W11 - Journal Post

 Formula for success NOTES

• If we are really to be a chosen generation, we have the responsibility to be prepared, to be productive, to be faithful, and to be fruitful as well.
• Formula for success - First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.
• You and I have the responsibility to learn the word of God, to understand the word of God, and then to live his word.
• Remember, a testimony is perishable. That which you selfishly keep, you lose; that which you willingly share, you keep. All of us benefit when we remember to magnify our callings.
• You may recall that Jesus filled his mind with truth; Jesus filled his life with service; Jesus filled his heart with love. When we follow that example, we shall never hear those words of rebuke that came from the parables.

I didn't take notes on the other articles I read, unfortunately.  But I did want to make comments about the two Mini Cases we read and responded to this week.  These cases, even at my age, are pretty heavy.  The situations they describe should cause everyone to stop in their tracks and ask themselves some hard questions about how they're choosing to live their lives.  

For me, I learned that if I were to be a business owner, that it's super important to include your family in the decisions you make that's going to affect your time together.  In both mini cases, if you were a single person, neither case would be a problem whatsoever, but since you're a father and husband, you have to step back and consider that the decisions you make not only affect yourself and your business, but those decisions have a huge bearing on your family as well.  This exercise was a good one to go through as it helps us to take a step back and to think about what we're doing to our families while operating a business.