This week has been
packed with great information. The part that I was most inspired by was the
talk given by Jeff Sandefer, “A Hero’s Journey”. It was a talk given at a
devotional at BYU-I. I wish it was a written talk so I could have read and
re-read it. I did the best I could with taking notes while I watched it though.
I’d like to share in today’s post what I learned.
There was so much
valuable information in his message. Here’s a small portion of it:
He mentions we need to
live every moment like it matters - we need to live every moment like we have a
mission. He teaches it’s important to live a life of meaning. When you are older you will want to be able to
answer the following questions positively:
1. Have
I contributed something meaningful?
2. Was
I a good person?
3. Who
did I love and who loved me?
He says that using our God-given gifts will
bring us great joy. We can use these gifts to find our calling in life. What
need in the world is there that we can fill? What problems do we feel we were
put here on earth to solve?
As with friends, we need to choose our
co-workers wisely. We become like those we surround ourselves with. Here at
BYU-I it’s much easier to find incredible people that share our same values and
goals. In the working world, however, we need to be careful to surround
ourselves with people who share common goals and integrity.
As we go about our lives, working hard
to achieve our goals, we need to anticipate moments of great temptation. He
suggest we write a note to ourselves and place it in a time-capsule of sorts.
When the times of temptations come we can get this note out and remind
ourselves what our values are and need to always be. I really liked his note to
himself. It is a joke told by his father-in-law who is a minister: “Do you know
the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.” It’s a great
reminder of how we need to watch out for pride. Especially as we experience
success.
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