Week 1 part 2

I really enjoyed reading What Is Your Calling in Life? By Jeffrey A, Thompson. This is a subject I have thought about often. I am 45 years old and I do not know what my calling is. I do believe that being a wife and mother is my first calling but what I am supposed to do for a job is still a mystery. I returned to school 6 years ago and I just started my last semester, but I do not feel that I have it figured out. I do believe that I have learned a lot. Mostly about myself and I have gained a lot more confidence in my abilities. I really liked some of the questions that we need to ask ourselves about what we want our life to look like and how to get there. I know that I want my time away from home to be of service and lifting and helping others. I want to make a difference for good and to be proud of what I do for a living.

I completely agree that everything in life is connected and that the Lord is in every aspect of our life. I know that work is a very important principle and that the Lord will magnify our efforts as work hard towards a worthy cause. He wants to help us and he wants to bless us to succeed in our professions as we are honest and help others to succeed as well.

Reading these articles especially when they are talking about charting your life when you are certain ages to plan for your future. I am 45 years old and so some of the steps do not apply to me but I can plan for the future and I still have a lot of time ahead of me and I can make each day better than today by following the Lord and great mentors in my life.

Why do you think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams?

I believe that he took these dreams seriously and he never gave up on them. He realized that early on that his dreams did not have to be exactly what he thought they would be and except them for what they were. He believed in himself and found people to help him. He took one dream at a time and realized it. He did not take no for an answer, he did not sit back and wait for his dreams ot come to hm, in the meantime he got all the education he could and listened to trusted mentors on his journey and then he went for his dream as if he was qualified to be there. He also knew when to not get too excited and give up what he already had that was tangible and realistic for a dream that might take him away from his profession.

Do you feel that dreaming is important? Why or why not?

I do feel that dreaming is important, I believe that we should always be working toward improving and becoming more. I believe we have a lot of potential that we are not even aware of and if we do not push ourselves towards something bigger and better we will not untap that potential. I also feel that as we serve others and try to make the world a better place we will find out callings and know where the Lord needs us. If we dream to be so much more than we are now, we will better instruments in the Lord’s hands.

Discuss at least one of your childhood dreams. Explain why you believe you can or cannot achieve this dream.

As a child I wanted more than anything to be a mother, I was told at 18 that I had a condition where I may not have children. I decided to put my trust in the Lord instead of doctors and pray for what I wanted most. I had trouble getting pregnant and once I was I had to go on bed rest almost the entire pregnancy to not lose the baby, but because of my willingness to put my trust in the Lord and sacrifice I have had 7 children.