Prioritize

3 Nephi 13: 33 - "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."

One thing I've learned in my life is that if I put the most important things first such as scripture study, prayers, and church, everything else will fall into place and you'll be able to get everything else done.

Class Presentation... oh the irony....

Well, I just wanted to touch on our presentation last Friday and how I thought it went.

First of all I want to say how ironic I thought that our presentation was on technology, and technology was failing us! But luckily by the end we got it worked out and everything went ok.

Overall I thought our presentation went splendidly. I was worried after the presentation center but the class interaction helped a lot.

Me and My Heavenly Father

I've avoided this assignment for a while, just because it's something that is very personal to me, and something I have never been sure about.

I have doubts about myself, as I'm sure a lot of people do about themselves. I've been to rock bottom and back again. But there is one thing I do know. I, am a Daughter of God. And he loves me and cares about me. He knows what's best for me and wants me to achieve my potential here on earth. He also knows that potential is greater than I think it is. He is my greatest cheerleader. He is the ultimate provider. He has given me a beautiful world to live in and an amazing family to go through and experience life with. He has provided me with guidance and great blessings thus far in my life. We talk daily. Usually in the evenings. I share both my worries and joys about life with Him and he offers comfort, guidance, and answers to the questions I have about my life. I thank Him for all the wonderful things in my life. He speaks to me as I read the scriptures daily and gives me insights on how I can be improving myself personally.

I am a Daughter of God.

Conflict - It isn't worth it...

I really enjoyed yesterday's class listening to the different conflicts people have dealt with in the last couple days. It just reaffirmed something in my mind - most arguments aren't worth the breath. That's why I avoid them so often. It may feel good in the moment, but oftentimes you regret it for years to come. When I get into stupid arguments, I replay them in my mind over and over again regretting much of what I said. So basically, what's the point of conflict? A lot of the time nothing is accomplished by it.

What Heavenly Father Loves About Me

One of the things that Heavenly Father Loves about me is that I'm a caring person. I care about the people that are close to me and do all that I can to show them that. I may come off as cold and distant sometimes, but underneath I really do care and want what's best for those around me.

Color Code Profile

Reds are the power wielders of the world. Power is not good and it is not bad, it just is. It has to do with movement, (remember: moving from A to B). Power sometimes carries a negative connotation but where positive characteristics of Reds are concerned, it drives them to high levels of productivity and efficiency. Reds boldly move forward with logic, vision and determination. These qualities make them natural born leaders, as they make things happen by sheer force of will. From a Red perspective, emotion has little to do with accomplishing a task.

Red Strengths Reds are visionary and seem to have insight into the future. Keeping their eyes on the future averts them from the mundane day-to-day. In dealing with day-to-day circumstances, they make swift decisions and their independent nature doesn’t require someone to hover over them to see them through. Reds can be difficult to work with if they don’t get their way. Their behavior may appear negative in their efforts to get things their way. However, before you jump to conclusions, look past the behavior to what is driving it. It may be an enormous ego problem that causes a complete intolerance of others’ ideas. On the other hand, it is possible they are trying to achieve an important goal within the timeframe previously agreed to by the team.

Red Limitations Just like all the colors, Reds have challenging limitations. Let’s start out by saying they are not subtle. You know exactly where they stand and how they feel about things. Reds are verbal; however, what they say often seems hostile due to their tactless manner. Their insensitivity combined with a marked lack of subtlety causes many to wince at what comes out of their mouths. They can also be very demanding. Red bosses will ask you to work long hours because they do. They expect you to get the job done to make them look good. It doesn’t matter whether you have limitations or not—they expect you to make up for them. This is how they would deal with it. Overall, Reds lack compassion. If they develop the gift of compassion, Reds are hard to beat. When they add this dimension, they are truly very capable people.

Conflict Example

I haven't observed a conflict in the last couple days. I think I was just too busy. But I did read about Constructive Conflict Skills. Like I've mentioned before, I've dealt with a lot of conflict in my life. When I read through the skills I recognized a lot of the things I've learned through personal experience. One that I've really tried is to consider the other's point of view. I think this has really helped me see both sides of things and take a more objective approach to the problems that I encounter. I'm not saying this is how I ALWAYS am. I just try to be this way.