Gordon B. Hinckley
2. Be Smart
I think being isn't only about being smart in school but in outside world. I think it important to take a step back when making decisions right away because those decisions can effect your life in a negative or positive way. We are all human and we all make mistakes which sooner or later we learned from them for we wont make mistakes. I also think it means that to get educated by getting a higher education. Getting a high education can prevent us from getting labor job and getting little pay.
"Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream. "
Niklas Zennstrom
3. Be Involved in Good Works
Being involved in good works means to good things for other people without a receiving something back. Helping out others or being nice to people is being involved in good works. I think also volunteering in places is doing good work. As well as doing or being in involved in a campaign or a organization is doing good. It is good to be in these type of things because it makes feel proud and happy. I believe it makes us a better person and helps inspire other people to follow in your footsteps. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. It also about what you put out there in the world will effect it positively or negatively.
4. Be Clean
Being clean doesn't always means someone with a good hygiene. It also means to have your body healthy and clean. For example, not drinking or doing drugs is having your body detoxify. Something else is to have a clean record . For example, not getting in trouble with the laws or at school. Another way to be clean is cleaning up the environment. You can volunteer to clean the beach or when you see a piece of trash on the floor you can pick it up. Lastly, cleaning your mind because it help clear out all the negativity or the stress that you are going through.
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
5. Be True
Being true means being honest with yourself or with other people. It also means being yourself no matter what. Sometimes being true to yourself means changing your mind and self changes. Just be true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun. The truer you are to yourself , the greater your gifts will manifest themselves. Life is a belt of adjustments, stay true to your self and not go the wrong path of scandals. Look into the situation before jumping into it. I believe that not all of us are the same and we are not made to be replica of each other and that why we have to be different and do what ever your heart wants. Today you are you, that is truer than true. There no one out there alive who is youer that you.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
6. Be Positive
Being Positive means to be always optimistic even on your bad days. Being positive is good thing for your mentally because it makes you worried less and stress less. I think life is too short to be negative all the time and it makes your life more difficult than it already is. Being positive can effect the mood of the you and the people around you. It encourages them to be positive and it makes you feel good. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract greater things in life. Surround yourself with positive people and good thing will come back to you. If you don't have positively in your life, there no hope and you cant improve your goals in life. When things go bad, don't go with them, Instead think of a way to outlook those problems in a positive way.
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
7. Be Humble
Be humble is having or showing modest.It means that you care about other people and you're not selfish. Humble people realize that nobody cares how much they know until those people know how much they’re cared for. Humble people are also not arrogant or prideful. I believe that the humblest tasks get beautify if loving hands do them. Humility is the key to success. Humility people share the credit and wealth, remaining focus and hungry to continue the journey of success. The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.
-David Duchovny
8. Be Still
Being still means to be in a state of mind. Being in state of mind where all outside forces are removed. You are in relaxed and peaceful mood when you're being still. Its like being a meditative state. Clearing your mind of things that you been manifested in your life. For example, your friends, family, job, school, money, and material possessions. It can also means to be patience with life. Good or bad things can happen to you sooner or later. Being still doesn't means not to move. It means to move in peace. Time passes so quickly in life. Make time to enjoy yourself and be still.
“Go outside. Don’t tell anyone and don’t bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day out, to the bus and back home and we cease to see. We walk in our sleep and teach our muscles to work without thinking and I dare you to walk where you have not yet walked and I dare you to notice. Don’t try to get anything out of it, because you won’t. Don’t try to make use of it, because you can’t. And that’s the point. Just walk, see, sit down if you like. And be. Just be, whatever you are with whatever you have, and realise that that is enough to be happy.
There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.”
― Charlotte Eriksson
Reflection: I want to commit these 9 ways to my life because I'll feel happier and healthier. For example, I would be more graceful with the smallest things in life. I see a lot of things in the news about the war and the food shortages happening in Syria. In the video about Syria, children around 6 or 7 are picking up bread crumbs off the street and also the lack of medical care they have when they are attacked. It makes me graceful to live in a developed country and I'm graceful for the food i eat everyday. Another way I could applied to my life is being still. I would apply this way because I'm always stressing out and don't have time to relax.
The 9 Ways Concluding words by Gordon B Hinckley
"There they are, nine Be's which, if observed. will bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman. They add sparkle to your days and peace to your nights. They will save you from heartache and pain. They will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies.
"They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect from your course.
This is the time to be happy. This is the time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What i have tried to put forth... are Simply a few suggestions, Gained from many years of living , to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness- Things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.
If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
At the railroad crossing, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with,"Stop, Look, Listen." They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen, It all happened in all an instant.
The better way to Be's is the way of these nine Be's
The years will inevitably pass and pass quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of your precious life.
The Nine Ways to Be:
1. Be Grateful
Being grateful is a small action and doesn't take that much effort. It makes you and other people feel good inside and shows the other person that you appreciate them. Every day we take life for granted because without it we wouldn't experience it and learn from our mistake for we can better our lives. I always been grateful for what my parents have done for me because i know they dont have a lot to give me.
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
I will apply this to my life by creating more, buying less, getting less mad, giving more. taking less, forgiving more, worrying less, and being more thankful.
2. Be Smart
I think being isn't only about being smart in school but in outside world. I think it important to take a step back when making decisions right away because those decisions can effect your life in a negative or positive way. We are all human and we all make mistakes which sooner or later we learned from them for we wont make mistakes. I also think it means that to get educated by getting a higher education. Getting a high education can prevent us from getting labor job and getting little pay.
"Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream. "
Niklas Zennstrom
3. Be Involved in Good Works
Being involved in good works means to good things for other people without a receiving something back. Helping out others or being nice to people is being involved in good works. I think also volunteering in places is doing good work. As well as doing or being in involved in a campaign or a organization is doing good. It is good to be in these type of things because it makes feel proud and happy. I believe it makes us a better person and helps inspire other people to follow in your footsteps. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. It also about what you put out there in the world will effect it positively or negatively.
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Essential Kahlil Gibran4. Be Clean
Being clean doesn't always means someone with a good hygiene. It also means to have your body healthy and clean. For example, not drinking or doing drugs is having your body detoxify. Something else is to have a clean record . For example, not getting in trouble with the laws or at school. Another way to be clean is cleaning up the environment. You can volunteer to clean the beach or when you see a piece of trash on the floor you can pick it up. Lastly, cleaning your mind because it help clear out all the negativity or the stress that you are going through.
― Mahatma Gandhi
5. Be True
Being true means being honest with yourself or with other people. It also means being yourself no matter what. Sometimes being true to yourself means changing your mind and self changes. Just be true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun. The truer you are to yourself , the greater your gifts will manifest themselves. Life is a belt of adjustments, stay true to your self and not go the wrong path of scandals. Look into the situation before jumping into it. I believe that not all of us are the same and we are not made to be replica of each other and that why we have to be different and do what ever your heart wants. Today you are you, that is truer than true. There no one out there alive who is youer that you.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
6. Be Positive
Being Positive means to be always optimistic even on your bad days. Being positive is good thing for your mentally because it makes you worried less and stress less. I think life is too short to be negative all the time and it makes your life more difficult than it already is. Being positive can effect the mood of the you and the people around you. It encourages them to be positive and it makes you feel good. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract greater things in life. Surround yourself with positive people and good thing will come back to you. If you don't have positively in your life, there no hope and you cant improve your goals in life. When things go bad, don't go with them, Instead think of a way to outlook those problems in a positive way.
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
7. Be Humble
Be humble is having or showing modest.It means that you care about other people and you're not selfish. Humble people realize that nobody cares how much they know until those people know how much they’re cared for. Humble people are also not arrogant or prideful. I believe that the humblest tasks get beautify if loving hands do them. Humility is the key to success. Humility people share the credit and wealth, remaining focus and hungry to continue the journey of success. The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
-David Duchovny
8. Be Still
Being still means to be in a state of mind. Being in state of mind where all outside forces are removed. You are in relaxed and peaceful mood when you're being still. Its like being a meditative state. Clearing your mind of things that you been manifested in your life. For example, your friends, family, job, school, money, and material possessions. It can also means to be patience with life. Good or bad things can happen to you sooner or later. Being still doesn't means not to move. It means to move in peace. Time passes so quickly in life. Make time to enjoy yourself and be still.
There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.”
― Charlotte Eriksson
9. Be Prayerful
Reflection: I want to commit these 9 ways to my life because I'll feel happier and healthier. For example, I would be more graceful with the smallest things in life. I see a lot of things in the news about the war and the food shortages happening in Syria. In the video about Syria, children around 6 or 7 are picking up bread crumbs off the street and also the lack of medical care they have when they are attacked. It makes me graceful to live in a developed country and I'm graceful for the food i eat everyday. Another way I could applied to my life is being still. I would apply this way because I'm always stressing out and don't have time to relax.
The 9 Ways Concluding words by Gordon B Hinckley
"There they are, nine Be's which, if observed. will bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman. They add sparkle to your days and peace to your nights. They will save you from heartache and pain. They will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies.
"They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect from your course.
This is the time to be happy. This is the time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What i have tried to put forth... are Simply a few suggestions, Gained from many years of living , to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness- Things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.
If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
At the railroad crossing, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with,"Stop, Look, Listen." They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen, It all happened in all an instant.
The better way to Be's is the way of these nine Be's
The years will inevitably pass and pass quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of your precious life.
