“Recognize your differences,” said President Hinckley.
“You will find that is a very wholesome and
stimulating thing.”
President Hinckley also counseled husbands and
wives to get out of debt. “Debt is a terrible thing.
Anybody who lived through the Depression knows
that debt is an enslaving thing. Stay out of debt and
pay your bills promptly.
“There is another thing; we have always talked
together. There has been no lack of communication
between us. I hear so many, many cases of unhappy
marriages, of people who say ‘we can’t communicate
with one another.’
“There has been no lack of communication between
us,” President Hinckley said.
“We have had a very happy marriage,” he continued.
“When I look back, I have no regrets. Through the
years we have been blessed beyond any measure that
we ever dreamed of. We have been so richly blessed.
We have never lacked, I can honestly say. We have
paid our tithing. That came first. We have lived
modestly but comfortably and reasonably well. We
have plowed our little furrow and enlarged it and
gone forward with our lives.”
“There is nothing really extraordinary about our
lives,” he maintained.
As the interview was ending, President Hinckley
turned to his wife and said: “What she did as a
parent she is doing as a grandmother and a great-
grandmother. Now we, after 60 years of marriage,
are smaller; we don’t stand as tall, we have
shrunken a little.”
“We move slower,” added Sister Hinckley.
“We move slower,” said President Hinckley, “but we
are happy and love one another.”Interview with President and Sister
Hinckley
Some Essentials for a Happy Marriage- Live the gospel.
- Love, appreciate each other.
•Develop self-discipline.
•Curb temper and tongue. - Look on the bright side of things.
- Develop, maintain respect for one another.
- Give soft answer.
- Speak quietly.
- Don’t be selfish.
- Look after one another.
•Develop talents, opportunities of companion.
•Recognize differences. - Pay tithing, stay out of debt.
•Develop ability to communicate with each
other.
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