If I Only Was The Fellow

August 16th, 2021

Scott

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The DiscipleMD

While walking down a crowded

City street the other day,

I heard a little urchin

To a comrade turn and say

“Say, Chimney, lemme tell youse,

I’d be happy as a clam

If I only was de feller dat

Me mudder t’inks I am.

“She t’inks I am a wonder,

An she knows her little lad

Could nver mix wit’ nuttin’

Dat was ugly, mean or bad.

Oh, lot o’times I sit and t’ink

How nice, twould be, gee whiz!

If a feller was de feller

Dat his mudder t’inks he is.”

My friends, be yours a life of toil

Or undiluted joy,

You can learn a wholesome lesson

From that small, untutored boy.

Don’t aim to be an earthy saint,

With eyes fixed on a star:

Just try to be the fellow that

Your mother thinks you are.

– Will S. Adkin in Praying Hands
(IF I ONLY WAS THE FELLOW)

As a young man my mother once publicly paid me a great compliment. I too, like this urchin boy, wondered what the world would be like if only we were the boy or girl our mothers think we are!

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ROOTS OF INSPIRATION

In 2007 I began writing a daily inspirational thought to my children, now grown, with the intent to draw them closer to Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. The influence of the gospel of Jesus Christ is found in all aspects of our lives. The Savior was a great teacher because he taught parables that resonated with the common man. He could relate simple stories that could be understood by all. I have found the more simple the story, the more profound the message.All of our testimonies can have a powerful impact for good for centuries if we take the time to write them down. After all, the scriptures are simply the inspired thoughts and interaction of men with deity that have been written down for all to read. There is no reason that our influence for good has to go with us to the grave. I have hopes, as did Jacob whose final words were, “…to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu”