Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Good, Behave
“None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen or half its cussedness; but we can try.” –Mark Twain on Common Sense I hate driving in traffic. I also hate driving into construction zones on my alternate routes to avoid traffic. It is frustrating. I can’t think of anything that makes me more irrational and angry than sitting in my car with a bunch of other irrational and angry drivers on the road. Sometimes I shout at cars. After a bit of a close call the other day I said very loudly, “Damn it!” Realizing I had a child sitting in the car with me I edited that exclamation to, “I mean darn. Darn you, Car!” Whoops. On Sunday in church a speaker sweetly made a joke about how if we didn’t want to feel the Spirit we should get out our phones, get on Pinterest, and text our friends. I think the point was that if we wanted to feel the Spirit we would listen and not play on our phones. It is actually a very good point,...