"Imagine that your favorite hobby is stargazing and you've just joined a
stargazing club. You come to your first club activity eager to
participate. It's a cold night, but you're not concerned: most of the
club members are wearing club jackets, and you've been told you should
be able to get one as well. But there is no jacket for you. You ask
about it, and you are told to keep looking and that if you do your best,
you will find a jacket when the time is right.
"Meanwhile,
you are getting pretty cold and a little worried. And you notice that
most of the other club members are talking about how nice and warm their
jackets are. In fact, throughout the evening the topic surfaces
continually in various forms: how to wash and dry your jacket, how to
add extra pockets, how to mend it, and so forth. Some of the club
members notice you don't have a jacket. 'You really need a jacket for
these activities,' they tell you. 'Why don't you have one yet?'"
He apparently was referencing an Ensign article from June 2002 by Kathy Grant.
He apparently was referencing an Ensign article from June 2002 by Kathy Grant.
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To clarify this message was given on the 16th of September at a Regional Stake Conference for FAMILY and Student stakes. I think that's one of the reasons it was so impactful, is that I was only one of a small handful of single people in my stake center and everybody needed to here and get the perspective. Pretty awesome stuff. :)
ahhh thanks for the clarification. also, thanks for sharing it. it was bomb.
Yeah, I heard that talk and thought of you. :) Especially after all of our talks. Sorry I didn't get around to sharing it with you. Glad someone else did. Love you! And secretly racking my brain trying to remember who Tahoe guy is...
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