There are no highways to the top of a steep mountain. So it is in life, to reach the top, you cannot take the easy path.

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The Raft of Life

The raft of life when the storm sets in

With billowing waves that swallow most men

But the touch of the Master's hand quiets them

All thanks, then, we give to Him

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We forget much of what we have learned. We foreget much of what we have experienced. But we never forget those who have touched us the most.

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 Should the U.S. should back off on any sanctions against Russia that could lead to that country's currency being downgraded? If the Russian people would suffer, then the sanctions leading to the downgrade should no longer be consided. It seems to me, though, that the Russian people could continue to buy and sell with the rubles. The sanctions would only affect the the government and the Oligargies.

 The wind whips the willow

But it cannot bend the tree

The storm blows the man

So who will not stand tall 

Just like the tree

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President Russell M. Nelson Calls for Peaceful Resolution to World Conflict

 Perhaps he was telling us to Forgive Putin, to forgive Russia. Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said contention is against everything the Lord has taught. He urged the leaders of nations to find a peaceful resolution the the conflict. 

 If Ukraine did strike Russia, well, they ought to have. Counterstrikes are always a good idea. One needs to only look no further than Israel to know this. Their counterstrikcs have won wars.