Most people stop learning out of fear. They are afraid they cannot learn.

The message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.

In the priesthood we share the sacred duty to labor for the souls of men. We must do more than learn that this is our duty. It must go down into our hearts so deeply that neither the many demands on our efforts in the bloom of life nor the trials that come with age can turn us from that purpose.

We must choose with our agency to obey in faith that the promised blessing will come, that the promise is true because it comes from God.

You can give a great and wonderful Christmas if you remember the gifts God has given you and, as best you can, offer them to others as He would. That is the spirit of Christmas and of true happiness every day.

We need strength beyond ourselves to keep the commandments in whatever circumstance life brings to us. The combination of trials and their duration are as varied as are the children of our Heavenly Father. No two are alike. But what is being tested is the same, at all times in our lives and for every person: will we do whatsoever the Lord our God will command us?

When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble, and you will be right more than half the time.