There is a book I have read every year the last three years that I have neither finished nor read cover to cover.
It is a small book called "Stand A Little Taller" by Gordon B. Hinckley. Each pages has a calendar day at the top, from January 1st at the beginning to December 31st at the end. I try to read it every day for its words of wisdom, but inevitably I miss a day here or there.
Today, February 7th, reads thus:
Enrich Your Environment
And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all those who shall worship in this house may be taught words of wisdom out of the best books, and that they may seek learning even by study, and also by faith, as thou hast said. - Doctrine & Covenants 109:14
A great man once was once asked which of all the books he had read had most affected his life. His response was that he could no more remember the books he had read than he could remember the meals he had eaten, but they had made him. All of us are products of the elements to which we are exposed. We can give direction to those elements and thereby improve the result. Make every effort to enrich your environment with the reading of good books.
I too am made up of the books I read: this one, the scriptures I try to read daily such as the Bible and the Book of Mormon, the various novels that I talk about on this site, and the poetry I read and write. I hope that through reading along with me, you too may discover "words of wisdom out of the best books, and that [you] may seek learning even by study, and also by faith."
