Prayer unlocks the power of heaven in our behalf. Be prayerful. You cannot make it alone. You cannot reach your potential alone. You need the help of the Lord. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Families are hard, hard, hard, no matter how cherished and astonishing they may also be. 

At family gatherings where you suddenly feel homicidal or suicidal –remember that in all cases, it’s a miracle that any of us, specifically, were conceived and born. Earth is forgiveness school. It begins with forgiving yourself, and then you might as well start at the dinner table. That way, you can do this work in comfortable pants. ― Anne Lamott

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes — including you.”  ―Anne Lamott

Overthinking it, or “over analysis” does not improve decision making.

There is one rule we must all remember in setting goals: We may set goals to increase our own abilities to lead and serve others, but we cannot set goals for others. Once we have accepted Christ as our ideal, we have to give up all goals that are based on using compulsion to improve the lives of others or to make a better world. ― Vaughn J. Featherstone (adapted)

“I have never, ever, not in a whole year, been annoyed by having too little. I am only annoyed when I have too much.”  Betsey (experienced world traveler)

Commitment and self-control are as inseparable as loving brothers . . . Self-control in any form is nothing less than courage. — Vaughn J. Featherstone

Whatever you do, do not commit to something you can’t or won’t do. You can harm your character by making commitments you don’t keep. It becomes a habit, an ingrained characteristic . . . The idea is to push yourself, but no so much that you set up a pattern of failure. — Vaughn J. Featherstone

Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men’s souls.  ―  Spencer W. Kimball