A Musing Mother 6

SALT LAKE CITY — I have been asked to re-post some advice I gave to graduates several years ago. Apparently in the three years since that article came out on KSL.com I have been deemed old and wise – I am just guessing at the order. Thanks for remembering, and here it is: Good things to know when handed a diploma Commencements are fresh in the air like lilacs in the garden or aerosol spray cologne in a high school boys locker room. High school convocations statewide are spewing forth youngsters who are ready to start taking on the world and stop taking out the garbage. I see all these young-lings after school — looking tall, impossibly thin, and a little naive — and I wish to offer them some heartfelt advice. I do this out of concern because I don’t want The Hope of the World to take as long as I did to come up with a few of life’s basics. Keep your teeth clean. You will want them later. Tanning is nice in moderation. However, burn yourself now and your skin will look like a pita p...

Writing about my musings the past couple of weeks takes too much out of me. The thoughts are still clawing to be expressed so I found a segue via my book blog when I reviewed the following book. I posted it on my book blog but I'm including it here, too. Just wanted to keep you somewhat in the status of what's happened since my last post. One Drop at a Time by M. Russell Ballard Book Description:  Do you sometimes wonder if your little efforts could possibly make any difference at all? Consider a simple example from nature. Honey is “one of the foods that includes all the substances— enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water—necessary to sustain life,” writes Elder M. Russell Ballard. And yet, “Over its short lifetime of just a few weeks to four months, a single honeybee’s contribution of honey to its hive is a mere one-twelfth of one teaspoon. Though seemingly insignificant when compared to the total, each bee’s one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey is vital to the life of the hive...