Revived.

"My mind is absorbed with the suffering of man. It besets me before and behind a very one sided view but I can hardly see anything else and all that the poets sing of the glories of this world seem to me untrue. All the people I see are eaten up with care or poverty or disease."

"Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself this misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food nor impart of him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just- 

"But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he hath done he perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of God.

"For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have...?"

These two passages have had great significance in my life. They've shaped my thoughts and behavior, and now this blog. Here's to regurgitating the thoughts that occupy my day.

And now from Elder Oaks (replacing the personal pronouns of course),

"I have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up, and the truth to defend. I have wrongs to make right, truths to share, and good to do. In short, I have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. I can’t quit and I can’t go back. "