In addition, I pay particular tribute to those who serve missions in their mature years, some as mission leaders and some as what we call couple missionaries. Their remarkable service evidences their priorities, and their impressive example is a guide to their families and to all who know them. Our priorities are most visible in how we use our time. We cannot recycle or save the time allotted to us each day. With time, we have only one opportunity for choice, and then it is gone forever.
Good choices are especially important in our family life.
Time together is necessary but not sufficient. Priorities should govern us in the precious time we give to our family relationships. Compare the impact of time spent merely in the same room as spectators for television viewing with the significance of time spent communicating with one another individually and as a family. I believe many of us are overnourished on entertainment junk food and undernourished on the bread of life. Some decisions that seem desirable for mortality have unacceptable risks for eternity.