Week 8


This week’s lesson was a great motivator.  Although we can learn from our past, we must not be stuck in the past.  We take what we learn and move forward, always looking for opportunities.  I loved the reminder that we need to keep moving forward and as we do the Lord will bless us.  I know that when I have encountered something that makes me nervous and I take a deep breath and move forward that I have felt strengthened as I did so.  God does want us to succeed, to learn, to improve, to take on challenges and grow from them.

I also appreciated the message that you don’t have to have everything figured out before moving ahead with an idea.  If you take the chance and move forward you can learn as you go, and might even come up with ideas you wouldn’t have had the chance to find if you had waited until you had everything planned and in place before beginning.  This does not mean that everything you try will always work out.  You must to take your failures and learn from them and improve upon them the next time.  Each time you learn something you add it to your knowledge bank. 

I liked Elder Holland’s example of marriage when talking about determination.  His point that no one wants a bad marriage is true.  Every marriage has its challenges and takes hard work and a determination to make it work to be successful.  His point that things take time and being patient with yourself and others is key to progressing in the right direction.  Another example he used was the pioneers.  They definitely had struggles and even as they went through trials, they kept on going. 

This lesson encourages me to keep on going and to never give up.  Doing so, I will be blessed through my efforts.

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