Being SMART & Reaching My 9 Month Mark!

There is no such thing as standing still. If you are not continually progressing, you are declining. Now is the time to change. Dont procrastinate. If you are doing anything that isnt in harmony with Gods will for you, change it.

In Helaman 13:29 it asks the following questions and i ask you all to do the same..
"....how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?"
If you have felt at one point that you need to change something in your life, now is the time. Do it now. He counsels us all to change those aspects or thigns that we feel we need to.. but often times we wonder how or where do we begin?

First we need to start by figuring out why we do those things..as we begin really searching we will be able to find the roots of why. Those are called are necessities. Then we need to make goals. What is our goal to change based on our necessities. These goals should follow the SMART plan:

Specific

Measurable

Alcanzable (i dont remembe the word in english..but its basically reachable)

Relative

Time 

All the goals that we set to be efficient need to be based on this priniciple. Then we need to make plans to carry aout these weekly goals. What are we going to do today to reach our goal so that wqe are fixing the real necessity..not the surface problem..but the real problem.

As doing so and applying the atonement to help us change and use that divine gift tha we have been given we can reach the end result. We can reach that true happiness. But just remember that opposition will turn up. "opposition turns up almost any pace that something good has ever happened... with any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the tempation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it adn lived for it, it is right now. Dont give up when the pressure mounts" (Elder Holland).

I know that as we strive to put Heavenly Father really first in our lives, wqe can change and receive enduring happiness. It takes effort but we receive blessings. Strive to follow the pattern and i know that change is reachable. The time is now!

I love you all and miss you all!

Love
Hermana Brown


Wow 9 months in the mission this Wednesday. Half way..Im so shocked. Time flies by so fast.