2a-"We are created as much from the dust of eternity as we are from the dust of the earth. Every one of us has potential we can scarcely imagine." Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin "The Abundant Life" May 2006 Ensign
2c-"Every element of creation has its own purpose and performance. its own divine role and mission. If our desires and works are directed toward what our heavenly parents have intended us to be, we will come to feel out part in their plan...and nothing will give us more ultimate peace." Patricia Holland On Earth as It Is in Heaven
2e-"Our adversities can be the means of obtaining blessings unobtainable without them" Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, July 1998, 7, 9
5b-"The Lord seldom repeats confirmations."
6a-Three things to remember:
Life is hard...but you can do hard things.
When life doesn't go as planned, don't get frustrated...make the best of it (it's often when things don't
go right that the best things happen).
T.T.T.--things take time (develop the virtue of patience).
6b-Five hours alone together during the week is what most marriages need so they can be happy ones.
6c-Keep regular hours: if you go to bed and get up at the same time each day you need 1 hour less of sleep each night.
7c-"It is especially helpful to remember also that the temptations and challenges we face are common to man (see 1 Corinthians 10:13), yet we must respond uncommonly. It is also useful to ponder the fact that, along with even the Savior himself, we are to experience certain things "according to the flesh" (Alma 7:12) and to learn "in process of time" (Moses 7:21). Built, therefore, into the seemingly ordinary experiences of life are opportunities for us to acquire such eternal attributes as love, mercy, meekness, patience, and submissiveness and to develop and sharpen such skills as how to communicate, motivate, delegate, and manage our time and talents and our thoughts in accordance with eternal priorities. These attributes and skills are portable; they are never obsolete and will be much needed in the next world." Elder Neal A Maxwell "Grounded, Rooted, Established, and Settled" BYU Speeches of the Year
8c-Never give a lesson where there is no student participation. Elder Richard G. Scott
9b-"The deep problems individuals have can only be solved by learning about "the deep things of God," by confronting the reality of "things as they really are and things as they really will be." Hard though this process may be, painful though it may be, it is the one true course for human happiness here and everlasting joy in the world to come . Whatever we do in our individual lives and through the influence we have on the lives of others must move us and others to come to terms with these ultimate realities. To move in another direction is folly and misery." Speech to the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists Elder Neal A. Maxwell
10a- personalfinance.byu.edu has many different personal finance manuals free to download and use as well as other tools
10f-The scriptures make us wise...if we learn to read them and obey the commandments.
The Savior makes us holy...if we repent.
The storms make us strong...if we learn the lessons God wants us to learn.
10f-The storms which He sends us will take us where He wants us to go.
11b-Learn to react to the telestial realities in celestial ways.
13a-The key to making the most of your time, putting your time to the best use, is when you use the gifts God has given you to bless His children. You will feel peace and joy (and energy). The key: organizing your life such that you more frequently use your gifts to bless lives (yours and others). So identify and discover the gifts you have.
14a-If we don't choose to act (freedom), we will be acted upon (bondage).
14b-Article on changing ourselves:
http://www.herrifordconsulting.com/docs/influencing-change.pdf
14c-To make real and permanent changes in your life:
#1 Identify Crucial Moments (when your will power fails)
#2 Create Vital Behaviors (what will you do in those crucial moments that will help you avoid crucial moments or overcome them)
#3 Make a Bad Day Good Data (when you succumb to your temptation, analyze why and then use that to adjust your crucial moments list and your vital behaviors list).
15a- Balancing your blood sugar:
-eat breakfast within 3 hours of waking
-balance carbs/proteins/fats (usually it's protein that's missing)
-eat a meal or snack every 3-5 hours
-stabilize evening blood sugar as needed (eat something at bedtime as needed)
15b-Soft drinks are the cigarettes of the obesity problem.
15c-How many servings of the following does it take to reach the maximum dose by the FDA and AMA:
coffee-2-3 cups
tea-3 cups
monster and rock star-1 can
hot chocolate- 25 cups
15c-"Educate your desires." President Joseph F. Smith (but I don't like drinking water...or eating whole grains...)
16a-Spiritual insecurity is part of the mortal package. We are looking for spiritual comfort (when we sin or transgress we feel it) and sometimes we look for the comfort in physical ways, which can lead to addictions. We need to reach out for real spirituality, instead of fake (physical).
17b-The Middoni Principle (lessons from Alma 20):
1- We should always do what God requires.
2- We should realize that quite often what we want or righteously desire is often what the Lord wants.
3- We should realize that God often has a different way of orchestrating events than what we contemplate initially.
4- This is not "blind obedience." It is, rather, "intelligent obedience" because it's based on prior spiritual witnesses (where you learn to trust the Lord).
18a- When you change the way you look at things, the thing you look at changes.
18 b-Discover your motivation--your dream, which will lead to working hard to attain your motivation, which will lead to adversity while trying to attain your motivation, which should lead to revisiting your motivation.
18c-When you make someone do something, it greatly diminishes motivation. Satan is still after our agency.
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