Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
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"Brothers and sisters, the abundant life does not come to us packaged and ready-made. It's not something we can order and expect to find delivered with the afternoon mail. It does not come without hardship or sorrow.
"It comes through faith, hope and charity. It comes to those who, in spite of hardship and sorrow, understand the words of one writer who said, 'In the depth of winter, I have finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.'
"The abundant life isn't something we arrive at. Rather, it is a magnificent journey that began long, long ages ago, and will never, never end."
"Our search for the abundant life is cloaked not only in the robes of this mortal clay; its true end can only be comprehended from the perspective of the eternities that stretch indefinitely before us.
"Brothers and sisters, it is in the quest of the abundant life that we find our destiny.
"As illustrated in the story of an old, discarded horse who had within him the soul of a champion, there is within each of us a divine spark of greatness. Who knows of what we are capable if we only try? The abundant life is within our reach if only we will drink deeply of living water, fill our hearts with love, and create of our lives a masterpiece."
