Think Celestial!

“Begin with the end in mind.”

Biographical choices can look calm and inevitable when compressed into a few lines. But were they ever easy? Reading Nelson’s life alongside his 2023 address Think Celestial! restores the struggle hidden inside a chronology.

At ninety-nine, recovering from a serious back injury, he spoke about choices made amid temptation, disappointment, loss, devastating illness, pressure, and opposition. His counsel was simple: allow an eternal understanding of happiness to reshape present choices.

A narrow path is not narrow because every step feels effortless. It remains narrow because we repeatedly resist what would lead us away—and learn to find rest even while overcoming the world.