student success statement
i will put in effort and all i can to make me a successful person.i will not smoke because if i do i am just gonna become any low life.the most prized thing is my mind because it lets me think before i do anything.choose the right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The chorus of Joseph L. Townsend’s stirring
hymn text provides timeless advice about what to do when we come to a fork in the road of life. We should always
On
a recent trip to New Zealand, I met with a mission president who wore a
beautiful tie tack with the inspiring CTR, or “Choose the Right,”
emblem. I had the impression that there must be a story behind this
unique CTR pin. When I returned home, I wrote him a thank-you letter and
asked him about his tie tack. I received this answer:
“You
are very perceptive. Yes, there is a story behind the tie tack I’m
wearing. I have a number of tie tacks I really prize. They have been
gifts from my children, my wife, and friends. However, I choose to wear
this beautiful silver shield inlaid with lovely blue turquoise, with the
inspiring CTR emblem of our Primary.
“Why?
I suppose it started back when I was a bishop and had an interview with
a good-looking young man who was to receive the Aaronic Priesthood. He
told me a special story. He related to me how one day after school, he
and some of his friends found a package of cigarettes. They decided to
go down on the cliff alongside some large boulders and smoke them. They
lit up, and the young man said that as he was looking down at the
smoldering cigarette that he held between his fingers, he saw his CTR
ring. He quickly put the cigarette out and made a very wise choice,
never ever to do such a thing again. He chose to choose the right, as he
remembered what the emblem stood for. From this story I gained a
special love for the CTR emblem.
“Now
for the story of how I came to be a recipient of the CTR tie tack. A
few weeks ago before coming to New Zealand as a mission president, I was
in the Kayenta Ward in Kayenta, Arizona. As I was saying some tender
farewells to many of my Navajo friends, a remarkable young Navajo bishop
gave me a big hug, then removed his tie tack and pinned it on my tie.
As he did so, he asked me not to forget him.
