Living the Experience … to get to the Dream
One of my friends wrote about the challenges of life … the busy-ness of raising littles , etc… I liked her perspective … the “remember we are LIVING THE DREAM – what we wanted since we were little”.
So true. Would I really want any other life?
I am blessed.
Life often seems like hours of long, hard work.
But this work is our “mortal dream” … it gets us to our “eternal dream.”
“This is my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” Moses 1:39
This perspective by Julie Beck was very insightful. Our work here on earth is to get us to our DREAM … eternal life. Hard work & challenges here on earth give us the experience we need to live our eternal dream.
I liked learning this. Yes. It’s good.
This week with sick littles (and sickie parents) has made me weary…
I needed a perspective check and I’m working on rejuvenating myself spiritually and physically.
I am blessed. (remember how I keep reminding myself of this).
ooo. great quote!! i have to copy it on my blog.
GREAT quote!
i’ve never read that before.
yup. this is the EXPERIENCE. sigh… time to clean my house– again!
it’s hard when your kids aren’t feeling well– illness in summer is doubly horrible.
thinking of you!! kiss your kiddos from their cyber-aunt jen!
oh what a great great thought! thanks for sharing heather. this life is full of experience isn’t it? i love that we can look forward to the dream. loves!
I keep coming back to this post. This quote from Sister Beck is always on my mind since I read it here on your blog. I am going through some really tough times and this post gave me comfort. I somehow have warped thinking that I need to find the dream now- and when life goes wrong and sucky I feel cheated out of the what life’s supposed to be- but NO, I am just having an experience. Experiences that make me learn, grow, and qualify for the real dream. I think of Abinidi dying by fire and never imagine himself saying “Wow, I had the best life” or “this is exactly how I wanted my life to play out” ~he understood the real dream.
I think so many of us have it wrong- wow, this quote by sister beck is so powerful on so many levels. She is always so good at burning us and making us feel good at the same time. I will miss her in the Relief Society. Thanks Heather for posting this. I think I will print this quote for my Gospel Doctrine class. Thanks for your graphic design skills–they are always helping me share the gospel.