“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.
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