“There is a serious need for the charity that gives
attention to those who are unnoticed, hope to those who are discouraged, aid to
those who are afflicted. True charity is love in action. The need for charity
is everywhere. Needed is the charity which refuses to find satisfaction in
hearing or in repeating the reports of misfortunes that come to others, unless
by so doing, the unfortunate one may be benefited. The American educator and
politician Horace Mann once said, ‘To pity distress is but human; to relieve it
is godlike.’ Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is
resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and
shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond
physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is
resisting the impulse to categorize others.” – President Thomas S. Monson
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