In the long run, our most deeply held desires will govern our choices, one by one and day by day, until our lives finally add up to what we have really wanted most--for good or otherwise. We can indeed have eternal life, if we really want it, so long as we don't want something else more.

Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.

We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more.

Equal partnerships are not made in heaven-they are made on earth, one choice at a time, one conversation at a time, one threshold crossing at a time.

The deep hurt is the mirror image of the deep joy that still awaits you.

Marriage is by nature a covenant, Not just a private contract one may cancel at will.

The Savior’s gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to ‘after’ all we can do. We may receive his grace before, during and after the time when we expend our own efforts