(Also see: Achievement, Success)
 

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An idea by Dixie Rizzo
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Sneeches - Dr. Seuss wrote a book called Sneetches.  (You could probably rent it from the library)  It is about the starbelly Sneetches and the plain belly Sneetches. The Star Belly Sneetches were proud and walked right by the plain belly sneetches without saying a word to them. Then one day the scam artist Sylvester McMonkey McBean came to the beach. He was planning on scamming the Sneetches with the star belly on and star belly off machines. When the plain belly sneetches went into starbelly on machine they got tars on their bellies just like the starbelly Sneetches. When the starbelly Sneetches saw that the plain belly sneetches had stars they were very mad. So after that the starbelly Sneetches which were once plainbelly went from star belly too no starbelly. They kept going back and forth and back until all their money was all gone. They did not know who was who. Then all the Sneetches started too respect everyone on the beach even if they had stars or no stars. The reason Dr. Seuss wrote The Sneetches is that he went through some troublesome times as a child. When he was young he was Jewish and his parents were German. So kids made fun of him and threw coal at him when he was walking to school. He wanted to tell everybody that they are equal so he wrote Sneetches.  We can ALL succeed! [Read Holly's comments on how she shared this story with her Young Women]



As the eagle soars and spreads its wings
Sometimes it dips
Sometimes it rises

And often seems to fall from great heights
Until filled with breath-taking surprises
It climbs to even greater heights anew.
And so do you!

Your dips and falls do not confound me
Half as much as your heights astound me!

-Marsha Newman


 

Gordon B. Hinckley, “God Will Make a Way,” New Era, Jan. 2002, 4. Conclude with President Hinckley’s “God Makes a Way” section.

Richard G. Scott, “Realize Your Full Potential,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2003, 41. Conclude the section “We Should Not Underrate Ourselves” with Elder Scott’s words of encouragement.