What happened to the drive? What happened to the desire? Where are all the people out there working to make a better world for their children, not just making a house payment for their children?
Some of us are here (but we can’t hire you because you’d have to move to Seattle and Mom would kill me.)
Interestingly enough, part of our priesthood lesson on self-reliance yesterday dealt with this very topic. Consider the man who visited a stone quarry and asked three stone cutters what they were doing. “Cutting stone,” said the first one. “Earning a living for my family,” said the second. “Helping to build a glorious cathedral,” said the third. What a great difference in attitude between the three– even though all three of them are right and correct, only one has looked beyond his to-do list to see the greater purpose in his daily labor. I’m not exactly building a cathedral, but I can help build up my family, my community, and my country by doing good work and trying to live what I believe in instead of just coasting through the day checking off items on my (regrettably long) to-do list.
Now, back to work.
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