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How to be a better
friend and sibling. Wow. OK. So first of all, I
think most important is that we have to have a desire in
our heart to be a better friend and to be a better
sibling, because it's impossible to
develop the courage and to develop the actions,
unless we actually have that desire deep in our hearts. Secondly, I think it's important
that we have the courage to act upon that. And we can pray for the courage. We can look for the courage. But deep down, we have to find
the courage to act upon it. And my feelings on that
developed when I was 21 and I decided that
I really wanted to follow the
example of my father and my grandfather, who had
this amazing, uncanny ability to make anyone in the room
feel good about themselves, no matter their background,
their shape, their size, anything about them. My father and my
grandfather were so good. And they were such
amazing examples to me in making people feel
good about themselves and knowing that they trusted
who they were as a person and that they saw who they are
deep down inside their heart. And thirdly, I think
the most important is that we have to have the best
of intentions in our actions and in our hearts. And I say that because the
last thing I said to my brother before he passed away was
negative and it was hurtful. And it was one of the
most unkind things I've ever said in my life. And we were in the middle of a
huge argument, unfortunately. And those were the last
things that I said to him. And so when I think
about the last time I saw my brother, I think
of those negative words and how much it hurts
me to have that memory. And so in that, I take that
and I try and flip it around and I say, I'm going
to be intentional and I'm going to say
something positive. I may not agree, but I'm going
to try harder to be positive. I'm going to be trying
harder to be a good influence and to be a good example
and to make people feel good about themselves. And as we act upon that,
it'll grow and it'll grow and it'll make things
easier to serve people. It'll be easier to
listen to the Spirit and to find ways to
serve people and to help people realize how much we
really do care about them. [MUSIC PLAYING]