On Parenthood

I came across this quote last week, and it really resonated with me. It isn't strictly about parenthood, but to me it became all about parenthood as I read it:

"There are events in the future, and not very far ahead, that will require all our faith, all our energy, all our confidence, all our trust in God, to enable us to withstand the influences that will be brought to bear against us. ... We cannot trust in our intelligence; we cannot trust in our wealth; we cannot trust to any surrounding circumstances with which we are enveloped; we must trust alone in the living God to guide us, to direct us, to lead us, to teach us and to instruct us."

- Joseph Fielding Smith, 1950

I don't know about everyday life in 1950, but this sure sounds like good advice for modern parenthood to me.