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So, I go to a school, a private school. We have on-campus students, and then we have distance-education students. Sometimes we have students come and visit. Our friend from New Jersey came to go to campus. Everyone just becomes really good friends at our school. We just have this kind of family relationship. The week before he had to go, he was super upset. Everyone was sad that he had to leave and go back to New Jersey. And then my friend sent me a text. She told me about this idea that she had where she wanted us to make T-shirts that said nice things about him, and we were going to wear those T-shirts the day before he left. We set up a time and a place, we got it all together, and then we wore them, and he loved it. It was really funny, because he made this big deal about it. He's like, "Why is everyone wearing these shirts?" And I think he felt really happy about it. In the process of making those shirts, we were connecting to each other. So we didn't get any photos, any videos, because we were so focused on each other. So we didn't get our phones out; we didn't even think about it. When we're around each other just as friends, sometimes things get awkward or sometimes we have nothing to talk about, nothing to do. And so it's just--we get our phones out and we start scrolling through Instagram, and that's what we do for the day. But because we had a goal in mind, I think that's why it shifted. Even though we made him feel loved, it changed the type of person that I am right now. Saying "I love you" gives somebody the knowledge, but when you show somebody that you love them, that gives them the feeling. So when we did that for Jaden, I was having a terrible week. I kept thinking about the time when Christ went away to be on His own because John the Baptist had died, and then groups of people--just thousands of people, 5,000 people, followed Him. And instead of saying, "No, I'm grieving. No, I'm sad; go away," He said, "Let me feed you, and let me minister to you." So I was having a bad week, but I took time to serve another person, and then it made me feel better. It made me feel like I didn't need to grieve on my own, because I was serving somebody else. If you want to stop thinking about yourself so much and you want to think outside of yourself, I think what it takes is, one, an open heart and then asking God what you can do. When I kneel down to pray, I say, "What can I do for somebody else?" While you're doing that, you are letting God know that you're open to it, and then the Spirit can just talk to you and give you promptings. "That person needs a hug. That person needs a smile." Your selfishness goes away, and then you're not so worried about your own problems; you're just in the moment helping them, serving them, and loving somebody else. [MUSIC PLAYING]

Doing Something for Someone Else Changed Me | His Hands

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When she was grieving that a friend was about to return home, Miriam learned to minister to others, just as the Savior did when He was grieving. “I ask God, what can I do for someone else?” she says.
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