I love hearing The Last Lecture by Randy Pauch. He teaches so many important life lessons that are often forgotten. Each step we take in life is an opportunity to become a better you. He teaches that it is important to have dreams and to try and achieve those dreams. When you do accomplish one we don't simply check it off the list we need to remember the experiences that helped us get there. These experiences will often help us achieve other dreams.
I also listened to the devotional by Brother Jeffrey Thompson. In his devotional, "What's your calling in life?", he discusses that we all have talents. We must discover what they are. One way he suggests doing this is to think back to our childhood and the games that we played and ask, "what was my role?" I thought this was an interesting suggestion. When I was a child I knew exactly what I wanted and who I wanted to be. As I have returned to school it has been much harder to decide what I want to do when I graduate. Financially we don't need the money but emotionally I need to have the connection that I have worth outside my home when my children are in school. Bro. Thompson goes on to dispel some of the myths about secular callings. I found the history of careers to be very interesting. In closing he encouraged us to seek heavenly help in determining what our calling is. The talents we have been given may be many, and there may be many acceptable callings for us but Heavenly Father is there waiting to guide us to the best option.
The future belongs to those who belive in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt
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