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The days were very cold, and they were growing shorter. On each afternoon's walk my shadow looked longer.

In families, at school, in our workplace and community, we have continuous opportunities to learn more about working together. And we discover that working harmoniously with others is not just pleasant; if it's undergirded by a heartfelt love for God and man, it's strengthening and progressive.

When I was a child playing football with a group of friends, I was pushed into a bush while running down a sideline. A sharp stick scratched across my eye and caused injury next to the socket.

Warren Bolon has visited several African countries, representing the Clerk 's Department of The Mother Church. His most recent visit was to Zaire, and he agreed to share with Journal readers excerpts from his own journal, in which he recorded impressions and prayers while in Zaire.

During an assignment in India, I was reminded by local citizens of a famous and well-reported event that happened nearby in the last century. Sir Charles Napier, whose statue stands today in London's Trafalgar Square, triumphed over a circumstance that many feared could have been fatal.

From The Indianapolis Star by Bill Theobald August 31, 1991 "Spirituality needed to cure country's ills" "Another major report came out the other day. "I'll bet you've even forgotten it by now.

At one time a competition was held for the best poem on how to attain success. This was the poem that won the prize: Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on! The quality of persistence —of continuing steadfastly in a purpose despite opposition—is a key ingredient to success in our lives.

Even before the beginning of recorded history, men and women have had a desire to document their innermost spiritual feelings—to share them with others, even to help change, or reform, the lives of those around them. People have expressed these feelings in a number of ways—through pictures, symbols, verbal communication, and written language.

You can find many people who live good, clean lives. But, if you were to ask one of them  why he refrains from a particular vice or activity, you just might hear him say: "It isn't good for my health," "It could interfere with a goal I've set," "It might end up hurting someone," or even "I simply choose not to so indulge.

The scenario may sound familiar. We sincerely want to draw closer to God, to understand Him better, to become more spiritually-minded.