SELF-IMPROVEMENT

In Gordon B. Hinkley's book entitled STANDING FOR SOMETHING, Random House, copyright 2000, we are told, "if we keep our minds sharpened on good literature and uplifting entertainment, if we are constantly interested in learning new things and acquiring new skills, personal development is inevitable and the light of our personality and our character shines even brighter. If we starve our minds with the drivel of miserable shows and cheap and shoddy literature, our minds become poor indeed."

Then President Hinkley quoted Dr. Joshua Liebman, "The great thing is that as long as we live we have the privilege of growing. We can learn new skills, engage in new kinds of work, devote ourselves to new causes, make new friends. Accepting then the truth that we are capable in some directions and limited in others, that genius is rare, that mediocrity is the portion of most of us, let us remember that we can and must change ourselves. Until the day of our death we can grow. We can tap hidden resources in our makeup."

In a previous blog, Tammy Williams referred to a scripture that assurred us when we die, the knowledge we gain on earth will rise with us. (See D&C 130:19)

We are not promised that only the good things we learn will rise with us, but whatever we gain in this life will be "our advantage" in the world to come. Think about it.

Love, Kathi