Talks
Quotes
The Sorrows Far Outnumber the Joys,
But the Joys Far Outweigh the Sorrows
Too often as we get older we think we have to be sober, serious and act like life is one continual problem. I think there’s a child inside all of us and we would be much healthier if we would let that child out to play once in a while.” (Jean Benson “Lighten Up, Live it Up, and Learn to Laugh Again” Ricks College Women’s Week March 1994)
It is every bit as important to play and laugh together as families as it is to study, work and worship together. It’s during these times, when we are doing enjoyable things together, that we are building bridges – bridges of communication that we can cross time and time again to teach them the important things – the moral values, principles and ideals that we want instilled into their lives. We all want to have a good relationship with our children. Have you ever thought about the fact that it is very difficult to dislike someone that you’re having a really good time with? Positive experiences together automatically bring families closer together. Families that play together, stay together. (Jean Benson)
We live in a society that constantly pushes us. We are told to play classical music to babies before they’re even born, told to teach them to read when they’re three. We run them to this lesson and that. It’s okay for kids to just be kids and parents to just be imperfect human beings and for all of us to just be happy and enjoy this business of living. (Jean Benson)
Motherhood is sometimes like giving birth without an epidural. You know it’s a wonderful, miraculous time but it’s hard to enjoy it because of the pain. – Shannon Williams
We don’t experience joy in spite of our trials, but because of our trials. Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden could feel no joy because they knew no misery. Believe it or not, the misery we feel sometimes as mothers makes it possible for us to feel joy.
Talk Teach Inspire 