1/23/2020
This week I learned a little about fears. I have many fears but I always shove them out of my mind. Fears about an entrepreneur venture are real. I have always thought of things I could do like, opening a restaurant or having a Youtube channel.
Fears are real but I think we need to conquer them. I learned this week that if we have fears we can conquer them by having a plan. What will I do if this happens? how will I fix it? writing down our fears and then trying to conquer them (at least in a paper), it will help us keep our cool if they ever come to happen.
We also talked about our measurement, who we want to become and our core values.
I have been thinking about my own values since I read the book "Launching Leaders."
The truth is that you will see values and the lack of them everywhere you go, even inside the church, even within your closest friends. There is always gonna be someone that will be willing to throw their values out the window for some "gain."
In the end, our core values are the way we communicate with others. The core values are the image we give the world about our own character and the things we are willing to lose and gain.
The last thing I want to save about this week's lesson is the story about this man who spent 2-3 years studying himself. I do think I study myself a lot but I have never written what I'm good at or my thoughts about myself. I think this would be something I would like to do to know myself better.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Saturday, January 18, 2020
You are bound to your words
1/18/20
President Faust gave a talk about honesty a long time ago but his
message is still in my mind, this week's lesson reminded me of that talk
"Honesty, you better believe it."
This week's lesson reminded me of that talk and on how our ethics
our values and our beliefs can create the best or the worse place to live in.
I have always been a fan of sister Sheri L. Dew so I was excited
to study her message called "True Blue, Through and Through."
She shared something very remarkable (worth making a remark about). I liked it so much that I even shared it on Facebook.
She said, "You don’t really know what you believe until your beliefs are tested. You don’t know if you’re honest until your honesty is tested. You don’t know if you really prize chastity until your virtue is tested. You don’t know if you can be trusted–with someone’s feelings, with money, with influence, with power–until your trust is tested. In every trial comes a moment of truth when you must decide what you really believe."
It made me things of those times where I was tested about my beliefs and my values. I believe we should all think more about our beliefs and values and ask ourselves what we are going to do if we are tested on something, what is going to be our decision when that temptation comes.
She also said something that inspired me so much.“If you need someone who will have the courage and determination to face the world at its worst, here am I, send me. If you need husbands and wives who will be faithful to each other, raise their children in the admonition of the Lord, and defend the family, here am I, send me. If you need men and women who will see through the lies of the world about family and gender and intimacy, and who will never confuse being tolerant of others with tolerating sin, here am I, send me. If you need men and women who can think straight in a confused, twisted world, here am I, send me. If you need men and women who will be fearless in building the kingdom of God, please, here am I, send me.”
It helped me ask myself, what if I'm not worthy, will God even call me? So, how can I make sure that I'm always going to be worthy of being called? By living my beliefs. I know Satan can put thoughts in our minds and make us think that we are not worthy, let me explain that I'm not referring to this situation. I'm referring to when we are not worthy because we have made a wrong choice and we haven't used the Atonement of Christ.
I always tell my kids, "You are bound to your words." If you say you will take the trash out, you do it. If you say you'll bring cookies to church, you do it. Those really are small things BUT they are a big deal to me. I have reflected a lot about it in these last couple of years. One thing that always ticks me off is unpunctuality. It seems to me that everyone now thinks that it's ok to be late. No, it's never ok to be late. Do you know that saying "Better never late"? Yeah, my saying is "Better never late" but why do I make such a 'big deal' out of it? Because I'm bound to keep my word and because I made a covenant that I won't steal from anyone. Believe or not, when we are late on a date or appointment or church or whatever it may be, we are stealing that time from others.
I said I have been reflected on that for many years now, wondering why this "keep your word" is such a big deal to me. My parents were divorced and my father always said that he would come to pick me up and never did. So, now when I say things to my kids, I make sure I'm keeping my words.
This week also, we made a list of I will and I will never do concerning our ethics.
Mine looked like this.
She shared something very remarkable (worth making a remark about). I liked it so much that I even shared it on Facebook.
She said, "You don’t really know what you believe until your beliefs are tested. You don’t know if you’re honest until your honesty is tested. You don’t know if you really prize chastity until your virtue is tested. You don’t know if you can be trusted–with someone’s feelings, with money, with influence, with power–until your trust is tested. In every trial comes a moment of truth when you must decide what you really believe."
It made me things of those times where I was tested about my beliefs and my values. I believe we should all think more about our beliefs and values and ask ourselves what we are going to do if we are tested on something, what is going to be our decision when that temptation comes.
She also said something that inspired me so much.“If you need someone who will have the courage and determination to face the world at its worst, here am I, send me. If you need husbands and wives who will be faithful to each other, raise their children in the admonition of the Lord, and defend the family, here am I, send me. If you need men and women who will see through the lies of the world about family and gender and intimacy, and who will never confuse being tolerant of others with tolerating sin, here am I, send me. If you need men and women who can think straight in a confused, twisted world, here am I, send me. If you need men and women who will be fearless in building the kingdom of God, please, here am I, send me.”
It helped me ask myself, what if I'm not worthy, will God even call me? So, how can I make sure that I'm always going to be worthy of being called? By living my beliefs. I know Satan can put thoughts in our minds and make us think that we are not worthy, let me explain that I'm not referring to this situation. I'm referring to when we are not worthy because we have made a wrong choice and we haven't used the Atonement of Christ.
I always tell my kids, "You are bound to your words." If you say you will take the trash out, you do it. If you say you'll bring cookies to church, you do it. Those really are small things BUT they are a big deal to me. I have reflected a lot about it in these last couple of years. One thing that always ticks me off is unpunctuality. It seems to me that everyone now thinks that it's ok to be late. No, it's never ok to be late. Do you know that saying "Better never late"? Yeah, my saying is "Better never late" but why do I make such a 'big deal' out of it? Because I'm bound to keep my word and because I made a covenant that I won't steal from anyone. Believe or not, when we are late on a date or appointment or church or whatever it may be, we are stealing that time from others.
I said I have been reflected on that for many years now, wondering why this "keep your word" is such a big deal to me. My parents were divorced and my father always said that he would come to pick me up and never did. So, now when I say things to my kids, I make sure I'm keeping my words.
This week also, we made a list of I will and I will never do concerning our ethics.
Mine looked like this.
I will never
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I will never lower my standards so that I can “win” something
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I will never cheat or steal or hurt others
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I will never take hard decisions without praying about them
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I will never make unethical decisions, without principles
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I will never lie so I can get out of trouble
I will always
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I will always be honest in my dealings with my fellowmen
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I will always try to see others as what they can become instead of
just seeing them as what they are now
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I will always keep my word. “You are bound to your words”
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I will always remember who I am
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I will always thank God for the blessings He has given me
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I will always recognize God’s hand in all things
It was easy for me to come up with things that I will always do than the one I will never do.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
1/11/2020
What's your calling?
This week's lesson was all about my calling in life and who I want to be and even who I want to become. Those are all great questions; easy questions to answer if you know what you want. For me, those were hard questions. Why? because I want many things.
What do I want?
Teach what I love. I want to garden all day. I want to see my finances every day. I want to be a good steward of what God has blessed me with. I want a job/calling where I can communicate in Spanish.
The truth is that I like so many things and because of it, it's hard for me to choose one path. But, I think I'm figuring it out little by little.
Also, during this week, I read a few talks and watch some videos about this same topic I've been writing about.
Jeffrey A. Thompson said, "He has equipped you with power to do so. You- you personally- are full of divine capacities to do good that you probably don't even fully appreciate." As I was writing this quote, I thought about my patriarchal blessing. I thought about those little words that have always touched my heart. I think I need to tell myself more often that I do have capacities and that because my Father is a creator, I can also create.
When the world ask me the question, "What's your calling?" I always feel obligated to say something about money. I feel like they are waiting for me to say, "I want to be rich", I want to retired by 35," when in reality I don't want any of that. Rich? Why do I want to be rich? The only reason I would want to be rich is to help others but since being rich is not my goal, then I don't have to worry about it. Work is such a blessing, not because it can help you sustain your life, but it can also help you mentally, it can clear your mind of bad thoughts, it can fill it with good thoughts too. I believe in using your work as a tool to bless God's children.
Brother Thompson continue, "Perhaps the state of our hearts is as important as the tasks we do in determining whether our work is truly- and eternally- meaningful." This goes well with Randy Pausch "Last Lecture" of achieving your childhood dreams.
I think that to dream you have to be awake. Why? let me tell you about my childhood dream. I wanted to be a flight attendant. From my house growing up, I could see the airplanes taking off from the airport. I thought it would be cool to work inside an airplane. I always had that dream while I was asleep. Flight attendants are always on the go, far from home and sometimes even days away from home. Also when I was little, flight attendants were no less than 5.5 tall (I'm 5.2). After I "awoke" from that dream and realize all of the pros and cons, I knew that I really did not want to be away from my family and I didn't want to be stuck inside a box without natural air.
Randy Pausch was dreaming while awake. I believe in dreams, and without a doubt, I know dreams can come true. I married the best guy on earth and I have a beautiful family. Dreams do come true. Again, dreaming is important but make sure you are awake.
After all the things I studied this week and now writing about them, I don't know why I want to cry. I guess this lesson has helped me discover who I want to be. And after asking myself, "What's my calling?" I think I may have the answer. My calling is to know and experiment with everything that God has created for me.
What's your calling?
This week's lesson was all about my calling in life and who I want to be and even who I want to become. Those are all great questions; easy questions to answer if you know what you want. For me, those were hard questions. Why? because I want many things.
What do I want?
Teach what I love. I want to garden all day. I want to see my finances every day. I want to be a good steward of what God has blessed me with. I want a job/calling where I can communicate in Spanish.
The truth is that I like so many things and because of it, it's hard for me to choose one path. But, I think I'm figuring it out little by little.
Also, during this week, I read a few talks and watch some videos about this same topic I've been writing about.
Jeffrey A. Thompson said, "He has equipped you with power to do so. You- you personally- are full of divine capacities to do good that you probably don't even fully appreciate." As I was writing this quote, I thought about my patriarchal blessing. I thought about those little words that have always touched my heart. I think I need to tell myself more often that I do have capacities and that because my Father is a creator, I can also create.
When the world ask me the question, "What's your calling?" I always feel obligated to say something about money. I feel like they are waiting for me to say, "I want to be rich", I want to retired by 35," when in reality I don't want any of that. Rich? Why do I want to be rich? The only reason I would want to be rich is to help others but since being rich is not my goal, then I don't have to worry about it. Work is such a blessing, not because it can help you sustain your life, but it can also help you mentally, it can clear your mind of bad thoughts, it can fill it with good thoughts too. I believe in using your work as a tool to bless God's children.
Brother Thompson continue, "Perhaps the state of our hearts is as important as the tasks we do in determining whether our work is truly- and eternally- meaningful." This goes well with Randy Pausch "Last Lecture" of achieving your childhood dreams.
I think that to dream you have to be awake. Why? let me tell you about my childhood dream. I wanted to be a flight attendant. From my house growing up, I could see the airplanes taking off from the airport. I thought it would be cool to work inside an airplane. I always had that dream while I was asleep. Flight attendants are always on the go, far from home and sometimes even days away from home. Also when I was little, flight attendants were no less than 5.5 tall (I'm 5.2). After I "awoke" from that dream and realize all of the pros and cons, I knew that I really did not want to be away from my family and I didn't want to be stuck inside a box without natural air.
Randy Pausch was dreaming while awake. I believe in dreams, and without a doubt, I know dreams can come true. I married the best guy on earth and I have a beautiful family. Dreams do come true. Again, dreaming is important but make sure you are awake.
After all the things I studied this week and now writing about them, I don't know why I want to cry. I guess this lesson has helped me discover who I want to be. And after asking myself, "What's my calling?" I think I may have the answer. My calling is to know and experiment with everything that God has created for me.
Saturday, January 4, 2020
1/4/2020
The Beginning: Week 1, BUS 110: Introduction to Entrepreneurship.
For this first week, I read some very interesting notes full of insights about
me and my divinity. Well, not just my divinity only but also, everyone's
divinity!
We can do hard things, I can do hard things! was pretty much the topic of the lesson this week.
I have always known that I love learning, by seeing others and personal experiences and by also reading other people's experiences. I know many things, I just need to find a way to communicate that with my own self and be more aware of things I know and what things I can keep learning over and over again.
Elder Bednar said, "A disciplined and educated mind is a tool for reasoning and inquiring and evaluating and discerning. These abilities are not merely the requirements described in a course syllabus; rather, they are essential skills for a spiritual, happy, and productive life. "
I have run many races and I have learned that you have to be disciplined and know how to run but mostly how to breathe while running. That little part in my life called, "training for a 5K or training for a Half Marathon" had taught me that life is like running a race.
Elder Bednar also said, "You have a responsibility to your family to become a diligent student as an expression of your appreciation for and gratitude to them." My kids are little and I know very well that I'm sacrificing time with them and they are sacrificing time with me so I can learn and grow. Is it worth it? Of course, it's worth it.
I'm always wondering, what should I know or what should I study so that my skills and talents would be greater use in God's church but also in God's kingdom in the life to come.
While reading the lesson this week, I wrote down some of the keywords I feel they go well with my life and who I am and who I can become as an entrepreneur.
These are the words I wrote:
Garden
Money- $0 Debt
Cooking
Independent
woman
Willing to
learn
Renovation
Teach
Life Skills
Always on
time, "Better never late"
Goals, goals, goals
Sustainable living
Goals, goals, goals
Sustainable living
And, to finish this entry I would like to share the following quote by elder Bednar, "We must consecrate unto the Lord both a faithful heart and a strong mind and only our best is good enough for the Lord."
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