Lifetime learning and self-mastery

Our weekly reading and videos are an invaluable resource for me and my family. I love sharing the things I learn with my husband. I really enjoyed a video this week titled “Loyalty to God and Family” (it can be watched here https://vimeo.com/28075977). A business professor from BYU shares about the importance of being loyal to your spouse, your children, and God because that’s all we will have once we leave this earth. My husband and I have had many conversations about life recently since we are so close to graduation. I am so grateful to have my family by my side as I finish my degree.

In a talk given by N. Eldon Tanner (https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1975/04/success-is-gauged-by-self-mastery?lang=eng#d), we are taught about self-mastery. I feel like this topic is so applicable to my life right now. I am a wife and mother of three; I am in school full time and my husband works. My life is chaotic and often stressful, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. My children motivate me; they keep me going. N. Eldon Tanner said “there are two important elements in self-mastery. The first is to determine your course” and “the other is the willpower.” I’m on this journey of motherhood, finishing my degree and following my goals and passions. Without planning my course and having willpower, I wouldn’t be very far. He also said “character is determined by the extent to which we can master ourselves toward good ends. It is difficult to say just what builds good character, but we know it when we see it. It always commands our admiration, and the absence of it our pity. But it is largely a matter of willpower.” I am building character day by day and I hope that others can see a light inside me. I especially hope that my children can see the importance of hard work and having the willpower to push through when times get hard. I know that I will be able to use these same lessons in business someday and I’m sure that is why I am learning them now. I am so very grateful to my Heavenly Father for this time to prepare.