Don't Be The Wild Duck

This week ended up being really great.

I will skip to Sunday because of time. Sunday we had our second counselor from the seventy come and visit our Stake Conference. He gave a story that I really loved. He said when he was growing up there were ducks all around him where he lived in Minnesota. During the winter they would migrate to another place. He said that he had some tame ducks that he would feed corn or bread or whatever to and they would not fly because they were too fat to fly. Well, one day another wild duck who was around the tamed ducks started to get closer and eventually started eating the food he gave them. Pretty soon the wild duck became very fat, so much so that he could no longer fly either. One day a man came and picked up all the ducks when it was getting closer to winter. His mother told him that the man was a farmer that would take care of them, but later he learned that the man was going to eat them. He knew that the tame ones probably would have that end but he felt bad for the wild duck. This was a duck that was free, but lost his freedom because he became dependent upon others. He talked about self reliance and how we should not rely upon others and become fat like the wild duck. We should work and gain our own money so that we don't have to look for others to provide for us. The wild duck chose the easy way... Work hard!

Love you all,

Elder Bush