When I was in junior high, I read a book about the royal family in England.
If you were the child of a king or queen, you had a very strict upbringing.
You had to learn how to walk, how to sit, how to talk, how to be proper.
There were many things they could never do because it was beneath their station, and things they had to learn to do because they were royalty.
I’ve never forgotten that, because I’ve always felt that we too are of royal birth.
Even more than being the children of a King--the King of Kings!--we are the offspring of God. There are things that are beneath us, that we must never do, and things we need to learn to do because of who we are and whose we are.
“Once we know who we are,
the royal lineage of which we are a part,
our actions and directions in life
will be more appropriate to our inheritance.”
Russell M. Nelson, BYU Speeches 1989
When I was young I used to watch grown-up women. I watched how they walked, how they talked, even how they sat.
I got it into my young-girl head that when I grew up I wanted to be a woman of dignity, of grace, of refinement.
Obviously, I didn’t make it! Not even close.
But how much worse would I be if I hadn’t had that goal?
OK, I've given up on the grace part, but I still have it in my mind to try to be a person of dignity.
Given an eternity, I might come close.
If I act like a noble princess, someday I may even be a queen.
In the Kingdom of God, anything is possible.
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Very interesting thought. I am in no way graceful either, but dignity may be within my reach.
I think of you as a woman with dignity and grace. I didn't watch other women growing up, I watched you. And I aspire to be like you. Obviously I fall well short, but I am trying. Perhaps I may one day reach duchess status.
This thought is an eye-opener. You've always pounded into your children the need to present yourself well. I don't mean lie about the person you are, but to dress for the occasion, to act like the civilized person you really are and not at the level others bring you down too. It's nice to know you had to work to accomplish that too. I'll look less begrudgingly on my journey now.
I can tell your vision is great and your modesty lesson was kind and inspiring! I will use this idea with my princess girls because it is brillinatly said!
What noble and great girls you are. I love how you "aspire to something higher", are "loyal to the royal within you" and "remember who you are." I know I'm cheesy, but I truly do admire you and thank you for trying to be your best selves.
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