The Dermody Family: I'm Speechless!

Journals/Blogs

President Kimball said, "People often use the excuse that their lives are uneventful and nobody would be interested in what they have done. But I promise you that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us—and as our posterity read of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted."

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows might go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Kahlil Gibran

Build Wisely

A HOME IS MUCH MORE THAN A HOUSE BUILT OF LUMBER, BRICK, OR STONE. A HOME IS MADE OF LOVE, SACRIFICE, AND RESPECT. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOMES WE BUILD. WE MUST BUILD WISELY, FOR ETERNITY IS NOT A SHORT VOYAGE. THERE WILL BE CALM AND WIND, SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW, JOY AND SORROW. BUT IF WE REALLY TRY, OUR HOME CAN BE A BIT OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH. THE THOUGHTS WE THINK, THE DEEDS WE DO, THE LIVES WE LIVE NOT ONLY INFLUENCE THE SUCCESS OF OUR EARTHLY JOURNEY, THEY ALSO MARK THE WAY TO OUR ETERNAL GOALS.

--THOMAS S.MONSON

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

I'm Speechless!

It is rare indeed when I feel inspired to post two times in one day. Today I watched a youtube video posted on a dear friend's facebook page that moved me to tears. (Thanks Jacque) I am not typically one who cries easily. I would love to offer some words of wisdom or an explanation about why I was so touched, but written words elude me. It is worth your time, and I know time is precious to us all, but watch the whole thing. It is amazing. (You will more than likely need to scroll down to the bottom of my page and turn the Christmas music off. )

3 comments:

Lisa said...: That was awesome!; December 3, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Lisa said...: Ha, ha! I came back just to watch it again... this video makes my day!! I love the little guy with the beard.; December 4, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Jenn said...: I keep coming back to watch it too...over and over again because I have nothing better to do! HEE HEE!; December 4, 2008 at 2:44 PM