Sunday, March 21, 2010

I didn't grow up listening to the Rolling Stones. I'm not a huge fan. But in the first season of House, I heard a reference to the philosopher Jagger: "You can't always get what you want." 

Then the season finale of Glee featured that song and I really fell in love with it. The chorus got me thinking.

"You can't always get what  you want[...] but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need."

It's one of those songs for tough times. Mick has it close. It's more like
"Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another." (D&C 90:24)

But then put those two together. We're not going to get everything we think we want right now, but if we're doing what we should, we'll get not only what we need--we'll get the very best. And who could want more than that?


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