Contentment

My grandma gave me this amazing book titled "Contentment, Inspiring Insight for LDS Mothers" by Maria Covey Cole and I love some of the little quotes that are in it so I'm going to post them on my blog... This is one about comparing yourself to people.

Spencer W. Kimball and Harold B. Lee were 

close friends.  They went into the Quorum of 

the Twelve just a few weeks apart.  President

Kimball said he always admired this friend so 

very much; in fact, he almost envied President

Lee for his talents.  He took every occasion to

tell President Lee how he felt.  Often he would

say " Harold, I wish I could play the organ as

you do."  "harold, you speak so well.  I wish I 

could so as well." "Harold, you can see the gist

of a problem in such a short time.  I wish my

mind were so clear."  Then,  related President

Kimball, in one of their weekly meetings in the

temple President Lee made a fine presentation

to the other members of the Twelve.  As they

walked out of the temple together, again

President Kimball turned to his friend and said,

"You did a magnificent job with your report this

morning.  I wish I could do as well as you do."

"Well," said President Kimball with a twinkle 

in his eyes, "I guess Harold had had enough.  He

stopped, put his hands on his hips and looking

 me straight in the eye, said, "Spencer, the Lord

doesn't want you to be a Harold B. Lee.  All he

 wants is for you to be the best Spencer W.

Kimball you can be." 'With a smile on his face, 

President Kimball said, "Ever since then I have

just tried to be the best Spencer W. Kimball I 

can be."

"All the Lord asks of us is to be the best we can be with what we have...As Spencer W. Kimball was taught, a copy is never as valuable as the original.  Each of us is an original made by God, and we diminish ourselves and our Maker when we question our worth." ("For Such a Time as This," The best of Women's Conference, 17-18, Norma Ashton, wife of Marvin J Ashton)