This week has been a wonderful experience. Sad, too, as I have learned that someone I worked with at my first job through high school and friend who later had become a successful entrepreneur, passed away yesterday. It really made me reflect on what I am truly thankful for in my life at this time. President Thomas S. Monson said, "We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues." These past couple of weeks have been very trying on me physically, emotionally and spiritually. I realize now that I wasn't being truly grateful for everything I already have in my life. This talk by President Monson, and even the Visiting Teaching message this month have really helped bring me back into focus on everything I needed to help me through this tough time. I am truly thankful for the Lord and the ability that He has given all of us to cast our burdens to Him and make it so that we can rely on Him and His help through all of our trials, no matter the size because no matter is too big for Him to help us through our hard times.
Another thing that I really loved learning this week came through the eCorner Video by Stan Christensen. He talks about how to avoid the wrong job in our lives. He says, "A lot of bad decisions come from unnecessary assumptions." He even listed off assumptions such as: worrying about the resume and what other people will think of it, choosing a job that will only get you to the next level, thinking we have to choose a career now, and specialization will get us on the best route to success. Maybe this is exactly why I want to be a published author, as well as run my own business in the future. In my studies of learning the craft and art of creative writing, it's almost like you're doing everything he says TO DO, and ignoring everything NOT TO DO. A good author doesn't worry about the resume--they are telling their story through another means. I see the author's resume shown through their stories they have produced, an author is looking at getting sales-yes, but they aren't truly looking for the job that will take them to the next level, they chose a career--but it is filled with multiple career enhancing and learning opportunities, and they become "specialists" in everything. I read from one author once that he enjoyed writing so much more than anything else because he was able to become an expert in whatever he was writing about at that time. As an writer, you are continually studying and learning and enhancing everything about you. Many authors keep their current careers for stability, but they truly know what makes them happy. I've seen so many writers that have such great gratitude for what they have in their life, and who they have in their life. For this example I have in my life, I am grateful for those to look up to, and I am thankful for everyone in my life right now and for their support.
eCorner Video: Avoid the Wrong Job by Stan Christensen
An Attitude of Gratitude by President Thomas S. Monson
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