The Mountains Are Calling...

"The Mountains are calling and I must go."

~John Muir

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings,

Nature's peace will flow unto you 

as sunshine flows unto trees.

The winds will blow their own freshness 

unto you,

And the storms their energy;

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

In every walk with nature 

one receives far more than he seeks. 

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, 

places to play in and pray in, 

where nature may heal 

and give strength to body and soul. 

 "I never saw a discontented tree.  

They grip the ground as though they liked it, 

and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do."

                                               ~J. Muir

"Above all else, children need to know and feel they are loved, wanted, and appreciated. They need to be assured of that often. 

Obviously, this is a role parents should fill, 

and most often the mother can do it best."  ~E.T. Benson

 "Families unite when they do meaningful things together. ..."Some may say, 'But we have no time for that.' As for time to do what is truly worthwhile, I suggest that many parents will find that they can turn their family on if they will turn their television off. . . .

 Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home."  ~D.O. McKay

"Life is to be enjoyed, not endured" 

— Gordon B. Hinckley

"The only things you will take with you, when all is said and done, are your family relationships. . . . God bless us to be good fathers, . . . good parents, and good husbands to our good wives."

"If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children." 

— G. B. Hinckley

There are only two ways to live your life. 

One is as though nothing is a miracle. 

The other is as though everything is a miracle.   

- Albert Einstein