Things I am still pondering...

I was cleaning out the paperwork that has been threatening to break the binding of my journal when I found these quotes. They are very worn and ragged from years of transfers between journals. I thought it would be good to put them in a format that would preserve them a little better and allow others to enjoy them also.

'Sometimes the best people have the worst experiences because they are the most ready to learn' ~Elder Neal A. Maxwell

'I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and the willingness to remain vulnerable.' ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

'A lot of misery could be traced to this one mistaken notion [that] we need to be perfect for people to love us and we forfeit that love if we ever fall short of perfection. There are few emotions more capable of leaving us feeling bad about ourselves than the conviction that we don't deserve to be loved, and few ways more certain to generate that conviction than the idea that every time we do something wrong, we give God and the people closest to us reasons not to love us.' ~Rabbi Kushner

'The Lord can do remarkable miracles with a person of ordinary ability who is humble, faithful, and diligent in serving the Lord and seeks to improve himself. This is becasue God is the ultimate source of power.' ~Pres. Faust