Bishop David H. Burton - The "ity" words

For those who read this who are not LDS, it might help if I explain what the following entry is referring to.

I am a "Mormon."  I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I am a Christian.

Every six months or so, our leaders speak to us in what we refer to as "General Conference."  I love General Conference.  The sessions are shown on our local television station and we sit around with our family and watch and listen.  Every conference, there is a talk that somehow stands out to me.  One of my favorites was presented by Jeffrey R. Holland.  You can get more info from our local newspaper and later you can read about it at lds.org.  Here's the newspaper synopsis. - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705334483/Elder-Holland-Sunday-pm.html?pg=2

But just as meaningful to me was a talk given by Bishop David H. Burton.  I doubt that the whole world will find this particular one as meaningful as I did.   His message hit home because of its reference to how we live our lives.  Are we honest?  Do we have integrity? Humility?  Charity, spirituality, accountability? When we make a commitment to do something, do we stand behind it even when it's hard?  Do we follow through?  One of his thoughts (taken from the Deseret News) -

"We need only look around us to see what is taking place in our communities to realize that personal traits of virtue are in a steep decline," Bishop Burton said. This decline is found in many facets of daily life, including encountering foul language in a high school or sporting event, road rage on a crowded highway or simply tolerating a loss of civility in political discourse. But Latter-day Saints need not join in on this loss of virtues.

"We need not be a part of the virtue malaise that is penetrating and infecting society. If we follow the world in abandoning Christian-centered virtues, the consequences will be disastrous. . ."

I believe he is right.  I worry about our world.  And all the trouble starts in our own hearts.  It's time we all considered that and if we want the world to be a better place, begin inside ourselves.