I love this (taken from a talk by Bonnie Parkin in March 2004):
For many years Relief Society was part of the National Council of Women in the United States. Shortly after Sister Belle Spafford was called as the Relief Society general president, she said to President George Albert Smith that going to the meetings in New York was costly and of little benefit. “President Smith gently chastised [Sister Spafford], ‘Do you always think in terms of what you get? Don’t you think it’s well to think in terms of what you have to give?’”
I have remembered this quote many a time when I haven't wanted to go to meetings, different activities or events, the temple, etc. It has always been a good reminder that sometimes the giving is why I am needed there. And really...When you give, don't you always "GET"?!
I haven't been able to put pictures on the computer yet and I am still not done with my one project. I am so close, but I have to go to the store as I can't find my 3rd package of double fold bias tape here at home. Oh, to be organized...Someday!
