal to condemn, in [...]

This was submitted by Bruce Hiatt.  Thanks Bruce. “It’s a fine, heartening thing, is cheerfulness; and do we value it as highly as it deserves? There’s a flavor about it, like hot buttered toast on a cold day, eaten round a fire while people crack jokes.”—Barton W. Currie.

This was submitted by Bruce Hiatt.  Thanks Bruce! Keep Smiling It’s easy for a man to smile, On life’s brief undulating mile, When things are right, and all the while Keep Smiling. But when the things we cherish go, And through our lives reverses flow, It’s hard to smile, but weal or woe, Keep Smiling. [...]

Does it frighten you to speak with your Heavenly Father? It shouldn’t. It’s true that he is powerful, more than any of us can even understand. But he also loves us—much more than we can ever know. He knows all about you, knows all of your secrets, all the things you are afraid of, and [...]

A life can never be happy that is focused inward. So if you are miserable now, forget your troubles. March right out your door, and find someone who needs you. You want happiness? Find ways to serve. Your happiness will be commensurate with the service you render. Just think how much that joy can grow [...]