Small Events And Choices Determine The Direction

It Is Almost Impossible For Children And Youth To Find Their Way Through The Seas Of Life Without The Guiding Light Of A Good Example.

My Dear Young Women, With All My Heart I Urge You Not To Look To Contemporary Culture For Your Role Models And Mentors. Please Look To Your Faithful Mothers For A Pattern To Follow. Model Yourselves After Them, Not After Celebrities Whose Standards Are Not The Lord's Standards And Whose Values May Not Reflect An Eternal Perspective. Look To Your Mother.

Sometimes We Need A Personal Crisis To Reinforce In Our Minds What We Really Value And Cherish. The Scriptures Are Filled With Examples Of People Facing Crises Before Learning How To Better Serve God And Others. Perhaps If You, Too, Search Your Hearts And Courageously Assess The Priorities In Your Life, You May Discover, As I Did, That You Need A Better Balance Among Your Priorities.

When It Comes Right Down To It, People Are Quite Similar. We May Come From Different Backgrounds, Cultures, And Economic Circumstances, And Our Attitudes And Perspectives May Vary. But In The Heart-where It Really Counts-we're A Lot Alike.

We Must Prepare Ourselves To Assist The Missionaries In Finding Those Of Our Heavenly Father's Children Who Will Embrace The Message Of The Restoration.