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• Choir: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
• Genres: Gospel, Classical
• Music and the Spoken Word broadcast with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.
  
  1. All Creatures of Our God and King
  2. Awake and Arise, All Ye Children of Light
  3. Be Thou My Vision (Organ Solo)
  4. Lovely...  moreMusic and the Spoken Word broadcast with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.
  
  1. All Creatures of Our God and King
  2. Awake and Arise, All Ye Children of Light
  3. Be Thou My Vision (Organ Solo)
  4. Lovely Appear, from "The Redemption"
  5. Dealing with Disappointment (Spoken Word)
  6. Who Will Buy? from "Oliver!"
  7. Thou Lovely Source of True Delight
  
  Dealing with Disappointment
  
  Every life needs aspirations—along with goals to help us achieve them. Our goals can be like the banks of a river, guiding the flow of our ambitions. Making plans and striving to accomplish them helps channel our efforts and energies toward the things that matter most to us.
  
  But what about when we fail? How do we respond when, despite our earnest efforts, we don’t quite reach those high aspirations? In short, how do we deal with disappointment?
  
  The natural response is to feel discouraged, disheartened. It might seem that all our planning and work were wasted. We may even question our aspirations—were our hopes too high? Should we lower our expectations? Should we give up on ourselves or others?
  
  Surely there must be a better way to react to disappointment.
  
  Henry Ford said, “Failure is only the opportunity ... to begin again.”1 Failure is an excellent teacher—as long as we are willing students. Yes, failure brings disappointment, but that disappointment may be just the motivation we need to reevaluate our course and make adjustments.
  
  And then, once we’ve learned from the disappointing past, we turn our eyes cheerfully toward the future. The failures of yesterday need not hold hostage the possibilities of tomorrow. The hope and confidence we felt in the beginning can be the bridge that crosses over the gulf of disappointment and carries us to the bright, happy future we all hope for.
  
  Paul, the early Christian Apostle, had his own disappointing past. For...    less