During a February 2007 devotional at BYU, Bonnie D. Parkin, then general president of the Relief Society shared the following story:

My daughter-in-law’s mother, Susan, was a wonderful seamstress. President Kimball lived in their ward. One Sunday, Susan noticed that he had a new suit. Her father had recently returned from a trip to New York and had brought her some exquisite silk fabric. Susan thought that fabric would make a handsome tie to go with President Kimball’s new suit. So on Monday she made the tie. She wrapped it in tissue paper and walked up the block to President Kimball’s home.

On her way to the front door, she suddenly stopped and thought, “Who am I to make a tie for the prophet? He probably has plenty of them.” Deciding she had made a mistake, she turned to leave.

Just then Sister Kimball opened the front door and said, “Oh, Susan!”

Stumbling all over herself, Susan said, “I saw President Kimball in his new suit on Sunday. Dad just brought me some silk from New York . . . and so I made him a tie.”

Before Susan could continue, Sister Kimball stopped her, took hold of her shoulders, and said: “Susan, never suppress a generous thought.”

This blog is dedicated to that idea–that none of us will ever suppress a generous thought or pass up an opportunity to minister to someone else in need.  It is also intended to show the ripple-effect of good thoughts, whether our own thinking, or just the generous actions of others.

Thanks to Aimee Ferre for the charming hand-lettered print of Camilla Kimball’s quote.

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