9 Ways to be Happy and Make something of your Life
Gordon B.Hinckley
1.Be Grateful
Be grateful is one of the 9 ways to be Happy and make something of your life . To be grateful mean to be thankful for what you have . we get and want new things all the time but we sometimes don't fine the time to say thank you to our parents and god for giving our things to us . Example sometimes we want like the new iPhone and we barely got an iPhone last year . it not broken or has nothing wrong with it . you just want the new iPhone because it is cool . And then we get upset that our parent don't want to buy it for us . Us in that situation we stop being grateful for the work it takes to make that much money to pay it and buy it . we should be more grateful not that we have new stuff but that we have our family and that we all try our best to make each other happy . So be grateful each day and say thank you for your work mom and dad .When we do this that will make us feel happier in life . Don't forget grateful=happiness .
I will apply this new way by each day saying thank you for my mom and telling her that i am grateful for the things she gives me .
2. Be Smart
Being smart is the second way to be happy and make something of your life .To be smart means to know things and use that learning in the world .Being smart doesn't mean you have to get A's in every class to be smart . you just have to learn and use that learning .for example if you had science last year and now you have biology you can us your learning last year to help with this year and you will be smart .but if you don't use your learning last year you will not pass the class because you weren't smart to learn the things from last year to use this year . you can learn new things by reading and that will help you learn better . There are many way to grow your knowledge . you can be smart if you just realize that you need help to grow your knowledge you are already smart .using conman sense also makes you smart . if you are smart you will be happy cause you will know thing that you didn't know. and also that way you will get a better job and make something of your life . if you are smart you will also choose the right .
i will appy this new way in my everyday life to give me motivation to go to school and go to college .
3. Be Involved in Good Works
Being involved in good works is the third way to be happy and make something of your life . To be involved in good work means to volunteer and help out other people . when you help others it makes you feel good like if you did something wonderful . you get a warm feeling inside that you only get when you help people by chose .if you help other but its not your chose then what is the point you will be unhappy . you have to want to do something good for other . you can change the world if you help only one person at a time . you maybe already involved in good woks if you help your parents . you dont need to help everyone in need but people you can help .But remember you have to be willing to help . if you help out other and you enjoy it there are many careers you can become . which will help you makes something out of your life .
i will apply this in my life now i will help my parents but now i will do it willingly cause now i need that if i do i will be happy .
4.Be Clean
5.Be True
being truthful is one more way to be happy and make something of your life . To be truthful means to not lie or do things you shouldnt be doing and than lying that you didnt do it .if you lie not only those that make you feel bad . you are lying to people you care about you too cause no one else asks you or cares about you more than the people that love you . if you are truthful you will never feel that pain inside that is keeping a lie . it is an undercover lie that at the end it always comes out . so dont lie it will make your life some much easier .you dont have to worry about the lying that you told cause there is none .also if you are lying because of drugs and things like that it only hurting you . so in the future if you lying about drug yo u can end up never waking up again .if you dont lie you are a CTR person . it will also help you in the future so dont lie.
i will appy this way by not lying and by always telling the true cause i know i cant and will not lie to myself .
6. be positive
being positive is one of the ways to be happy and make something of your life .to be positive to me means that you also so the good in everything that happens .you think that there is good in everyone .you believe that we are here for a reason when times get hard . being positive isn't a bad thing but because of it,you can get hurt often .if you want to be positive than so be it ,you dont have to stay negative you can change . many people want to be positive but remember something its okay to not find a positive side .something its okay to say its not going to be okay and let go but for the most part be positive . being positive could have help and stop people to from doing crimes and stop self harm and other things too. we get so cought in the negative of thing and life that we cant even see the good of little things like the flowers .so next times you are having a bad day remember not everything is bad .and also always remember everyday is a new day .
i will apply this in my life by trying to see the positive things in life because i cant say there wont be times when i cant be positive .
7.be humble
being humble is one of the ways to be happy and make something of your life .being humble is help the ones in need .for explain helping the homeless and other people in need .when we give a dollar to the people on the streets asking for money that is be humble. you are helping the less fortunate .also there are many ways to be humble you dont have to give people things to people either you can help people in anyways . you can help an old lady cross the street .you can give a hug to someone that is caring even if you dont know them .even you do little things like this you are changing a persons day in a positive way .and also your life too because you will feel happy and peaceful for helping someone .so next time you see one in need help them and you will feel good .also that will help you and make you a CTR person .
i will apply this way in trying to help out other and being selfish .
8.be still
being still is one of the nine ways to be happy and make something of your life .to be still means to be not be doing things your shouldn't be doing and wait for the best and let things happen . everything happens for a reason .dont try to do crazy and bad things to stop it or hurry things up .its like when we were small and our moms would tell us that if we sat down that we would get a candy. and if you did than you would get it .good things happen to people who wait and let life do it own thing. life test us in many ways but you can pass all .we shouldn't let things that happen stop us we may get hurt and sad things happen but never forget everything has a reason .always be patient cause you dont know what life has in store for you .nothing crazy and bad can stop things .but if you do things like that remember life will get you bad later on .
i will appy this by letting life happen and learn to be still.
9.be prayerful
reflection:i agree with the 9 ways to be happy and to make something of your life .i agree because i believe it was important for us to know these 9 ways .i feel like i can become someone better if i follow these ways .i will and am going to apply these ways in my life .i learn that you have to be more than just a CTR person .everyone that has seen and read the 9 ways will want to be a better them. i will start to look at the world with different eyes because i learned that not everything is what it seems . Not everyone is bad and not everyone is good too .we need to learn that.
"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 .
They will bring you friends of your own kind .They will protect you from associations that wold pull you down and deflect you from your course.
This is 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 tired 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 possession 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 windows on to the other side .there was a mangled car .police cars soon converged ,followed by the ambulance .the boy and the girl were both dead .the road they were traveling crossed the tracks .they did not stop ,look ,or listened .it all happened in a in a 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."
