“This is the spirit of Christmas – the spirit which I ask
that we carry in our hearts – remembering the words of Marley’s ghost: ‘Not to
know that any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it
may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness.
Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life’s
opportunities misused! At this time of the rolling year I suffer most. Why did
I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down, and never
raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to a poor abode!’ May we
learn a lesson from the pen of Dickens and from the words of Jesus Christ. May
we lift our eyes heavenward and look upward and outward into the lives of
others. May we remember this Christmas season that it is more blessed to give
than to receive.” – President Thomas S. Monson
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