![]() In our day it is easy to merely pretend to spend time with others. He gave them the precious gift of His time. He knew the infinite value of the people He met. When He interacted with those around Him, they felt important and loved. Instead I see the compassionate and caring Son of God purposefully living each day. I have tried to imagine Him bustling between meetings or multitasking to get a list of urgent things accomplished. I think of our Lord and Exemplar, Jesus Christ, and His short life among the people of Galilee and Jerusalem. Isn’t it true that we often get so busy? And, sad to say, we even wear our busyness as a badge of honor, as though being busy, by itself, was an accomplishment or sign of a superior life. They missed developing a deep connection with those who meant the most to them. Men in particular sang this universal lament: they “deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of … work.” 3 Many had lost out on choice memories that come from spending time with family and friends. Perhaps the most universal regret dying patients expressed was that they wished they had spent more time with the people they love. I Wish I Had Spent More Time with the People I Love These divine principles and values are straightforward and clear they are beautiful, profound, and powerful and they can definitely help us to avoid future regrets. ![]() ![]() We have studied them in the scriptures, we have discussed them in Sunday School, and we have heard them from the pulpit many times. There is nothing mysterious about the principles of the gospel. They reflected about what they would change if only they could turn back the clock.Īs I considered what they had said, it struck me how the foundational principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ can affect our life’s direction for good, if only we will apply them. So when these people were asked about their regrets, they opened their hearts. ![]() 2īeing so close to that final day of mortality often gives clarity to thought and provides insight and perspective. “Do you have any regrets?” she would ask. But we also remember the regrets-the things we wish we could go back and change.Ī nurse who cares for the terminally ill says that she has often asked a simple question of her patients as they prepared to depart this life. In the process, we remember many sweet moments that give warmth to our souls and joy to our hearts. And we begin to think about the choices we made and the things we have done. We wonder how the years could have passed so quickly. However, the older we get, the more we tend to look back and marvel at how short that road really is. We think there is a limitless supply of sunrises waiting just beyond the horizon, and the future looks to us like an unbroken road stretching endlessly before us. When we are young, it seems that we will live forever. Our spirits “are taken home to that God who gave life.” 1 We lay our bodies down and leave behind the things of this world as we move to the next realm of our existence. We have a number of precious years which, in the eternal perspective, barely amount to the blink of an eye.Īnd then we depart. I hope this does not come as a surprise to anyone. My dear brothers and sisters, my dear friends! We are all mortal. Because of them, I’m sure great blessings will come to us and to many future generations. Thank you for the inspired and historic announcement on the building of new temples and missionary service.
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