Time Passes Quickly

President Thomas S. Monson

"Near the end of his life, one father looked back on how he had spent his time on earth. An acclaimed, respected author of numerous scholarly works, he said, 'I wish I had written one less book and taken my children fishing more often.'

"Time passes quickly. Many parents say that it seems like yesterday that their children were born. Now those children are grown, perhaps with children of their own. 'Where did the years go?' they ask. We cannot call back time that is past, we cannot stop time that now is, and we cannot experience the future in our present state. Time is a gift, a treasure not to be put aside for the future but to be used wisely in the present."

President Thomas S. Monson, "Dedication Day," Ensign, Nov. 2000, 66.

Grandparents can make a huge difference through an investment of quality time with their grandchildren.

Inviting the Spirit through hymns helps unite families.

Left: photograph by Jan Friis, © Henrik Als; right: by Welden Andersen

Left: photograph by Welden Andersen; right: by Christina Smith

Notes

 

1.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Of Things That Matter Most," Liahona or Ensign, Nov. 2010, 22.

 

2.

"The Family: A Proclamation to the World," Liahona or Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129.

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