Be the Best you can Be

Be the Best you can Be

2/27/17

“Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be.”   -unknown.

 This past weekend was fabulous because it allowed me that time to sit back and remember exactly what and who I want to be. Elder Bednar and his wife Susan were visiting the Philippines for the past ten days. They left this morning. While they were here, they  spoke to us on a broadcast and in a Stake Conference. While he spoke I realized how important it is to have a direction in our lives.  To have a vision of where we are trying to go and what we hope to accomplish.  One of my favorite quotes is the quote from Alice in Wonderland where Alice has come to a fork in the road and she asks the Cheshire Cat which way she should go.  Says Alice:

`Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.

`I don’t much care where–‘ said Alice.

`Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.

 If we don’t have a vision for the future, then we have no idea of where to take our next step.  But if we can sit down and really think through the question “what do I want to be when I grow up?” (and I think this question applies to all of us, regardless of our age), and if we ask ourselves the question “what is the end result that I hope to achieve with my life?”, then we will find that our path on how to achieve that end result will become much more apparent to us and it will help us start to set goals in our lives that can lead us there.

Setting our goals is critical.  It is amazing to compare the lives of those who set goals in their lives against the lives of those who don’t set goals and just tend to go where the current takes them.  Is it any wonder that those people with goals and direction end up accomplishing so much more?   And it all begins with the simple act of writing those goals down.  Did you know that it’s said that less than 10% of people write their goals down?  And of those who do nothing more than simply write them down, their percentage of completing their goals is unbelievably high compared to those who didn’t.  I personally like to take my written goals and turn them into a visual goal poster.  One that includes pictures of the end results I am trying to accomplish. 

 I got this idea of a vision board from Cristi who had a post on How Does She the tittle of the blog post is “Dare to Dream” create a vison board. And like everything Cristi does, it’s amazing also it’s amazing what that vison board will do for your life.  Trust me. It works!

 And most of all, we need to decide the type of human being we want to be, our personal values we want to reflect.  A person of integrity.  A person of grace.  A person of love.  A person of virtue.  A person of…the list can go on and on, but it’s important to make that list for yourself and then evaluate how you are sizing up to the person you most want to be.   And yes, I do have a picture of a mansion in my goal poster because I love investing in nice homes and someday I hope I live in one beautiful home. Here is a quote for you

   “Be the Type of Person You Want to Meet”

 Yes, taking time to remind ourselves of who we are and who we want to be is one of the most therapeutic things we can do toward helping ourselves to become the best ‘us’ we can be.   I personally found that I still have a lot of things I need to work on to become my best self, but at least I have a list of what to work on and I have my set of goals to help get me there.  So at least I can be walking in the right direction. Elder Bednar gave us so much good council this past weekend but if I want to summarize it in one sentence he told us to make sure "we are becoming a better person today than what we were yesterday and a better person tomorrow than what we are today."

With love,

Vero