"President Hinckley said something that I just love about our patterns of interconnectedness in the Church. He said: 'To those of the Church, all within the sound of my voice, I give the challenge [to] … never lose sight of the whole majestic and wonderful picture of the purpose of this, the dispensation of the fulness of times. Weave beautifully your small thread in the grand tapestry, the pattern for which was laid out for us by the God of heaven.' (Ensign, Nov. 1989, p. 54.) We may not know what contribution our small thread makes to the great tapestry. We may not understand the pattern that our lives make as they intersect, connect, separate, and intersect again, but God does.". . . Brothers and sisters, we never know how far the effects of our service will reach. We can never afford to be cruel or indifferent or ungenerous, because we are all connected, even if it is in a pattern that only God sees."
Chieko N. Okazaki, “Cat’s Cradle of Kindness,” Ensign, May 1993, 84
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