8.21.2009

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today sean and i attended a funeral for a woman in his old ward. she was a 50-something wife, and mother of 9. there is nothing like a funeral to get you thinking about your own life. i hope if i died today that people would have such wonderful things to say about me! one of her children quoted some beautiful words from this article by president monson. i love them, and i hope to make a better effort to live them.

"How fragile life, how certain death. We do not know when we will be required to leave this mortal existence. And so I ask, “What are we doing with today?” If we live only for tomorrow, we’ll eventually have a lot of empty yesterdays. Have we been guilty of declaring, “I’ve been thinking about making some course corrections in my life. I plan to take the first step—tomorrow”? With such thinking, tomorrow is forever. Such tomorrows rarely come unless we do something about them today.

Let us ask ourselves the questions: “Have I done any good in the world today? Have I helped anyone in need?” What a formula for happiness! What a prescription for contentment, for inner peace—to have inspired gratitude in another human being.

Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved."

5 comments:

Gina said...

i would have you know, i would say really good things about you if you died tomorrow. but if we're talking about next week or the week thereafter, theres no telling...that's just too far in advance. just kidding! ;) i'm pretty positive your funeral would put others to shame. but who would SING?

Sean said...

Not a big fan of this conversation at all.

Adrienne said...

well I think you're sweet and pretty and wish I would have known you better in school.

Shawnee said...

Hey, I went to PT school with her (the woman who died) daughter, Melissa. It seemed so sad and sudden, but I have no doubt it was a beautiful funeral. And, yes, there would be plenty of good things said about you but let's save that for a LONG time down the road.

Malerie said...

we knew her too.
sad day. bless their family!