Love, Plain and Simple - But Very Profound

“Do we exemplify [a] legacy of love? Do our homes? Bernadine Healy, in a commencement address, gave this counsel: ‘As a physician, who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people’s lives including their final moments, let me tell you a secret. People facing death don’t think about what degrees they have earned, what positions they have held, or how much wealth they have accumulated. At the end, what really matters is who you loved and who loved you. That circle of love is everything, and is a great measure of a past life. It is the gift of greatest worth’ (“On Light and Worth: Lessons from Medicine,” Commencement address, Vassar College, 29 May 1994, 10, Special Collections).”

Thomas S. Monson, “Dedication Day,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 65

I love the part that says "what really matters is who you loved and who loved you." I can't express the emotions and thoughts it fills me with as I think on it. But I can say that I believe it, and believe in it. And it brings me a peaceful, hopeful joy.