Way To Be

9 Ways to be Happy and Make Something of your Life

Gordon B. Hinckley 

1. Be Grateful

 Reflection: When you are grateful, you appreciate everything you have. Know matter how much or how little. When you are grateful it doesn't matter what others think. You can only be positive. To me being grateful will make you a better person with yourself and others. For example, when your parents give you something like a phone or anything else, you should be thankful for everything you have even though it might not be much. Show your parents that you appreciate the things you have, and show them how much you love them. 

Quote: "Be grateful for small things, big things, and everything in between. 

2. Be Smart
Reflection: What it means to be smart is to learn and educate yourself. Without an education how will you accomplish your goals? You won't. If you want to be successful you need to do well in school and make something of yourself. If you do really bad in school you wont know much about life in general. There are more important things to worry about like education.

Quote: "Before you can work smart you must work hard." (Unknown)





3. Be Involved in Good Works
Reflection: When you are involved in good works this means you are a good person and are kind to people around you. You will take peoples feelings into consideration as well as, even working for your community. This has to do a lot with being a good person in general and doing things for others. Community service and helping anyone who needs help is doing good work. For example, when you are in high school community service is required and you need to do it for a specific amount of hours. This is very helpful to the community and this will make you a better person for helping others.

Quote: "Work for a cause not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt."
-Unknown



4. Be Clean 
Reflection: When I think of being clean I think of being pure. Having a pure mind and keep positive thoughts. I feel that when you are being clean you stay away from drugs and alcohol and keeping your body healthy. You should also stay away from bad language and surround yourself with good people as well. Being a clean person will allow you to have many opportunities because with being clean you will be a better person. When your mind is pure and you feel like you are the best person you can be you will be rewarded. In order to use this new way i will stay away from bad people and i will try my best to stay away from all the bad things in life that will stop me from being successful. I will also stay away from drugs and alcohol and piercings, along with tattoos and language.










5. Be True
Reflection: Being true can relate and mean several things. To me this means, be true to yourself. When you are a liar and disobey rules or laws, your not being truthful to yourself. Knowing right from wrong can also relate because when you lie to yourself about the kind of person you are you will never improve. Being true can change the way you think of yourself and the world around you. Only you can help yourself.  In this quote it is simply saying to be yourself and be true and follow your dreams.For example, just because everyone else is doing something doesn't mean you have to just to be better or impress anyone. To apply this to myself, I will be true to myself and i wont change for the worse just so people can like me. I will be true.

"Being true to yourself is better than being a liar to impress everyone."
(unknown)


6. Be Positive
Reflection: It is always good to stay positive. When you stay positive you will always thing your best. When you are a negative person you wont really achieve goals in life. For example, when you are negative with a goal like getting good grades, you wont believe you can achieve it. Since you always think negative, you won't believe in yourself. Whereas a positive person would stay positive and go on to achieve the goal. When you are a positive person you will be rewarded because without being positive you will never push yourself to do and be a better person. What i will do to be positive is always think to myself that nothing is to hard and I will do my best and stay happy. I will always look at the bright side of things.When I start to think negative i will try to keep the good things in life in mind.

7. Be Humble
               Reflection: Being humble is a quality you must have to be happy. When you are humble you appreciate and respect everything and everyone you have. Being a humble person can also change the way you see the world and change the way you see the people around you. For example a humble person would be appreciative of everything he or she has. lets say you have a phone that you have had for a year, and a new phone came out and everyone had it. If you are unhappy with the one you have or you really want to be like someone else then you are not a humble person. If this is you, you should change the way you see things because being humble means you care and appreciate even the little things in life. What I will do to apply this to everyday life is I will stay humble and appreciate everything my parents do for me as well as appreciate other little things. i will also respect everyone and take there emotions into consideration.

                         8. Be Still
Reflection: Being still can mean to not move, but this has a deeper meaning. This is having to do with being a peaceful and a good minded person. The opposite of this would be violence, drugs, alcohol, and other helpful things. Being still is being kind. When you are kind you are a nice person and treat everyone with respect. You always try your best to be a humble person and find ways to make others happy. An example of being still is, when your parent gives you something, you should appreciate it and thank him or her. The opposite of being still is if your parents works hard to give you what you want and you don't appreciate it and you wish u had something better. Be humble and appreciate. I will start being still in my everyday life by showing how much i care for everyone in my life. I wont get in fights or do drugs and do any other nonsense. When yo are humble and still you will see there is more to appreciate in life ad you will be thankful for everything you have.




9. Be prayerful


Reflection about the 9 ways: 
In class we have learned about the 9 ways to make something of your life. I have learned a lot ad how i should be to be successful with others. The first way is being grateful, in order to be grateful I will learn to be thankful for everything I have and be grateful of all the great things people do for me. I will appreciate life and take it one day at a time. I will be happy and treat others the way I want to be treated. Being smart will also help me in life, I will be smart in every choice I make. I will stay away from bad things and bad people in order to keep myself on the rights track. Being involved in great works will show me how to appreciate what I have because i will be helping others. I will do community service, and i will try to make others in my community happy as well. Another thing I will do is be clean. In order to do this I need to get rid of all the bad people in my life. I will stay away from all the bad things that will hold me back from reaching goals and being a good person in general. I will also be truthful by telling the truth and accepting the truth. Being a positive person helps too, because when you are positive you will make the best out of everything and this will help with problem solving. I will be a humble person and i will be happy with what I have and i will appreciate everything. I will treat others with respect. Being still is being a peaceful person and this will help you when you nee to solve problems you may have. This can also deal with being patience. Lastly, i will be prayerful. In my opinion praying can and will help you. When you pray at least once a day, you will feel a sense of comfort and happiness.

Personal Development Attribute

Commitment: "the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc"

 Reflection: When you are committed to doing something, you will give it your all. Know matter what stands in the way of you and your goals, you are determined to complete it. In this quote, it is referring to glue as in determination. Without commitment, you will not be able to accomplish your goals. 

Example: In class we are writing 100+ life planning goals. This notebook lists our goals and what we want to accomplish in order to be successful. When we want to accomplish another goal, we need to be committed to our goals, and really keep trying out best. 

Personal Development Quote

"The key to freedom is obedience. The more obedient we are, the more freedom we have."
                                                     (Boyd K. Packer)

Obedience: "compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority"

Reflection: What this quote means is when we are given freedom, we should be thankful for what we have. We should take advantage but also give something in return. What we need to give in return is obedience. When given instructions we can just do what were told. In the long run, it would be easier on you and others around you. For example on a different topic of obedience, when you are told from a parent that you need to clean your room, and other chores around the house, it would be better to listen and do what you are told. When you are not obedient you will be punished, for example in this case if you do not do what you are told, then you might get your phone taken away or you will be grounded. 

How does this quote relate to your 100+ life panning goals?
~ This quote has a lot to do with our life goals, because without goals and obedience how will you accomplish your goals. Not only that but when we have so much freedom, we can take advantage and do whatever our hearts desire. 

Personal Development Attribute 

A smile: "form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up and the front teeth exposed." 

Reflection: When you smile at others you can make there whole day a whole lot better. In this quote it is saying that when you smile, you are changing the world by showing how positive you are. In the second part of the quote i believe it means, do not let others put you down or make your smile turn into a frown. Basically do not let anyone mess up your day. The way you see the world should not determine weather you are happy or not. You can make yourself a happy person. Do not let the negativity and struggles in life change your smile. 

Example: If there is a new student in school and he or she looks scared or lost, the first thing you can do is smile at them. This will help them 100% more , they will give you a smile back and you  will become there friend with one smile. 

                                             Personal Development Attribute 


                       Kindness: "the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate"

         Reflection: Being a kind person is very important. When you are a kind to others you are rewarded with kindness back. Being a nice person in general helps you make friends, accomplish goals, and anything you set your mind to. For example, if you see a new student at your school you should greet that person and help them find their classes if there lost. Or you can even become friends. I  feel that kind people go far in life and they achieve more than a rude person. The opposite of being kind is rude, people who are rude don't have patients, are mean to others and have a really bad attitude. The way you act toward others shows what kind of person you are. When you have a bad attitude, you will not really get along with people. Kindness is the way to go. With kindness you will be a good person along with other great traits.

Personal Development Attribute

Caring: "displaying kindness and concern for others"

Reflection: Being a kind person is very important. It can really make a difference in the way others see you and the way you see yourself. In this quote, Jennifer Hudson, likes to see others happy by being kind and caring. When you are a kind and caring person, you will make others happy. 

An example of being a caring person is, when you are walking to class and you see someone drop all their books and papers, the right thing to do is to stop and help them. Another act of being caring is, when you see someone looking sad, and there not happy like always, you should care about their feelings and ask whats wrong. Try to make that person feel better.

Personal Development Attribute

Boldness: "not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff, courageous and daring."

Reflection: Boldness can be referred to many things, when you are bold you like trying new things. It can even mean rediscovering who you are, which is finding out your strengths and weaknesses. If there is something you don't like, speak up. Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself. Make sure your speaking up for the right reason. 

Example: If you are out with a couple of friends, and you see they are drinking, you can speak up and tell them its wrong. This is a bold act because you are not afraid of speaking up and you know what is wrong and what is right.