SHE SAW MY POTENTIAL She saw my potential When I saw nothing there She felt adoration Gave me her love to share. She makes me more complete My sweetie and my wife My cup overfloweth She filleth up my life. Though lacking finer points I hope to somehow say Happy Birthday Sweetheart Enjoy your special day. Les Patterson Written today in honor of my wife’s birthday. Thoughts of inspiration come in many forms, and may be expressed in many ways….
There are some things in life worth putting forth the strong effort required to find out if they should be important in your life. For me, the reality of prophets is one of those. I recently shared the struggle I had to obtain my own personal answer President Thomas S. Monson was to be our prophet. It was a long struggle over several years with a very consistent effort to get that answer. Maybe that’s why my heart was so…
To Fiddlers’ Green Go rest ye now ol’ Sergeant Low Though on the battle rages still Your artillerymen are fed Well supplied to shell yonder hill. Beyond Heaven’s Pearly Gates And ‘Halfway down the trail to hell’ To Fiddlers’ Green your soul departs Dip now your canteen in that well. This King of Battle quiet now Run well you have life’s mortal race Eternal life doth beckoned you Enter into His loving grace. Written in memoriam of Staff Sergeant Greg…
I had the blessing as a young child to simply believe. When things were taught to me by my parents, I could believe. When things were taught to me by teachers and religious leaders, I could believe. It was really that simple. It was simple faith. It was also as a child I learned how to pray to God for confirmation of those things I simply believed. I discovered how seeking and pondering could lead to understanding. I discovered prayer…
There are many ways to let our light shine brightly. Sharing the gift of time with others is one of those ways. Jared and Lindsey Preece, friends and neighbors in Hyde Park, have inspired me to find more ways to let my light shine brightly by being better aware of those who don’t have family around. Jared spoke in our Sunday church services on Christmas Eve. He shared a story of how he and his family enjoyed visiting an assisted…
Soar you shall Into the outer reaches Of the Wild Blue Yonder Charting paths Perhaps navigated by others But now yours to claim Stretching forth Practically applying knowledge Discovering potential unknown Then someday As you rise on created lift Others too you shall help soar Crawl Walk Run Fly Launch Soar No eagle Who envisions the golden sky In the nest his feathers remain — Les Patterson Written in tribute to Drew Merritt as he graduated from Utah State University…
Sometimes the simplest of things can inspire creativity. Such was the case with this display of Easter ties at the Kater Shop in Logan, Utah. Why buy a tie For Easter time When I can chase Things that matter. Like chocolate Sweetly divine Or better yet Asparagus. One tickles tongue But makes me fat The other keeps Me lean and trim. On second thought I think myself Ho hum no more I’ll take the tie. Flowers pretty Adorn said tie Symbol…
Maybe coincidences really are the Lord working His tender mercies. Last Sunday, January 15th, I had the privilege of speaking in a sacrament meeting that morning for the Autumn Care Assisted Living Branch in Hyde Park, Utah. As I pondered what to speak about, I was drawn several times to Paul’s teachings to the Ephesians that they were “no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19). The impressions continued…