My first week of Winter Semester has been very similar to those of earlier semesters, stressful. With that stress I found myself wishing I was no longer in school. The Christmas break did not seem long enough for me, and I wished for my leisure. However, the new semester had already started and I knew that I had to move on with life and change my attitude.
I love my classes; I think that they are all really great and will give me the opportunities that I need to learn so I can be successful. However, since my classes are harder this semester I feel the task to do well is somewhat daunting. However, I learned a valuable lesson this week from one of my professors that I hope to never forget. Brother Stice, my accounting professor, taught to the class the importance of reading the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. As he was telling of this importance, I thought to myself that many times I try to rely on myself to do well in classes, but instead of putting God’s work first and doing what He would have me do, I put homework, projects, and studying first. I had not realized that I was not doing my part with God to do well in school. This week I realized that, and though there are many other things that I learned throughout this week, about writing, accounting, finance, etc. I deem this lesson to be of most value: to put God first in all things, and then all things will work out. I wish to put this into practice in my day to day life by studying at least 30 minutes the Book of Mormon, the scriptures, Conference talks, etc.
This semester is going to be great!
Awesome goals! I definitely feel like I'm on the same boat as you. I constantly try to remind myself of the true priorities in my life. I agree with you in that school can be much more enjoyable if we keep our priorities straight. I hope you have a g
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Lexi Garrett on January 17, 2015 at 7:32 pm said:
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! Again and again in my life I have seen how when we make time for God and for our spiritual growth, everything else seems to fall into place. Here’s another challenge along the same vein, given to me this past week by my finance professor Brother Brau: don’t do homework or study on Sunday. He talked about many of the same things you did. Since my junior year of high school I have tried to follow this counsel by not doing homework on Sunday, and I can honestly say that it has made a huge difference in my life. I think sometimes people mistakenly think, “How could I get everything done with one less day of work?” and they think that stress levels would increase. However, I have found the opposite to be true. I look forward to Sundays as a break because I know that I won’t have to do any work. It is such a relief! It does, however, take a little bit more planning and diligence. I would encourage you to think about accepting this challenge as well!