Becoming Project

As part of my religion class for the Pathway program. We have each been asked to do a "Becoming Project." For this project, we had to pick a Christlike attribute to work on throughout the Semester. I chose the attribute of diligence. In Preach My Gospel it says that "Diligence is steady, consistent, earnest and energetic effort in doing the Lord's work." I like the adjectives in this sentence. Not just being steady and consistent, but also being energetic. Preach My Gospel continues and says "The Lord expects you to work diligently-persistently and with great effort and care." Again, there are great adjectives in this sentence. I like the idea of working with great care.

Over the years, I've gotten little lax in some of the basic things of the gospel, so I felt like developing diligence would help me to regain some of those basic things.

This last week we had to set several week long goals to work on. one of my goals was to make an Obedience Chart. Here is a picture of my chart in case it might be helpful to anybody else. :)

These might seem like basic tasks, but honestly, I haven't been great at doing all of these things. When I talked with Ryan about wanting to get better at the basics as part of my "Becoming Project," he suggested an obedience chart. He said that they had used them in the mission and I thought this was a great idea. I'm all about keep information organized! We actually printed out two copies of the chart and each hung it on the wall at our bedside. It's been a good reminder to see in there every morning and report out to myself every night.  As I was musing out loud, wondering if taking a lunch really means "I took my lunch from home," or if it just means "I didn't have to buy lunch at work" (which is the real goal), Ryan reminded me that it's not a competition, it's just a way for me to be aware of what I'm doing. I won't report out here on how I'm doing on my goals, but I will tell you that setting goals and writing them down has made a difference in accomplishing those goals.

On setting and achieving goals Elder Ballard said the following:

Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives....Just do the very best you can each day. Do the basic things and, before you realize it, your life will be full of spiritual understanding that will confirm to you that your Heavenly Father loves you. When a person knows this, then life will be full of purpose and meaning, making balance easier to maintain.

Elder Faust said the following:

Tomorrows blessing and opportunities depend on the choices we make today.