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W02 - Create a life of meaning

  This week we reflected on what is important to us and what we need to include in our lives to create meaning. One of the study activities included a video of a professor named Randy Pausch that was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and that only had some weeks or a couple of months of life, but gave a marvelous talk about achieving our childhood’s dreams and creating meaning in the way we live. I think that he was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams because, as he said, it is not so much about achieving your dreams, but how you live your life, and living your life the right way will cause your dreams to come to you. So, having dreams is important because as I read in other activity, the stars are important to guide our efforts and focus our energy and talents so they are not wasted. In this case, our dreams are our stars, and it doesn’t matter if we find brick walls on the way because they are not there to stop us or keep us out, they are there to give us th...

The start of my journaling

  This week I learned about the importance of keeping a journal. Of course that as members of the Church we have heard of it and we were encouraged to keep a record of our learnings, testimonies, and relevant events that could help future generations know us best and get closer to the Lord by our example and diligence, but it has always been a challenge for me because I’m not good with writing and even good things happen to me every day, I was never able to put it into written words. Now it is not an option and I am thankful for that because I’m compelled to be humble and repent for not listening to this counsel before. I still feel I’m too weak at writing so I’ll try to do my very best to improve and be both obedient to the calling of the modern prophets to write our history and fulfill my assignment in this course. Something I read that really caused an effect in me was the experience of Jeff Sandefer with a former student in the jetway, especially when he thought that his cl...