14 million friends

On my personal blog I have talked about the worth of a soul a few times. I was reminded of this again today when I read the article in the Ensign called "Have I done any good in the world today?" Heidi Swinton, the author of President Monson's Biography wrote this article to relate her experience of writing the book. There is a line that says "If you ask him how many he counts on that list of friends, he will say, at least 14 million." I am so privileged to be thought of as his friend. I also liked when she said that "he exhibits great reverence for the lives of those he describes as "unnoticed and unrecognized.""

I also thought of a quote that someone very special to me shared recently. "It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no 'ordinary' people. You have never talked to a mere mortal."

Really the worth of a soul is great! No one is forgotten, at least in the Lord's eye's. As I think about walking in others shoes I am more prone to love them and serve them. I hope to one say have the view of President Monson in saying that I have 14 million friends.