Recap

Looking through the conference talks I was reminded of how much I loved this one...

By L. Tom Perry.... Let him do it with simplicity
Henry David Thoreau gives four basic necessities of life in which he learned of during his time at Walden Pond.

Food
Clothing
Shelter
Fuel (essentially spiritual fuel)

It talks a lot about living with in our means, living simple, and in turn decreasing stress in our daily life.
Just before Thoreau died, he was asked if he had made peace with God. He replied, "I was not aware we had ever quarreled".

Also......

The Infinite Power of Hope by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
For some reason... well... many reasons.. this is my favorite gospel topic. HOPE

Hope has the power to fill our lives with happiness. Its absence-when this desire of our heart is delayed-can make "the heart sick".

The adversary uses despair to bind hearts and minds in suffocating darkness. Despair drains from us all that is vibrant and joyful and leaves behind the empty remnants of what life was meant to be. Despair kills ambition, advances sickness, pollutes the soul, and deadens the heart. Despair can seem like a staircase that leads only and forever downward.

Hope, on the other hand, is like the beam of sunlight rising up and above the horizon of our present circumstances. It pierces the darkness with a brilliant dawn. It encourages and inspires us to place our trust in the loving care of an eternal Heavenly Father, who has prepared a way for those who seek for eternal truth in a world of relativism, confusion, and of fear.

My favorite part:
The things we hope for are often future events. If only we could look beyond the horizon of mortality into what awaits us beyond this life. Is it possible to imagine a more glorious future than the one prepared for us by our Heavenly Father? Because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we need not fear, for we will live forever, never to taste of death again. Because of His infinite Atonement, we can be cleansed of sin and stand pure and holy before the judgment bar.The Savior is the Author of our Salvation.