We had a good set of meetings with Elder Bruce Porter from the Seventies presiding. The theme seemed to be to slow down and take stock of your life. Here are some thoughts from his wife Susan:
"We learn in Eccles. 9 that the race goes not to the swift but to the faithful. It has nothing to do with our speed but with our desires." and "We can make our own list of priorities and plow through them or we can counsel with the Lord and see what we should be working on."
Br. Porter warned us about speculating in unsafe investments. He quoted Mark Twain- "There are 2 times a man shouldn't speculate. One is when he can't afford it. The other is when he can." He than added that people often think that if they can just can make all this money fast they will be able to spend more time with their families. He said they deceive themselves in 2 ways. First- that they can make all that easy money and second -that if they do make that money that they will spend more time with their family. It is a question of greed and desire.
It gave me some good things to think about.
As a side note for Dan. Elder Porter received a doctorate from Harvard in Political Science with an emphasis on Russian Affairs and has written books about Russian Politics.
"We learn in Eccles. 9 that the race goes not to the swift but to the faithful. It has nothing to do with our speed but with our desires." and "We can make our own list of priorities and plow through them or we can counsel with the Lord and see what we should be working on."
Br. Porter warned us about speculating in unsafe investments. He quoted Mark Twain- "There are 2 times a man shouldn't speculate. One is when he can't afford it. The other is when he can." He than added that people often think that if they can just can make all this money fast they will be able to spend more time with their families. He said they deceive themselves in 2 ways. First- that they can make all that easy money and second -that if they do make that money that they will spend more time with their family. It is a question of greed and desire.
It gave me some good things to think about.
As a side note for Dan. Elder Porter received a doctorate from Harvard in Political Science with an emphasis on Russian Affairs and has written books about Russian Politics.
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