i don't know what to do with life. they all say go to school and be successful. its not that easy though many others go to school. going to school does not guarantee me success. plus what ever i decided with impact the rest of my life. so its not exactly an easy choice. so how can i decide how did others do it. when the time comes i just hope i make the right choice. 

9 ways to be happy and make something of your life

Gordon B Hinckley

1. Be grateful 

You should always look for the bright side of something bad. You can rest assure that eventually you will find something good even if it looks like their is only bad. Just like before the rainbow comes the storm. It takes light to make darkness. So always look for the good things in life. By finding these good things then it will be easier to be grateful. You will be happy if your grateful since you cant be grateful and upset. So if you ever need to get out of sad dark place try to be grateful. If you cant find gratefulness just keep looking. It will always be there because remember before the rainbow there's the storm. To make darkness you need light. So it will always be there for you to be grateful 

2.  Be Smart 

Being smart has always been top priority for the human race. We have always wanted to learn the answer for life's mysterious. If not life then just anything really like space, animals, lands, religion, building, etc. anything in general. It could be because we're scared of the unknown, for fame, or simply recognition by our fellow homospien's. But somethings restricted and still restrict our ability to gain knowledge. Just like religion in the dark ages any human experiment was seen as blasphemy. They would say it defiles the body that god send down in his image. But that would have really helped science move forward and our knowledge in everything. Religion is not the only one there have been many such as beliefs, fear, government. So we have gone through so much just for knowledge. It is a shame if you don't take advantage of this knowledge and educate yourself even if just a little. A little can go a very long way.  

3. Be involved

 

Being involved is important for many reasons. The most famous would be for college. In order for colleges to consider you they must see you were involved in school and you community. Work also has to see you involve. So that they know who deserves to be rewarded and promoted. Plus if you involded in your community people will notice you for a great and outstanding person. If you don't get involved then you might as well not be there. Because that is what your really doing. Just being there to take up space and waste air. You should use that space to participate and work hard. Be involved in your school, work, job, and community. Be involved. 

  4. Be clean 

Now being clean doesn't necessarily mean take regular showers, clean up after yourself, clean your room ect. You can be clean in so many different ways. Like staying away from drugs. That's why you always hear drug addict saying, "I'll go clean i promise" but if they had stayed clean to begging with they wouldn't be in that predicament. Alcoholics say the exact something when there confronted on their problem. They all want to go clean because they know what their doing is wrong. But if they had just stayed clean when they had the chance there would be no need for all the trouble. it is very simple simple to be clean all your life. All it takes is for you to say NO i don't do that. It is so so so so so much harder when your already hooked. Your mind may say no no no but your body will always say yes yes YES. It's very difficult to win a battle against your whole body. So stay clean no matter the cost. 

5. Be True

Telling the truth is and always be important. You need to tell the truth if you want trust, respect, and to be responsible. Truth will always gain you trust with anybody. That's because people would rather trust someone who tells the truth over someone who doesn't. Would you trust your kid with someone who told you they wouldn't take their eyes off of them but you know as a liar. No you would trust the one who you know always tells the truth. Also it's hard to respect someone who always lies. They are basically a snake. Who can respect a snake they hurt you in painful ways. Only responsible people tell the truth. That's because they know it is their duty to tell the truth. If you ignore that duty then your not exactly responsible are you.

6. Be Positive

Being positive is an important attitude to have. It is important because a positive attitude can bring up the mood. A good mood is important because you never do your best when your in an angry mood. Plus you can make every one around you dislike you if your always in a bad mood. Also a non positive attitude is never welcomed in dire circumstances. Thats because people want hope in time of need. Hope is what being positive brings to the table. Being negative will only serve to destroy all hope and thoughts. It will make you second guess every one of your choices. Thats why it's important to stay positive 

7. Be humble 

Being humble is a great quality to have. For one reason it helps bring respect your way. You can't not want to respect someone who says no to a raise because they make enough money. So they say give the raise to someone else who deserves it. Also it will help you be more honest. You can't 

8.

Be still

Now this can sound very weird in this list. But being still could mean stay in one place. Some people move as soon as things get hard. So be still stay in one place even if it's the most difficult place to be. You should do this because it's only going to get harder. You can also stay still in college. Some people are indecisive in what they want to major in. So they switch and they switch until they don't even know what their doing anymore. So just be still in what you chose. Only change if your 100% sure you don't like it. Or else things will be as if not twice as difficult. So try to stay as still as possible.

9.

Be Prayerful

We pray to God for hope that a circumstance will change. We pray for anything really to get comfort. Like if you have a big test tomorrow you pray for a good outcome. We can also pray for the well being of other unfortunate souls. We can ask that God be merciful to them or that he simply watches over them. Prayer is hope, prayer is trust, prayer is good. So we should all try to pray at least once a day. Even though it's onsided if you have faith you can feel that God is listening. That is why atheist don't feel right when praying they say its stupid that no one is listening. Well that's because they lack faith they are godless people. But it doesn't mean we who have faith are better. It just means that we know the consequences that lie ahead for us. That is why we pray for forgiveness because we know we will do wrong. We're only human after all. 

 

Writing about 9 ways to make you life better really makes you think. Like their are many ways to be happy. I feel like trying them all after this. Because who doesn't want to be happy. That is what the 9 ways have taught me.

The 9 ways

this summer was as any summer. i went on a trip with my c5 group. we visited many colleges all within a week. i had a great time. the best thing i did with my family was going out to the mountains and rest by a stream. i was suppose to get a job but i got to lazy. so i spent the rest of it laying around the house.