Home is our Family...

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Our home is our family, not our possessions.

-Christina Gregory, Dear America Series: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie

Nature

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"To walk in nature is always good medicine."

-Jean Craighead George, "On the Far Side of the Mountain

Truth

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Why do grown ups think it is easier to hear secrets then the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets?

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

Beauty and Fear

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Beauty and fear make uneasy companions.

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

Fear

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Nothing is more frightening then a fear you cannot name.

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

Our Treasures

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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
-Thorton Wilder

Faith

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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
-Blaise Pascal

A Good Marriage

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
-Martin Luther

Don't Overschedule

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"Don't overschedule yourselves or your children. We live in a world that is filled with options. If we are not careful, we will find every minute jammed with social events, classes, exercise time, book clubs, scrapbooking, Church callings, music, sports, the Internet, and our favorite TV shows. One mother told me of a time that her children had 29 scheduled commitments every week: music lessons, Scouts, dance, Little League, day camps, soccer, art, and so forth. She felt like a taxi driver."

M. Russell Ballard, "Daughters of God, Ensign," May 2008, 109–10

Prioritizing Your Time

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"How we use our time and keep our lives in balance is fundamental to how we will perform our family duties and our Church service. Discipline yourself to follow the prophet's counsel on how you prioritize the use of your time."Begin by discussing with your eternal companion how much time you need together to strengthen your marriage, to demonstrate the love you have for each other. That is your first priority."
L. Tom Perry, "A Solemn Responsibility to Love and Care for Each Other," Ensign, June 2006, 89