“A journal is like a mirror; it doesn’t lie."
This Spring semester I find myself registered for a few classes. I am in the final (third) quarter of Pathways. I started in Pathways honestly because I had missed the application deadline for the semester to be a transfer student online. I investigated the BYU Pathways program, and determined that at least that way I could begin the journey back to school and work on the application process to get into BYUI while I was taking a few classes. Once I got into the semester, I realized that the lessons I was learning were not about coming back to school. I was seeing the world I live in through new eyes. I was in the midst of a group of students in my gathering which I would never associate with otherwise. The life lessons I was learning about difficulties, about strife and struggle were deeper than any educational class could have taught me. I saw addiction up close and personal through the eyes of Jessica who chose as a teen a path of regret. I felt the sorrow of several single women who had struggled to keep their marriage alive to no avail. I saw single moms with young children struggling who stood on a fence about the Gospel and experienced their antagonistic views of the Gospel which gave me opportunity often to stand up for what I believe with kindness and love but with fortitude and passion.
That same semester I was accepted to BYUI as a transfer student, and so Winter semester I had a choice to make. I needed to take at least one class as a transfer student to accept that offer, but I could also continue the Pathway program if I wished. I determined that I would continue there as the lessons I was learning and opportunities there seemed what I was supposed to be engaged in. So last semester I had the two Pathways classes as well as Business 115 Excel class.
This semester is beginning in the midst of sheltering in place because of CoVid-19. This started the last few weeks of Winter semester when all gatherings were canceled by the Prophet to be good global citizens. Now we are some 6 weeks into this sheltering in place safety. As of today more than 165,000 people have died as a result of CoVid and the numbers increase daily. This week California is testing a theory that they might have had CoVid as early as February or some are saying even November and that some have already built an immunity towards this strain. The world has come together to realize that family is what is most important! Hopefully, people have realized that they do indeed need a support team and that ultimate that will be their family! Really? We have been locked up with them to realize something the Prophet has been telling us for years... since 1991 in fact!
This week I have been pondering this quote from our recent conference by President Nelson a lot! I think it directly relates to this Entrepreneurship class:
Of course growing is hard! It requires effort! It will challenge us and try us. Don't get it wrong, our Savior is there for us with every step, but he also won't let us just sit on the couch and say it's ok! You don't have to try! He made Moses climb clear to the top of the mountain. I googled it. Sini is 7,497' tall! We are told he went to the top of the mountain. It will be a climb.
I just finished another post for my Family Relations class that talked about a struggle I am having right now about how many classes to take. I have 12 credits this semester. I am concerned that maybe that is a few too many. And then when I go to drop one or two, this pit in my stomach says, don't you trust me? I will help you. Do I trust Him? yes! I know that impossible things are happening everyday! I just want to make sure this is not a selfish, prideful, or distraction that will lead me away instead of towards the place I am supposed to be going. FOCUS and HearHim# have to be paramount!
I love this quote: as President Eyring said, "The climbs to the places God would have us go are never for us alone. If we forget that, we will not have His full power to lift us" (The Temple and the College on the Hill, June 9, 2009).
This Spring semester I find myself registered for a few classes. I am in the final (third) quarter of Pathways. I started in Pathways honestly because I had missed the application deadline for the semester to be a transfer student online. I investigated the BYU Pathways program, and determined that at least that way I could begin the journey back to school and work on the application process to get into BYUI while I was taking a few classes. Once I got into the semester, I realized that the lessons I was learning were not about coming back to school. I was seeing the world I live in through new eyes. I was in the midst of a group of students in my gathering which I would never associate with otherwise. The life lessons I was learning about difficulties, about strife and struggle were deeper than any educational class could have taught me. I saw addiction up close and personal through the eyes of Jessica who chose as a teen a path of regret. I felt the sorrow of several single women who had struggled to keep their marriage alive to no avail. I saw single moms with young children struggling who stood on a fence about the Gospel and experienced their antagonistic views of the Gospel which gave me opportunity often to stand up for what I believe with kindness and love but with fortitude and passion.
That same semester I was accepted to BYUI as a transfer student, and so Winter semester I had a choice to make. I needed to take at least one class as a transfer student to accept that offer, but I could also continue the Pathway program if I wished. I determined that I would continue there as the lessons I was learning and opportunities there seemed what I was supposed to be engaged in. So last semester I had the two Pathways classes as well as Business 115 Excel class.
This semester is beginning in the midst of sheltering in place because of CoVid-19. This started the last few weeks of Winter semester when all gatherings were canceled by the Prophet to be good global citizens. Now we are some 6 weeks into this sheltering in place safety. As of today more than 165,000 people have died as a result of CoVid and the numbers increase daily. This week California is testing a theory that they might have had CoVid as early as February or some are saying even November and that some have already built an immunity towards this strain. The world has come together to realize that family is what is most important! Hopefully, people have realized that they do indeed need a support team and that ultimate that will be their family! Really? We have been locked up with them to realize something the Prophet has been telling us for years... since 1991 in fact!
This week I have been pondering this quote from our recent conference by President Nelson a lot! I think it directly relates to this Entrepreneurship class:
“Of course it’s hard. Everything to do with becoming more like the Savior is difficult. For example, when God wanted to give the Ten Commandments to Moses, where did He tell Moses to go? Up on top of a mountain, on the top of Mount Sinai. So Moses had to walk all the way up to the top of that mountain to get the Ten Commandments. Now, Heavenly Father could have said, ‘Moses, you start there, and I’ll start here, and I’ll meet you halfway.’ No, the Lord loves effort, because effort brings rewards that can’t come without it. For example, did you ever take piano lessons?”
Of course growing is hard! It requires effort! It will challenge us and try us. Don't get it wrong, our Savior is there for us with every step, but he also won't let us just sit on the couch and say it's ok! You don't have to try! He made Moses climb clear to the top of the mountain. I googled it. Sini is 7,497' tall! We are told he went to the top of the mountain. It will be a climb.
I just finished another post for my Family Relations class that talked about a struggle I am having right now about how many classes to take. I have 12 credits this semester. I am concerned that maybe that is a few too many. And then when I go to drop one or two, this pit in my stomach says, don't you trust me? I will help you. Do I trust Him? yes! I know that impossible things are happening everyday! I just want to make sure this is not a selfish, prideful, or distraction that will lead me away instead of towards the place I am supposed to be going. FOCUS and HearHim# have to be paramount!
I love this quote: as President Eyring said, "The climbs to the places God would have us go are never for us alone. If we forget that, we will not have His full power to lift us" (The Temple and the College on the Hill, June 9, 2009).