The Latitude of your Gratitude will help you with your Attitude!

 

Week 13 (December 05 - December 11) 2021

This week was entitled A Journey of Gratitude. My favorite part was the talk by President Thomas S. Monson call "An Attitude of Gratitude". He listed six important aspects of life that we should be grateful for.

1. Our Mothers
2. Our Fathers
3. Our Teachers
4. Our Friends
5. Our Country
6. (even supremely) Our Lord and Savior

This was a great talk. President Monson always had a way with words. Like he was meant to be a story teller. The main point of this talk is really to be positive in all we do. It is almost like negative thoughts invites sadness and anger and those both lead to much more darkness. As he listed the above he references moments and times that deserve gratitude for what they do.

I agree that as we go through life it is better to be as positive as we can be. Try to understand and give grace were we can. It isn't always easy, but we must do our best to emulate Jesus as often as we can. Forgiving, and Forgetting. It's the latter I struggle with usually. Forgiving is easier to do because we are all human and we all make mistakes, but forgetting that I was wronged is so much harder. 

The other studying this week was good as well. Some of the advice I received this week are:

• Don't do things just because you think it is something people want you to do. *resume filler* Don't do things that you hate just to say you did it.
  
• Do what you love and you will find where you belong and the people who appreciate you and your story will want to hire you.
• Keep your options open. Don't specialize in one thing because it is boring and technology is always changing.
• There is no ONE path for anyone. There are dozens of ways to reach the same career.
  
• Learn something you can leverage in the building of your entrepreneurial career.
• Prepare and expect that hard choices will need to be made.
• Believe in yourself.

That last one I need to work on. I have a lot of doubt in myself because I strong with follow through when I start a project. Anyway, the studying this week was good.

"Let me recommend that periodically you and I offer a prayer in which we only give thanks and express gratitude. Ask for nothing; simply let our souls rejoice and strive to communicate appreciation with all the energy of our hearts". 

 David A. Bednar - "Pray Always"