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It Sometimes Seems That We Live As If We Wonder When Life Is Going To Begin. It Isn't Always Clear Just What We Are Waiting For, But Some Of Us Sometimes Persist In Waiting So Long That Life Slips By - Finding Us Still Waiting For Something That Has Been Going On All The Time. . . . This Is The Life In Which The Work Of This Life Is To Be Done. Today Is As Much A Part Of Eternity As Any Day A Thousand Years Ago Or As Will Be Any Day A Thousand Years Hence. This Is It, Whether We Are Thrilled Or Disappointed, Busy Or Bored! This Is Life, And It Is Passing.

Parents Sometimes Simply Don't Have Enough Hands And Time And Attention To Do All That Is Urgent. But In All Things There Is A Priority Of Importance....and One Of Our Urgent Opportunities Is To Respond To A Child When He Earnestly Asks, Remembering That They Don't Always Ask, That They Aren't Always Teachable, That They Won't Always Listen.

But Fortunately For Us And For All Men, It Has Not Been Given Unto Us To Judge, Nor To Execute, Nor To Measure Out The Days And The Years Of Men. We May Be Most Grateful That Such Matters Belong To The Lord God Our Father, Who Sees Things Past And Things To Come. And, We May Be Grateful For The Assurance That There Is Plan And Purpose In This World, And In Our Own Lives.

It Is Possible For Two People Who Have Wide Differences Of Preference And Opinion, Of Habits, Of Teaching, Of Training, Of Background And Belief To Enjoy The Company Of Each Other In Many Ways. Indeed, A Diversity Of Friendships Is One Of Life's Real Enrichments. To Learn Of The Goodness Of Those Who Are Unlike-their Worth, Their Sincerity, Their Good Hearts, Their Good Minds, Their Good Company-is Rich And Rewarding. It Is Wonderful To Have A Wide Range Of Choice Friends Who Can Be Counted On, Friends Who Can Be Enjoyed And Loved And Trusted. Such Is The Meaning Of Friendship.

Indeed, The Greatest Blessing That Can Follow The Death Of Those We Love Is Reconciliation. Without It There Is No Peace. But With It Come Quiet Thoughts And Quickened Memories. And What Else Shall A Man Do Except Become Reconciled? What Purpose Does He Serve By Fighting What He Cannot Touch Or By Brooding Upon What He Cannot Change?