It’s been great following the 30-day challenge. I mean, it is still a work in progress, of course, but I... I know that I'm better. I feel like I have a more eternal perspective. Things have gotten better, not only in my job, but at church, with my calling and with my wife.
Like I... I’ve been trying, and I’ll keep on trying to let her know that she’s my priority. By doing little things like going on a date with her, reading the scriptures with her. I can clearly see now that we don’t realize, but we... It’s so easy for us to get distracted and to
forget about who we are. And it's hard, and we usually are hard on ourselves, but that's not how it works.
God and Jesus Christ, They trust us. They love us above all, and They really want us to improve.
I gotta say that this whole journey of these 30 days of trying to focus on peace and learn more about it has helped me, a lot. It just ties up on what Elder Montoya says in his talk, which is that this life is a moment that we are here actually to experience all of this. There are trials. There are happy moments, but the moments that we have to go through that are not that easy, or that we might not like, are part of our experience here.
Hello! It's the end of the 30-day challenge.
From this challenge, I just I learned a lot about
being connected with people. That's been really great because a lot of last year I felt alone, and it was kind of hard for me to reach out to others. Through this service, I felt a lot less alone. I felt the love that Jesus has for everyone and that I want to continue doing service in small and simple ways.
I want to do service because I want to be like Jesus Christ. And the best thing that can prepare me for service and to help others and to find these opportunities for myself is to live like Jesus Christ.
And so I'm just really grateful for this challenge, and I hope that I can continue doing service in small and simple ways in the future, too. So, thank you.
This is the end of a journey.
General conference helped me so much,
and it reminds me that it's never... it was never meant to be easy. It's just meant to be possible. And like Elder Holland said,
you know we’re to carry a cross, and we’re to choose Heavenly Father. Even in the dark times.
Because even though we may be physically alone,
we're never alone. You have someone on your back all the time.
And maybe you don't feel Him
hugging you physically, but you feel Him taking care of you when things started to become stressful.
Be patient with yourself. Love yourself.
Love yourself more than anyone loves you. Because nobody can do that other than God.
And if you let God show you how He sees you in His eyes,
there’s a world of wonders that you will discover about yourself.