...in this case, it is not the question but rather the answer.
Today in Church a talk was given that brought up something important to me. I am a "list person". I have so many lists, because that is how I stay organized. The most frequent list I make is a to-do list, generally before I go to bed for the next day (yes, I still have nightly planning sessions, hahahaha, picked that up from the mission!). But in this talk, the speaker talked about how we like to-do lists because we can check things off as we finish. But have we ever thought about a "To be" list? So that got me thinking. And tonight for my scripture study, I was pondering over this and decided that I also needed to make a "Not to be" list. And these are lists that will stay with me for life, as I will never be perfect and will always be working on becoming more like Christ. Because that is the ultimate goal of a "to be" list. So here is the result of my study:
To be:
Today in Church a talk was given that brought up something important to me. I am a "list person". I have so many lists, because that is how I stay organized. The most frequent list I make is a to-do list, generally before I go to bed for the next day (yes, I still have nightly planning sessions, hahahaha, picked that up from the mission!). But in this talk, the speaker talked about how we like to-do lists because we can check things off as we finish. But have we ever thought about a "To be" list? So that got me thinking. And tonight for my scripture study, I was pondering over this and decided that I also needed to make a "Not to be" list. And these are lists that will stay with me for life, as I will never be perfect and will always be working on becoming more like Christ. Because that is the ultimate goal of a "to be" list. So here is the result of my study:
To be:
- happy
- patient- with myself, others, and the Lord's timing
- spiritual
- humble
- trusting in God- His will above my own
- selfless- serve others always
- obedient & a covenant keeper
- willing
- charitable & kind & loving
- faithful and believing
- temple-going
- dedicated & diligent
- a hard worker
- honest
- a missionary always
- aware of priorities
- involved in family history
- hopeful
- virtuous
- a seeker of knowledge and truth
- worthy of the Spirit
- eternal-minded
- a disciple of Christ (3 Nephi 5:13)
Not to be:
- selfish
- prideful
- judgmental
- perfectionist
- impatient
- lazy
- disobedient
- defiant
- envious or jealous
- pessimistic
- a bad example
- concerned with man's opinion of me
- sinful
- contentious
- worldly
- short-tempered
- doubting
- weary in doing good
- hesitant to follow a prompting
- ignorant
And I'm sure I'll continue to add to these lists. But this is what's going up on my wall right now as a daily reminder to try a little harder to be a little better each day.
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