An acquaintance at work asked me where I heard the quotation from Elder Holland. You see, I have it printed and hanging near my desk at work, and again near my desk at home. I replied that I had no idea, but I knew that Elder Holland had given it at BYU.
He did his magic, (for I am almost totally illiterate when it comes to computer and all they can do) and found out that Elder Holland made that quote during a talk at BYU while he was President. It was in 1983, almost thirty years ago. He was teaching the students at the Y about dreaming, realizing dreams and working toward them. It was appropriate counsel for students just starting out in life.
I guess in a way, I am just starting out in life. I feel old, tired, and worn in my young age. But I feel I am working toward a dream where I am going to start out preaching the gospel, or helping further the work of the Kingdom in some part of the world.
Unfortunately I have met many people who are close to my age who are not just starting out in life, they are just finishing up in life. They feel they are done growing, done serving, done learning. They enjoy the travelling life, the retirement, and the ease that they have "earned" through the many years of work, saving, struggling, and winning so they can now "finish" up in life.
I certainly hope I will never retire, get done with life, serving, learning, growing, for I have too much to do, I know so little, and have too many things to give, have my testimony to share too many places, etc. Though my body is tired and sore most of the time, I have a young mind, heart, and my dreams are young, and I will work toward them even more at this age than ever before. Though I am not ageless, I am young in my quest for dreams.
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