Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves.

A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and to bring peace and contentment into our lives and into our nations. He thoughtfully replied, ‘I would suggest a return to the old-fashioned practice of family prayer.’

What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He “went about doing good.” As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.

From the Book of Mormon come other precious promises, including promises of peace, freedom, and blessings if we 'will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ' (Ether 2:12).

We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives.