9 ways to be happy and make something of your life
Gordon B. Hinckley
1. BE GRATEFUL means to appreciate for the things you have. Not everyone can have the same things you have. Be appreciative for the things you get even though you might not even want that. Other people might want what you have but they cant even get it. Life is to be enjoyed for what you have. Dont make complaints for things you want sometimes it just isn't meant to be for you. An example would be if a teenager gets a iphone 5 but wanted the 6. There is other teenagers out there that want the 5 because they still have a flip phone. Not everyone has the money to buy something they want. Just be grateful instead because there is people out there that dont even have a phone.
"Life is to be enjoyed, not endured"
Gordon B Hinckley
2. BE SMART means to know your actions. Its not always about just saying yes or no or just doing it.You have to know what your doing. Being smart is also to choose the right way. Choose the right ways in school and educate yourself as much as possible instead of slacking of. Never give up on education. If you do then you will pay a lot of consequences later in the future that aren't going to be worth it. An example of being smart would be if you have the choice to go to school or go to a party. Be smart and go to school because school will get you somewhere in life and a going to a party wont get you anywhere.
Gordon B Hinckley
3. BE INVOLVED IN GOOD WORKS means to help others. Be a volunteer for things like school or church so you can help others. Also in school join clubs or college classes so you can be involved in many others things. Be more open to more things and try to be involved in sports also. An example of being involved in good work would be if a new student come to school and he joins leadership. It can also be in honors. Another example would be getting involved in a school event . Help the school and your being involved into good works. It doesn't only have to be in school but be open to try new things that are good.
"Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out."
Gordon B Hinckley
Gordon B Hinckley
4. BE CLEAN doesn't only mean to shower and smell good. Be clean may mean many different things like be clean at home or your record should be clean. To be clean can also mean to be organized. For your record to be clean you should not have any tickets, warnings, or fights etc. You also shouldn't be caught doing any type of drug like cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana etc. For your house to be clean you should clean it like sweep, mop, even wash dishes etc. And lastly to be organized clean you should know where you leave everything. Like your school textbooks, homework, or other things that are really important. For example your school diplomas you should know where you place them because you might need them later. Especially if you have a high school diploma you should be organized and know where you leave it because you will need it later when you look for a job.
''Everything looks better when there is cleanliness.''
Joseph
F. Smith’s
5. BE TRUE means to be a honest person. It doesn't only means to be honest to everyone. It also means to be honest in school or work. To be true to everyone means to be respectful to one another. Also to not lie to them. To be true to school means to not cheat on test. You shouldn't do that because you know your choosing the wrong but you still do it. An example of how cheating doesn't help is if you had a accident and the fire fighter that is helping you cheated on the test and he doesn't know the steps on how to attend you. You will get nowhere if you cheat. Nobody will like a scenario like that to happen to them. To be true in work means to not steal any supplies. They trust you well enough to leave you and your going to steal that choosing the wrong
6. BE POSITIVE means to never put yourself down. Always think positive because you will get nowhere with negativity. Everything is possible if you don't give up. All you gotta do is keep trying because nothing is easy to achieve. There might be many obstacles in your way that you will have to work hard to achieve them but its all on your mind. If you want to succeed and have a positive mind you will succeed. If you always put yourself down on everything you do then you will be like that for the rest of your life. For example if your taking a test and all you think about is failing your putting yourself down. You should think about passing the test and succeeding because you have to be positive.
''Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development.''
Gordon B Hinckley
7. BE HUMBLE means to look for a long lasting happiness. It can also mean to feel insignificant. Being humble can also mean to be disdainfully proud. Being humble means to be trustworthy and a honest person. An example would be if you didn't do your homework you shouldn't tell the teachers lies. Be humble and tell the truth because if you lie that will stay with you forever ever because you know you choose the wrong. If you say the truth then you choose the right and that will stay with forever as well but its a good thing.
8. BE STILL means to be a motionless or a silent person. Being still can also mean to stay in the same place. For example in school you have to know how to be still for many reasons. You have to be still when someone is talking so you wont be disrespectful to them. Also when you have to remain still because there is a fire drill. Not being still can cause many bad consequences. A quote can be ''learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen.'' -Morgan Freeman. What this quote means is that you need to learn how to live your life even if its slowly but live it and don't try to rush things that are not meant for your age. For example like run before you walk. So in my point of view that's what i think to be still means others might think differently but this is mine and remember always be still cause you don't want to let life go through your hands like water.
9.BE PRAYERFUL
Be prayerful is the final way to be happy and make
something of your life. I think if you apply all these 9 ways in your life your going to be happy, successful, and make something of your life. These are all wonderful
and fantastic ways and they mean a lot. Everyone should know and follow this to
become better for themselves. Also for others around them. This can also mean your going to
be choosing the right. I have been applying these to my personal life and they have helped me a lot in many different ways. I will continue using these 9 ways of being happy.
"There they are, nine Be’s which, if observed, will
bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman. They will add sparkle to
your days and peace to your nights. They will save you from heartache and pain.
They will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies.
9 ways concluding words by Gordon
They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will
protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect you from
your course.
This is a time to be happy. This is a time to feel joy and
make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What I have tried to
put forth .... are simply a few suggestions, gained from many years of living,
to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will
bring you happiness – things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying
your baser desires.
If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
At railroad grade crossing, signs of warning were once
common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with the words, “Stop, Look, Listen.”
They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be
alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out
the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and
a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved
ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded
and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked
out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon
converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road
they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen. It
all happened in an instant.
The better way to Be is the way of these nine Be’s.
The years will inevitably pass, and pass quickly. Today is
your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of (your)
precious life."
