Living With Enthusiasm

by L. Tom Perry

Overview

Enthusiasm is a lively word suggesting energy, optimism, faith, and joy. It's also a word that describes Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In a warm, personal account that will teach and entertain you, Elder Perry tells of his childhood search for a talent and his discovery of what he calls his 'only real talent'--enthusiasm.

Elder Perry believes living with enthusiasm is a talent we can all cultivate, and he shows us how in his first book. Through story-filled chapters, Elder Perry talks about such things as finding friends at any age, anywhere; enduring adversity and persecution; teaching children the joy of honest labor; and heeding the prophet's voice instead of worldly voices.

Deepen and strengthen your testimony of the gospel while you discover some of Elder Perry's other talents: his skill as a storyteller, his clear understanding of the gospel, and his ability to rely on the guidance of the Spirit. And some of Elder Perry's contagious enthusiasm is bound to rub off on you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606412695
Publisher:	Deseret Book Company
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	274 KB

About the Author

L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was called to his present Church position April 6, 1974.

He was born August 5, 1922, in Logan, Utah, to Leslie Thomas and Nora Sonne Perry. He received his B.S. degree in finance from Utah State University in 1949. His professional career was spent in the retail business where he served as vice president and treasurer in companies located in Idaho, California, New York, and Massachusetts.

On July 18, 1947, he married Virginia Lee of Hyde Park, Utah, in the Logan Temple. She died December 14, 1974. They are the parents of two daughters and a son. He married Barbara Taylor Dayton on April 28, 1976, in the Salt Lake Temple.