“I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed some one's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."~Marjorie Hinckley
marjorie hinckley, for anyone who isnt too familiar with the mormon church, is the wife of gordon b. hinckley who was our prophet until he passed away (was that just last year?). i love reading about her and her life. i hope to be like her someday.
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i love her, too. she's funny. i've got a book of her letters that i love. have you read anything else about/by her?
yeah i read glimpses and loved it so much i want to read it at least once a year to keep myself on track!!! :)
Gosh, thanks for making me cry and want to post that quote in my house! I know what you mean about needing stuff like this to keep yourself "on track." Love it!
beautiful quote. i love it.
thank you so much for the milk, eggs, and juice.
I love sister Hinckley! I'm lucky enough to share a birthday with her! I REALLY love that quote!Thanks for sharing it!
I hope for the same things! I just hope I manage to shower that day..
Thanks Steph. That was beautiful and just what I needed to read today. I think I will steal that from you and add it to my blog. Love you!
thank you for sharing. i need my library to grow in the spiritual sense, this makes me wanna read stuff she writes. i heart the hinckleys. great quote. perfect anthem to live by!
perfect perfect perfect ... i think that little quote can put life in perspective quite quickly.
i l-l-l-love that quite. definitely one to live by!
thanks for joining the photo club, i don't feel like such a loner now!
I love that quote!! It's so awesomely true eh!?
Thanks for the reminder of that quote!! I love it, it is so perfect. That IS how we should live this life.
It's funny how that quote goes against my natural inclinations... I feel like I should be able to do all the good things she says, AND keep my hair and clothes and children perfect. Sigh. I need to work on that. I love Sister Hinkely though. What a woman.
And what a lovely thing to think about while running! No matter how hard I try I only think about getting kidnapped and/or murdered and what I would do if someone was attacking me. I think that's part of living in this semi scary city.
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