"Get a notebook…a journal that will last through all time, and maybe the angels may quote from it for eternity.  Begin today and write in it your going and comings, your deepest thoughts, your achievements and your failures, your associations and your triumphs, your impressions and your testimonies."  --President Spencer W. Kimball, New Era, October, 1975.

·     From this we learn to record"

·     Activities and experiences

·     Spiritual experiences and impressions

·     Testimony

·     Successes and failures

·     Daily struggles to build spirituality

·     Kindnesses of other people to you, as well as good deeds you've done.

·     Interests, hobbies, a typical day or a typical weekly schedule, things you do and do not like -- things that give insights into you.

"…As a people we ought to write of our own lives and our own experiences to form a sacred record for our descendants.  We must provide for them the same uplifting, faith-promoting strength that the ancient scriptures no give us."  --Theodore M. Burton, Ensign, January, 1977)