Don't Worry - Be Happy!

 Elder Richard G. Scott's

14 August 2008 Commencement Address at Brigham Young

University:

"Radiate a positive attitude.  Let your attitude be that of continuing happiness.  The challenges you face, the

    growth experiences you encounter, should be like temporary scenes played out on the stage of continuing peace and happiness. Don't become so absorbed in a single event that you can't think of anything else. 

Challenges are not intended to be the substance of life. It is by understanding and obeying the teachings

  of God that your life will fulfill its glorious purpose. That perspective keeps challenges confined to their proper place -- stepping stones to further growth and

  attainment.  Life should and can be wondrously beautiful."

Do More......

Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the

morning, Satan shudders and says:

"Oh sh*t - she's awake!!!'

Betsie Gutcheon

Scripture Reading.....

http://www.mormonchic.com/gospel/scripture_study.asp

Now that we know what scripture study is, how and when should we do it? In the November 1979 Ensign article, "Reading the Scriptures",

President Howard W. Hunter 

said,

"We should not be haphazard in our reading but rather develop a systematic plan for study. There are some who read to a schedule of a number of pages or a set number of chapters each day or week. This may be perfectly justifiable and may be enjoyable if one is reading for pleasure, but it does not constitute meaningful study. It is better to have a set amount of time to give scriptural study each day than to have a set amount of chapters to read. Sometimes we find that the study of a single verse will occupy the whole time."

If we had the goal to read 10 pages and then stop, we would miss a wealth of knowledge that can only be found when reading footnotes and cross-referencing.

What CAN I Do?

Y "Wherefore, Settle This in Your Hearts" Y

Elder Larry W. Gibbons

October General Conference 2006

" In a talk  at BYU in 1994, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner said' I'm a traditional Jew, and I observe the biblical dietary laws.......I suspect most of you assume I go around all day saying to myself, 'Boy, would I love to eat pork chops, but that mean old God won't let me.' Not so. the fact...... is, I go around all day saying, 'Isn't it incredible? There are five billion people on this planet and God cares what I have for lunch [and] what kind of language I use'

......I am not diminished by being told there are certain things I may not do because they are wrong. Rather, it enhances me."

~ Keep the Commandments ~

Y "Wherefore, Settle This in Your Hearts" Y

Elder Larry W. Gibbons

October 2006 General Conference

"And if God created us, it is not logical that He would then leave us alone. It makes sense He would give us guidance. Some of this guidance has come in the form of what we call commandments. 

  Commandments are not given to burden or restrict us. Rather, they are guideposts from an all-wise Heavenly Father to keep us out of trouble, to bring us a fulness of happiness in this life, and to bring us safely back home to Him."