Quote of the week: 
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven."
Ecclesiastes 

Measuring the Cost: Life Balance
This week we read two case studies that helped me examine the cost of putting carrier over family and sometimes not choosing family things over the responsibilities of work and career.  Sometimes real life gets in the way of everything being fun and perfect.  This week I learned that balance and communication can help get through most trials.

The Secret to Happiness, is that I'm already quite happy.
This week I learned that there is a difference between being happy, fulfilled and satisfied.  Most people are actually pretty happy, we are born that way, we work through problems and maintain a sense of happiness most of the time. Once we have achieved a basic standard of living, more things and more money doesn't really make us any happier. Sometimes we confuse enjoyment for satisfaction and we seek that enjoyment far too often and then our happiness can decrease.  I learned to find true satisfaction and fulfillment we must live a good life full of meaningful relationships and a search of things that are satisfying long term, not short term.

Formula for Success

by President Thomas S. Monson

 First – fill your mind with truth

“I’d like to suggest that when we search for truth, we search among those books and in those places where truth is most likely to be found”

 Second – fill you life with service

From the Book of Mormon we learn, “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God” (Mosiah 2:17).

 Third – fill your heart with love

I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me and the love Jesus offers you.