Have I contributed something meaningful? Am I a good person? Who did I love and who loved me?

This week we watched a really inspirational video of Jeff Sandefer speaking at BYU-I (https://video.byui.edu/media/122201_02_Large/0_7ghlpqpk/26923962). You could literally feel his emotion just watching it. As I listened, I took notes on things that stood out to me or felt most applicable to my life (we felt like everything!). Overall, Jeff Sandefer seems really real and personable and I hope you’ll watch it and take it to heart.

To start he says “you have a very special mission on this earth, a mission that will succeed beyond your wildest dreams, but only if you have the faith and courage to find that entrepreneurial calling.” Now, this talk was given to business students, but I feel that the word “entrepreneur” can be replaced with whatever it is you are wanting to be or become. I am a mother and it is equally as important to find your stride in that calling, or any calling for that matter.

Next, I’m going to quote some inspirational lines that I want to remember.

“Use your gifts to change the world and it will change you in the process”

“Live every moment of your life like it matters, because it does”

“Look at your struggles as adventures, setbacks as lessons”

“What matters most isn’t the prize at the end, but how the hero is changed in the               process”

Don’t these all feel like something you want printed on your wall, written on a mirror, taped to your fridge? Like I said, I want to remember these and I’m sure you do as well.

Sandefer goes on to talk about living a life of meaning and three important questions to ask yourself at the end of your life. “Have I contributed something meaningful? Am I a good person? Who did I love and who loved me?” Another important guide that he gives us is to “choose your fellow travelers well, it’s a trip you only take once.” These are all things I will strive for and hope I can answer in my old age and be happy with my answers. I hope I can serve others with my calling in life, surround myself with good, faithful people, be a good example and not “worry about the wrong things”. This, to me, is a full life, a life worth living.

To end, Sandefer quotes a beautiful scripture in Matthew. I too hope that when it’s my time to leave this earth, my Heavenly Father will greet me and say:

“Well done my good and faithful servant”