Out In The Dark

Some years ago Elder Marion D. Hanks told about a group of Boy Scouts who went cave exploring.
The narrow trail was marked with white stones and lighted in sections as they went.
After about an hour they came to a huge, high dome.
Below it lay an area called the Bottomless Pit, so called because the floor of the cave had collapsed into a deep, gaping hole.
It was hard not to jostle each other on the narrow path.
Pretty soon, one of the bigger boys accidentally pushed a smaller boy into a muddy area away from the light.
Terrified as he lost his footing, he screamed in the darkness.
The ranger heard his cry of terror and came quickly.
The boy let out another cry a the beam of the ranger's light showed that he was right on the very edge of the pit.

In this story, the boy was rescued.
But this does not always happen.
So many times young people are enticed to go to the very edge or even beyond it.
With only a precarious toehold, it is easy to be seriously injured or even die.
Life is too precious to throw away in the name of excitement, or, as Jacob said in the Book of Mormon, "looking beyond the mark."

James E. Faust -Acting for Ourselves and Not Being Acted Upon -October 1995 General Conference

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

...Involved me talking to a manager about who out of our new hires we thought we'd keep and which ones we were anxious to no longer have with us....

-S.N.D