"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?" ~Stephen Levine
"When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone." ~Robert Brault
"No road is long with good company." ~Turkish Proverb
There is a wonderful, enabling power in "living with clarity," in knowing our priorities and guiding each day accordingly. Consider:
IF we believe the most precious blessings in our lives to be the people which enrich each day (be they spouse, child, parent, sibling, friend)...
IF we seek to be good stewards over these precious gifts of the present, the better to prepare for the eternal relationships with which God desires to entrust us (Matthew 25:21)...
IF we desire to "schedule our priorities" rather than "prioritize our schedules" (Steven Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)...
IF we champion fidelity to the beautiful joys of real, interpersonal, committed relationships with our fellow children of God in deed as well as in word...
THEN regarding each of those marvelous, multimedia, multitasking, technological tools that increasingly impact our daily lives, perhaps we should ask ourselves one simple question:
Does this strengthen or weaken my most important relationships?
Technology can be both enabling and distracting, and the different options are seemingly endless! Email, smart phones, downloadable movies, computer games, online social networking...
Whatever it may be, does it strengthen or weaken our most important relationships?
When we don't live each day in line with our priorities, we may feel as though "we see through a glass, darkly," (1 Corinthians 13:12) but the Lord is able to open our eyes and enlighten our understanding (D&C 76:12).
May each of us experience the light and happiness that comes from living with clarity.
"When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone." ~Robert Brault
"No road is long with good company." ~Turkish Proverb
There is a wonderful, enabling power in "living with clarity," in knowing our priorities and guiding each day accordingly. Consider:
IF we believe the most precious blessings in our lives to be the people which enrich each day (be they spouse, child, parent, sibling, friend)...
IF we seek to be good stewards over these precious gifts of the present, the better to prepare for the eternal relationships with which God desires to entrust us (Matthew 25:21)...
IF we desire to "schedule our priorities" rather than "prioritize our schedules" (Steven Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)...
IF we champion fidelity to the beautiful joys of real, interpersonal, committed relationships with our fellow children of God in deed as well as in word...
THEN regarding each of those marvelous, multimedia, multitasking, technological tools that increasingly impact our daily lives, perhaps we should ask ourselves one simple question:
Does this strengthen or weaken my most important relationships?
Technology can be both enabling and distracting, and the different options are seemingly endless! Email, smart phones, downloadable movies, computer games, online social networking...
Whatever it may be, does it strengthen or weaken our most important relationships?
When we don't live each day in line with our priorities, we may feel as though "we see through a glass, darkly," (1 Corinthians 13:12) but the Lord is able to open our eyes and enlighten our understanding (D&C 76:12).
May each of us experience the light and happiness that comes from living with clarity.
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