Many of us create to-do lists to remind us of things we want to accomplish. But people rarely have to-be lists. Why? To do’s are activities or events that can be checked off the list when done. To be, however, is never done. You can’t earn checkmarks with to be’s. I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a to do. But being a good husband is not an event; it needs to be part of my nature—my character, or who I am.
"What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?" General Conference. April 2011
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