A man who was once the governor of a state told me that the thing that saved him when he was exhausted and filled with despair at the lies and machinations of man was kids.
"Whenever I got really dark and hopeless," he said, "I would go visit a classroom. The kids would just pop with energy and questions and opinions. By the end of my term, I was canceling meetings left and right, scheduling three school visits a day and stopping at every park and playground we passed.
"The very best times were when kids told me stories right out of their hearts. I'd be sitting in a tiny chair with my knees up, and they would tell me about their puppies or stake boards or grandmas, and it was like someone pouring hope into my head.
"I'll miss that more than anything, being with all those kids. If we say we'll take care of them and don't, then were just sinning and there's no worse sin than ignoring or mistreating a child. You know that and I know that. I walked away from being a governor more fired up about public service than before, but now I bend all my energies to fixing stuff for kids. Is there anything more crucial than that?"
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