I have never really thought about what my last words would be. But, this week I have taken some time to think about if I had a chance to give my last words in this life what they would be. Of course a lot of what I would say would be how grateful I am for so many people in my life and how much I love them. Another thing that I thought a lot about was my 6 nieces and nephews. All of my siblings are much older and I feel like I missed out a lot because of that. It ended up that I got nieces and nephews that seem like younger siblings at times. They are the ones that I would really like to write my last words to if I had to.
There are two things that I would want them to learn from my last words. The first thing is something that has really helped me through a lot in my life. It is a talk given by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, " Come what may and love it." There has not been one day of my life that has been perfectly easy. But, no matter what happens sometimes you just have to think " come what may and love it" and make the best of the situation you are put in. The second thing that I would want to tell them is something that my stake president told me when I graduated high school. He said that, "the best advice is the advice you don't want to hear." I found that to be so true so many times in my life. What I want is not always what i need. And when I get advise that is hard to hear it's usually so hard to hear because deep down I know that that is what I need to hear and do.
I really like what you had to said. It is so true that the advice our peers give us is usually the advice we don't want to hear. But it is because they love us and want the best for us that they give it to us.
ReplyDeleteBoth of those quotes are really great thoughts I can now tell myself forever. Quotes like Elder Wirthlin's are the the ones that can change a terrible day into a great one. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love that first quote. It is true that nobody, especially in college, has an easy day. Instead of wishing you were given something different, you just have to take what you have and make the best of it.
ReplyDeleteI really see what you mean of being kinda sad for having all of your siblings being much older. I am the 2nd to youngest and me and my little sister get along great and have a lot of fun, maybe because I am such a kid on the inside. She's 3 years younger than me. I'm glad you get to have nieces and nephews. My nephew is like 2 I think? And it's fun to make up games to play with him, he's not old enough to understand games that well yet though.
ReplyDeleteGood choice with Elder Wirthlin. Also, on the advice thing, I think that that is almost always true in most cases, even if it's not something you absolutely would hate to hear. It's almost always helpful.
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