Stars

"Ideals are like the stars. You will not reach them by touching them with your hands. You will reach them by using them as your guide."
-Pres. Thomas S. Monson

I love looking at the stars, learning about the constellations and being in places were I can see them all. Every opportunity I have to sleep under the stars, I do.

The very idea that God put the stars in constellations amazes me. Then to think He would put the idea into someone's head that the set of stars over there looks like a dragon, and another set of stars looks like Orion, and yet another set looks like a scorpion. Amazing!

For hundreds of years we have been using these stars as guides, astrological signs and a host of other things. Just as those shinning orbs have become something we look up to, our dreams and ideals are also something we should look up to and use as our guide in life.

Our dreams are our own personal bright spots, something that give us hope. Most often it is those dreams that get us to pick ourselves up and dust off. It is those dreams that push us into the darkness and shine a light as we step one foot in front of the other.

"All that is not eternal is too short. All that is not infinite is too small."
-Pres. James E. Faust