You CHOOSE your DESTINY - Gordon B. Hinckley

 

"In my quiet moments, I think of the future with all of its wonderful possibilities and with all of its terrible temptations. I wonder what will happen to you in the next 10 years. Where will you be? What will you be doing? That will depend on the choices you make, some of which may seem unimportant at the time but which will have tremendous consequences."

 

"Stay on the High Road," Ensign, May 2004, 112-113

The Courage to CHOOSE THE RIGHT - Thomas S. Monson

 

"Life's journey is not traveled on a freeway devoid of obstacles, pitfalls, and snares. Rather, it is a pathway marked by forks and turnings. Decisions are constantly before us. To make them wisely, courage is needed: the courage to say, 'No,' the courage to say, 'Yes.' 

 

Decisions do determine destiny.

"The call for courage comes constantly to each of us. It has ever been so, and so shall it ever be."

 

"The Call for Courage," Ensign, May 2004, 54-55

You CHOOSE your Response to Adversity

 

 "Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else."

 

"And Nothing Shall Offend Them," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 90

Choose the Better Choice - Dallin H. Oaks

"As we consider various choices, we should remember that it is not enough that something is good. Other choices are better, and still others are best. Even though a particular choice is more costly, its far greater value may make it the best choice of all.

"Consider how we use our time in the choices we make in viewing television, playing video games, surfing the Internet, or reading books or magazines. Of course it is good to view wholesome entertainment or to obtain interesting information. But not everything of that sort is worth the portion of our life we give to obtain it. Some things are better, and others are best. When the Lord told us to seek learning, He said, 'Seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom' (D&C 88:118)."

 "Good, Better, Best," Ensign, Nov. 2007, 104-105

December = Choice and Accountability

Increase your knowledge in all things

“Obtain a knowledge of history, and of countries, and of kingdoms, of laws of God and man, and all this for the salvation of Zion” 

(D&C 93:53). 

Get excited about increasing your knowledge and education!

What can you do to be a better student?

I saw this plaque today, and I immediately thought of YW lesson on Sunday (Lesson 41, Manual 2) on Optimism.  We discussed how it physically effects you to be with depressing people - they are like emotional vampires that drain your energy.  Here, this quote from Voltaire, reminds us that HAPPINESS {or Positivity, or Optimism} is actually beneficial for our health. 

How do you feel when you're happy? How do you make others feel?  

Click here to purchase this lovely plaque. It's from MB Art Studios.

"By study and also by Faith"

“Seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith” (D&C 88:118). 

Make sure you increase both your 

Spiritual AND Temporal Knowledge.

Lesson 41: Optimism Lesson - Harold B. Lee Quote

Hi Girls,

This is the quote that I often turn to when I'm feeling down.  Bad things are going to happen to us - that's a given. But we CHOOSE our REACTION.  We can dwell and drown in the "sea of bitterness", or we can choose to find the silver lining.
Love Maggie

"Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you."

Harold B. Lee

Knowledge - Quotes

“Study and learn, and become acquainted with all good books, and with languages, tongues, and people” (D&C 90:15). 

 

How are you increasing your knowledge?

Lesson 40: Self-Mastery

Found this image here!

Ezra Taft Benson on Education

"Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life -- and that preparing for life is far more than knowing how to make a living or how to land on the moon. 

 

Preparing for life means building personal integrity, developing a sound sense of values, increasing the capacity and willingness to serve.

Education must have its roots in moral principles. If we lose sight of that fact in our attempt to match our educational system against that of the materialists, we shall have lost far more than we could possibly gain."

(Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 297)

November = Knowledge!

Divine Nature - September's Value

Our Theme - Who We Are

Are you doing Good Works this month?

May - GOOD WORKS

Sacred Grove 2010 Pics

March Break Madness at my house - Vol. 1

Important info re: EFY Dance this Friday!!!

March = KNOWLEDGE!!!

YW Opening Ceremonies 2010

Thanks again to ALL for making our New Beginnings 2010 an amazing success!

We're so grateful for our new beehives Marissa & Ashley!

May you all have the STRENGTH & COURAGE to GO for SPIRITUAL GOLDS!

THANK YOU

A BIG Heart-filled THANK YOU

to everyone who helped make the YW 2010 Opening Ceremonies

such a SUCCESS!

Welcome to the incoming Beehives - Marissa & Ashley!

Photos to follow!

Sharing Work in the home

Here's a handout from this past Sunday's lesson.

What are YOU doing to share the work in YOUR home?