I am intrigued by the pictures that general Young Women president, Bonnie H. Cordon, shared during her talk in general conference, October 2021.  She told of her 5-year-old son, Tanner, who was assigned to be the goalie in the team's first game.  He became distracted, stuck his hands through the holes in the net, then his feet, and became completely entangled.  The two pictures of the boy are priceless.  He's smiling, happy, and completely disengaged from the game and his purpose.  He is just like so many people around us who have no idea who they are, or what their purpose in life might be, and who become hopelessly entangled in distractions.

I have also long been intrigued by the picture in the November 1998 Ensign magazine, page 19, where a Down's Syndrome girl is crowned as her high school's homecoming queen, and is surrounded by, and being congratulated by, the other beautiful contestants.

Both pictures are worth many more than a thousand words, and teach wonderful lessons.

I told Marjorie that if I was an English teacher, I would show those pictures, tell the stories, and assign the class to write the moral lessons they observe.  Her response … ?

“I'm glad you weren't my teacher!  All that I could think of to write would be, 'Don't start your kids in sports until they're 12!'”