Life Finds a Way

Well, folks, it’s happened. An apostle of the Lord quoted Jurassic Park in General Conference. See for yourself:

The lesson here? Always check the footnotes.

If you read my last post (Sweat If You Need To) and liked the incremental gains concept treated there, I think you’ll really enjoy the address this rad footnote is from—Daily Restoration by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf.

Do you want to change the shape of your life?

Change the shape of your day.

Do you want to change your day?

Change this hour.

Change what you think, feel, and do at this very moment.

A small rudder can steer a large ship.

Small bricks can become magnificent mansions.

Small seeds can become towering sequoias.

Minutes and hours well spent are the building blocks of a life well lived. They can inspire goodness, lift us from the captivity of imperfections, and lead us upward to the redemptive path of forgiveness and sanctification.