Week 10 - Journal

This week I learned a lot about the value of money and how it can be used for good in my life. I think that money is only a tool and it can be used for good or bad, so managing my money is important to me. I want money to bee a tool that I use to better my life and those who are around me including my family, friends, and all those I know who are sick, hungary, captive, or needful in other ways. These are some of the things that I learned this week that have most impacted me: So if you want to prosper: (from Brother Gibson's talk at BYUI) Rule 1. Seek the Lord and have hope in him Rule 2. Keep the commandments, that includes the temporal ones, tithing and fast offerings. Rule 3. Think about money and plan how you can become self-reliant. Rule 4. Take advantage of chances for learning so you will not be ignorant of these matters. Education, as President Hinckley has taught us, is the Key to Opportunity. Rule 5. Learn the laws upon which the blessings of wealth are predicated. Rule 6. Do not send away the naked, the hungry, the thirsty or the sick or those who are held captive. Also this scripture about the talents: 29. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. I also thought this was important to note: Brigham Young said. "...if we are the people of God, we are to be the richest people on the earth....I am ashamed to see the poverty that exists among the Latter-day Saints. They ought to be worth millions and millions." JD 17:43-44 I think that money does not buy happiness, but what can bring happiness is a life of helping others, personal learning and progression, and creating something meaningful that will help others. This is what I enjoyed about the Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness article: "finding the Hero’s Journey you were meant to live requires you to lose your preoccupation with yourself. There are at least four ways to do this: First in overcoming challenges; then in relationship; next in gratitude; and finally, by connecting to the transcendent." "A calling is finding that special place where your most precious gifts allow you to do something you love, in service to others, in a way that changes the world." “How can I create something meaningful for others?” is the right question because it helps others and will change you in a profound way." (LLPH - Actonfoundation.org)