The time is now

Tonight's quote from Elder Marvin J. Ashton is a repeat. I prayed incoherently during Nick & Don's argument. It escalated, as it frequently does. Then I read Elder Ashton's words & it was like an answer to that incoherent prayer, "We need to constantly remind ourselves eternity is in process now." This next quote is also a repeat,

"Remember, tomorrow is connected with today, and what we do with today determines the tomorrow."

--Marvin J. Ashton, "The Time Is Now", Ensign, May 1975, 85

Both quotes are from the same talk, "The Time is Now." I prayed that I know we can't have HIS spirit if we have contention in our home. Our home is very contentious. As President David O. McKay said, "No other success can compensate for failure in the home." I feel like we have failed.

The next quote is from President Monson.

"Noah had the unwavering faith to follow God's commandments. May we ever do likewise. May we remember that the wisdom of God ofttimes appears as foolishness to men; but the greatest lesson we can learn in mortality is that when God speaks and we obey, we will always be right."

--Thomas S. Monson, "They Marked the Path to Follow", Ensign, Oct 2007, 4–9

Live today

Carpe diem - although a synonym of this is take no thought of the morrow, this is not the meaning I thought of when reading today's quotes. One of them is a repeat, as they so often are anymore. It was from "The Power to Heal from Within" by Elder Merrill J. Bateman. 


The other one made me think of the subject of this entry, live today or carpe diem (seize the day).

"Remember, tomorrow is connected with today, and what we do with today determines the tomorrow."

--Marvin J. Ashton, "The Time Is Now", Ensign, May 1975, 85

It also reminded me of the third verse in Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken" which says:

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

History turns on small hinges

More quotes from readthescriptures.

"It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny."

--Thomas S. Monson, "Choose You This Day," Ensign, Nov. 2004, 67

And this one Nick needs to read this & internalize it.

"Very often in our anxiousness for the joys of the future we run away from the very things we are wanting and needing today. An appropriate examination of the passing moment will prove it leads to eternity. We need to constantly remind ourselves eternity is in process now."

--Marvin J. Ashton, "The Time Is Now", Ensign, May 1975, 85

 As if we could give it to him & he'd "get" it.