In the YW Manuel 1 Resource Guide it lists this reference for Lesson #32: "A Chosen Generation," by President Hinckley, "New Era," Jan. 1999, 4-7. (It's on the web at http://www.lds.org under Church Magazines.) After reading the article subhead The four Bs, I got an idea for the lesson.

I'm thinking about attaching wooden bees (from a craft store) to handout that says something like:

Bee smart
       Bee fair
      Bee clean
       Bee true

Follow these "Bees" and you won't get stung.
Then you can enjoy the sweet honey that life has to offer you. . . .

"A Chosen Generation," by President Hinckley, "New Era," Jan. 1999, 4-7

THE FOUR Bs

"I should like to offer what I have chosen to call the Four Bs.   "Be smart. I mean be wise. Be smart about training your minds and hands for the future. Plan now for all the education you can get, and then work to bring to pass a fulfillment of that plan.

"You live in a complex age. The world needs men and women of ability and training. Do not short-circuit your education. Whatever you choose to do, train for it. Qualify yourselves. Take advantage of the experience and learning of those who have gone before you in whatever field you choose.

"Be fair. Learn the importance of friendshipping and fellowshipping. Now is the time to practice these principles, to reach out with appreciation and kindness to others. I want to suggest that we develop an outreaching attitude to help those who are not of us, to encourage them, to lead them in a gracious and kindly way toward those associations which could expose them to the wonderful programs of the Church.

"In athletic contests, there is no occasion for booing and catcalls. Of course mistakes are made by umpires and referees. Of course players do things outside the rules. But the score will not be changed by all the booing in the world.

"Clean competition is wholesome; but immoral, dishonest, or unfair practices are reprehensible.

"Be clean. We live in a time when the world considers virtue lightly. Loss of virtue inevitably means loss of self-respect, loss of discipline in managing one's mind and body. Of course there is repentance, and of course there is forgiveness. But there will also be heartache and regret and disappointment. There may likewise be cast a cloud upon your opportunity for future service in the Church.

"I am not asking you to be prudish. I am asking you to be virtuous, and I think there is vast difference between the two.

"Be true. You are youth of the noble birthright. You may not at this time know what that means. It means that behind you are great men and women who did wonderful and brave things. They made decisions that were not easy to make, and in many cases they paid a terrible price for those decisions, some of them even giving their lives rather than forsake the truth they had embraced."