Monday, May 11, 2026

Forever... is composed of Nows


“Dear child, now is part of eternity. It doesn’t only begin after we die! Faith and hope will open your eyes to the happiness that is placed before you.

“I know a poem that says, ‘Forever—is composed of Nows.’

A Summer with Great-Aunt Rose | President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
October 2015

(“Forever—is composed of Nows,” in Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson’s Poems, sel. Thomas H. Johnson (1961)