Life Advice

I don't claim to be a great knower of stuff. I will not even claim to be very good at writing (I bet anyone well versed in English cringes every time the read something I have written, this one is for you Lis). In the great scheme of things, I am near the bottom of the group that should be giving advice. That's why I don't plan on using my own knowledge, but the knowledge of great teachers that I have had, and then giving observations on that knowledge. I would encourage you to look at the quote, and come up with your own observation.

1) "This world has a disease, and that is Fear. The way to defeat this fear is through faith is others and love for others." -Brent Warnock-

Brent Warnock was my communications teacher for my spring semester of college in 2013. Communications was a generals course, so I was not super excited to be taking it, but what I found from Brent was an amazing teacher that cared so much about every student. The last day of class he told us this and said that we now had the duty to go out and help fight this disease. I found this to very hard to do! Fear is such a huge part of my life! Overcoming fear has become an overall goal of my life.

2) "I would teach them less of the do's and do not's and teach them more to love Christ." -Brother Krouge-

Brother Krouge was my institute teacher last semester (fall 2013). He is sort of a goofy guy, and one day, out of nowhere he says this in relationship to raising his children. I don't remember what he was saying before or what he talked about after, but that quote just stood out to me so much. Teaching anyone about life should really just be teaching them how to love Christ more and more. That should be the underlying theme of every talk given in church, every visit with others, every class in institute: Love Christ. Try to get as close to having the same Charity for Christ that He has for us.

3) "It is worth being strong if it keeps them from being hurt." -Brother Gordon"

This is a quote and the next one are both from my current institute teacher. This is another quote that is concerning raising children, and at first if may seem to be a little opposed to the last quote. However, I feel that these two quotes really work with each other and along with the first quote. We should have consent faith and love for others, but we need to be strict sometimes. However, with that strictness, we need to be pointing them towards Christ.

4) "I know that because I stand on Revelatory Ground." -Brother Gordon-

I have heard my fair share of anti-Mormon propaganda. I have sat with preachers as they attempted to tear my religion to shreds. I have seen articles proclaiming how false my church is. This kind of this does bother me, not because it shakes my faith, but because of how misinformed people are about my faith. My faith is not shaken by these things because I know, with my answer coming from God, that this religion is true. I have prayed and I have gotten an answer, and although I may not always live up to the answer I have gotten, I stand firmly on Revelatory Ground.

5) This one is not a quote, as much as an observation that I have seen over the last couple of weeks. I am in a business lecture series course. The first two speakers that have been invited to come have been Jeffrey D. Clark and Amy Rees Anderson. Both of them are very successful business persons. Both have been the head of very successful multi-million dollar companies. At the end of both of their lectures they took a few questions, and both times the same question was asked: What kind of books would you suggest reading? Both of these amazing people in the world of business paused for a second in thought, and then responded that they don't really read a lot of business books because they mostly read religious books. The first time I thought is was cool, the second time I saw a correlation. Success comes from being firmly planted, and being firmly planted takes continual personal nourishment.

I hope this helps someone out in a similar way to how it has helped me out.