How to overcome our mistakes?

First and foremost, I am not an expert of answering a question to "How to overcome our mistakes?"

If you were to ask me that question, I would have answered seeking forgiveness through prayer, encouraging myself to make better choices and do my very best to not do the same mistake again. 

This post is based on Liahona's article from July 1981's issue and it is called, "Overcoming Our Mistakes by Lowell L. Bennion."

"It is not possible to make real change all by ourselves." - Julie B. Beck.

It is so true and we always need to ask Heavenly Father for assistance, guidance, help and support to make real change happen. We also always need to act upon the real change and continue make a habit of changing.

I will share with you some highlights that I loved during reading the article. 

"The second suggestion I have is that we ought to realize that no matter what we’ve done in life, no matter what we do, God and Christ still love us just as much as they did before we failed. God and Christ do not separate themselves from the sinner, from the wrongdoer.

I remember a missionary who had just recently returned from the mission field who came into the Institute of Religion when I was there. He had committed a grave mistake that caused him to think that his life was ruined forever. And I said to him, “God loves you just as much today as he did last Thursday,” and he couldn’t believe it. The thought had never occurred to him.

He wept like a child. You know, sometimes we think that God loves us to the extent that we please him, to the extent that we’re good boys and girls, good men and women. Love from God is not earned. It is not merited; if it is, it is justice and reciprocity and reward. Love comes from a loving heart, and God’s love is unconditional.

And he loves the worst of us and the best of us equally, I believe. We cause him to suffer when we do wrong, when he sees us live our lives in ways that destroy us, and when he sees us hurting other people this must cause him pain.

Therefore, the reason we have to repent is to be able to forgive ourselves and to be able to get in harmony again with the principles and laws of good living. We don’t have to repent to earn God’s love, even though some scriptures portray him as being very angry with the sinner. Others portray him as angry with sin, not with the sinner.

Another way to overcome the past is to make amends. We know when we’ve done wrong, but sometimes we’re afraid to go to those whom we’ve wronged. We are too proud to admit our failures. But when we have the courage to do it, we find that a great reconciliation takes place.

It’s the offended person’s responsibility to react to our efforts to be reconciled. And when we can’t compensate a person for a wrong, when it’s too late or impossible, then we can bless other people. We all belong together in this world. We’re brothers and sisters with the same Eternal Father; we belong to the same human community. There are others we can bless, though we can’t repair the damage we may have done to some of his children."

In your own time, you can read the whole talk, Here's the link below, and I hope you will enjoy reading it. www.lds.org/liahona/1981/07/overcoming-our-mistakes

Always try to find time and talk to whoever is making the mistake. Tell them how you feel, be honest and don't be afraid to share with him or her or them this article. It takes a lot of progress of repenting if the mistake doesn't get dealt straight away.

That is all from me for now, and I should be posting some time tomorrow at Pacific Daylight time zone. 

How to count your blessings?

First and foremost, this post is short and sweet. This post may take up to five minutes to read. I would like to encourage you to think about, ask yourself and answer the following questions either now or in your own time.

"What is your definition of blessings?" "How do you count your blessings?"
"Do you count more problems than your blessings?" and
"Do you count more blessings than your problems?"

Sometimes in life, we all experience difficult times and we may ask ourselves the following question. "How can I count my blessings whenever I go through difficult times?"

Sometimes in life, we all experience solving problems and we may ask ourselves the following question. "How can I count my blessings whenever I am solving problems in my life?"

Sometimes in life, we all experience feeling heartache for a friend or a loved one who passed away and we may ask ourselves the following question. "How can I apply the teachings that I have learned from that person in my life?"

Sometimes in life, we all experience feeling true happiness for our successes and we may ask ourselves the following question. "Am I really proud of my successes in life or am I being prideful towards my successes in life?"

We all receive blessings and we all have problems to experience in this life.

Count your blessings, NOT your problems.

Sometimes when we are caught up and too focused on the worldly things, we might find it difficult hard to count the blessings that we have received in this life so far. Sometimes when we are caught up and too focused on the worldly things, we may not consider and see some things as blessings in our lives.

Sometimes when we are caught up and too focused on the worldly things, we might lose the spirit and ignore the promptings. Sometimes when we are caught up and too focused on the worldly things,  we might turn away from the Church if we aren't being careful.

We all need to be strong whenever we are going through difficulties. We all need to be strong whenever we are going through afflictions. We all need to be strong whenever we are going through tribulations.

We all need to be strong whenever we are going through sicknesses.  We all need to be strong whenever we are going through challenges. We all need to be strong whenever we are going through struggles.

We all need to be strong whenever we are going through trials. We all need to be strong whenever we are going through pain and so forth. You should get the idea by now.

Many times, blessings will arrive when we are at the right place at the right time.

That is all from me for now, and I should be posting some time tomorrow at Pacific Daylight time zone.

How to not worry about tomorrow?

First and foremost, I am not an expert of knowing how to not worry about tomorrow. This post is short and sweet. This post may take up to five minutes to read. I would strongly encourage you to think about, ask yourself and answer the following questions either now or in your own time.

"What is your definition of worry?"
"Do you ever worry about what tomorrow has in store for you?"
"Do you ever worry about the choices that you are going to make for tomorrow?"
"Do you ever worry about the feelings that you are going to feel tomorrow?"

I would like to tell you, I do worry about what tomorrow has in store for me to achieve, I do worry about all the choices that I am going to make for tomorrow, I do worry about how I am going to feel tomorrow and so forth.

I may not be an expert of knowing how to not worry about tomorrow, but I would like to share with you my suggestions about how to not worry about tomorrow. 

We need to have confidence in ourselves that each of us should feel appropriate feelings for tomorrow, we need to have confidence in ourselves that each of us should react to certain things properly for tomorrow.

We need to have confidence that each of us are going to be successful of the things that we are going to achieve for tomorrow, we need to have confidence in ourselves to acknowledge tomorrow is another day for another chance to become better person than we were this current day. 

We need to have confidence in ourselves to acknowledge tomorrow is another day for another chance to serve others, we need to have confidence in ourselves to acknowledge tomorrow is another day for another chance to become a hard worker if you are not already, and so forth. 

You should get the idea by now. Please stop worrying about tomorrow. Focus on building confidence in yourselves and acknowledge tomorrow is another day. 

Do not worry about tomorrow.

I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about if their choices might impact someone else's life for tomorrow, I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about some unexpected things are going to happen for tomorrow.  

I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about how would they feel if something changed their life for the better sometime tomorrow, I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about their plans and backup plans for tomorrow.

I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about studying for an exam and hoping to pass/get great grades for tomorrow, I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about they think they have failed and there was no chance for them to try again. 

I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about losing a job and do not know if they would like to be employed for another job or not.

I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about they are alone and they do not have anyone who they can turn to.

I think many people around the world worry too much or overthink about giving up easily and do not know how to stay strong.

Again, stop worrying about tomorrow and focus on what matters the most today.

That is all from me for now, I should be posting some time tomorrow at Pacific Daylight time zone.