Me Thinks

Elder Holland spoke at the BYU commencement last month.  He was the president of BYU the first time I attended the university, and there he was, 35 years later, speaking at graduation. I love him and I always enjoy hearing him speak. I have included a couple of memorable lines from his commencement speech:

Go out there and be undaunted.  Go out there and light a candle.  Be a ray of light.  Be your best self and let your character shine.  Cherish the gospel of Jesus Christ and live it. The world needs you and surely your Father in Heaven needs you. You have 'entered to learn.' Now 'go forth to serve' and strengthen.

In the days and years ahead, you may suffer some discouragement and disappointment.  On occasion you may feel genuine despair, either for yourself or your children or the plight and conditions of others. When such times come, I ask you to remember this: This is a Church of happy endings.  Troubles never need to be permanent nor fatal.