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As we walked under the light of a full moon, we both made serious resolutions. I committed that night that I would not waste my time. I would renew my efforts to serve the Lord.

That was also the evening I made up my mind about whom I would marry. I even described her to my companion—that she would be five foot five, that she would have blue eyes, and that she would have blonde hair. Sister Wirthlin fits all of the description that I made of her at that time without knowing her. And so that night was important to me. Two and one-half years passed, and before I knew it, I was home again.

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I remember hearing someone mention a name: Elisa Rogers, a young woman who was in charge of a university dance at the Hotel Utah. There was something special about that name. I decided I ought to meet her. I remember the first time I saw her. As a favor for a friend of mine, I had gone to her home to pick up her sister.

Elisa opened the door, and I stared. There she was, beautiful, five foot five, blue eyes, blonde hair. She quickly realized she had made a grammatical error. To fully appreciate that, you have to remember that she was an English major. Even after all of these years, she has remembered the embarrassment of that moment. Six decades have intervened since that Christmas Eve in Oberndorf when I made those resolutions. Much has happened in the intervening years. My premonitions about playing football were right; I never played again. But I did graduate from the university. By doing so, my life has been filled with adventure, spiritual experiences, and joy that surpasses understanding.

Many of you may be at a time in your lives when perhaps you are feeling a little discouraged or alone. Perhaps you feel a little lost, maybe even a little afraid. Everyone has felt this way at one time or another. Everyone has wondered if his or her life will ultimately be a happy one. More than two millennia ago, Aristotle suggested that everyone who lives has the same basic objective: First, have faith in your Heavenly Father.

He knows who you are. He listens to you when you pray. He is mindful of you. He wants the best for you. He was a professional genealogist, and he told me he had seen quite a few Wirthlin names in his work. He offered to research my family lines. I wrote home, and my father thought it was a wonderful opportunity, so we hired him to begin. A year later he handed me a book. It was filled with nearly 6, names of my ancestors. It was a priceless volume that I treasured.

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Just before my missionary release, I packed the precious book in a steamer trunk along with some of my other possessions and shipped it home. I prayed that it would arrive safely and that the precious family history would not be lost. I arrived home before the trunk. I began to worry that the irreplaceable book had been lost. A trunk had arrived for me. I rushed down to retrieve it, but when I saw it, my heart sank.

The lock on the trunk had been broken. I pried up the lid, and when I looked inside, my heart fell further. Everything had been soaked with seawater. What is more, I could tell someone had rifled through my belongings. Some things were missing. I gingerly removed the layers of clothing, searching for my precious book. When I reached it, my heart overflowed with joy. Not only was it there, but the papers were completely dry! I know the book was preserved through divine intervention. By the same token, if saving a book from seawater can be worthy of heavenly attention, how much more will your Heavenly Father be aware of your life and your needs?

On one occasion President Thomas S. Monson made this statement to me: The Lord knows your trials. He knows your victories. Second, set righteous goals. Many things will compete for your attention as you pursue your course through life. There will be endless distractions. People and things will call to you, singing the siren songs of wealth, pleasure, and power. Success is a seductive word. Thousands of books have been written on the subject. They promise money, freedom, leisure, and luxury. Thousands of people have provided as many surefire formulas for building wealth.

For example, a three-step process for getting rich is attributed to J. Other perhaps more utilitarian formulas advocate variations on a singular theme: You must focus all your thoughts, feelings, and actions on your goals.

You must want your goal with all the passion of your heart. You must focus every thought on your goal. You must concentrate all your energy into achieving your goal. Of course, when applied to righteous ends, these methods may be of great worth. The problem is that in most cases the search for wealth, pleasure, and power leads to a place that may seem at first glance to be desirable, but the closer you get, the more you see it for what it is. The price for worldly success too often comes at the price of your birthright. Another trap we often fall into when we become obsessed with success is that we credit the strength of our arm and power of our thought and forget the Lord, who has blessed and prospered us.

Do you think you can use the money you have earned in this life as currency in the next? Put your Heavenly Father first in your life. Commit to follow Him and obey His commandments and strive every day to become more Christlike. Focus your efforts on obtaining heavenly riches. To do otherwise will ultimately end in disappointment and sorrow.

He had so many goods that he did not have a place big enough to hold them. So he built great barns where he could store them. His idea was that as soon as he had a safe place for all his resources, he could then retire and lead a life of leisure—eating, drinking, and being merry.

A sobering question the Savior asked those of His day echoes through the centuries to ours: Is money necessarily evil? The Book of Mormon prophet Jacob answered this question. Third, once you have established righteous goals, work with all your might to accomplish them.

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In the words of Elder David O. McKay — , when he was in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Work is therapy for the soul. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of work. I believe that much idleness we experience comes from misunderstanding the Atonement of the Lord. We cannot simply sit around and do nothing and expect to be successful in spiritual or temporal things.

We need to do all that is in our power to accomplish our goals, and the Lord will make up the difference. Remember the words of President Gordon B. Let me tell you about a remarkable individual who took responsibility for his life and made something of himself, despite humble beginnings. His name is Dr. Carson was born and raised in the poor slums of Detroit. He grew up in a home that had no father. His mother took the responsibility on her shoulders of raising a family, and she passed this sense of responsibility on to her son. You have a brain, so think your way out of problems.

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The only person who really determined or limited my success was me. Once I understood that, the whole victim mentality went right out the window. An Interview with Ben Carson, M. He took control of his life. He studied hard in school and did well—well enough to go on and become a doctor. Carson performed the first successful operation to separate Siamese twins who were attached at the back of the head. Hinckley echoed that sentiment: It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

Fourth, magnify your callings and be faithful members of the Church. When we go to church, we surround ourselves with others who share our commitment to obey the commandments and follow the Savior. Some mistake the Church for a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, think perfect thoughts, and feel perfect feelings. Quotes tagged as "life-journey" Showing of Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation.

In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse. Some of us have to turn the world upside down and shake the hell out of it until we make our own place in it.

You have no control over how your story begins or ends. But by now, you should know that all things have an ending. Every spark returns to darkness. Every sound returns to silence. And every flower returns to sleep with the earth. The journey of the sun and moon is predictable. But yours, is your ultimate ART. There are no coincidences. How I Became Latina. An Adoptee's Quest for Truth. The first, is to seek Truth throughout our lifetime. The second, is simply to be good. Engrave it in your mind that life is just one big board game where you have to make it from start to finish by being good.

That is all you have to do. The hardest part, is dealing with all the obstacles that prevent smooth sailing. The trick is, to always strive to be the right person in all situations — regardless of personal cost to you. Your aim is to make sure the right book on your shoulder weighs more that the bad book on the left. The scales are real. Regardless of your chosen faith, there is a measurement system to be found in all of the world's religions. After all, does it make sense for all souls, good or bad, to end up in the same place?

To really secure the very best setting in the afterlife, the vibrations of your good deeds must surpass your death. The Writings of Suzy Kassem. But remember, then you're on someone else's journey and may get lost. Search for your path within. What's important is the essence.