As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (http://www.mormon.org/), I believe in the eternal significance of family and the essential role it plays in God’s plan. I am determined to follow His plan and start my own family one day. I know that a good family makes all the difference in the life of a person as well as the welfare of our society, and I plan to be a part of that.
shk1's Life List
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1. find a career
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2. make the world a better place
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3. have a family
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4. Learn to play a musical instrument
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5. learn to sing
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6. overcome fear
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7. keep the commandments
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8. reach my potential
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9. Become Financially Independent
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10. learn how to cook
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11. get a 4.0 in college
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12. learn physics
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13. learn chemistry
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14. be physically fit
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15. Keep a journal
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16. Learn economics
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17. drink more water
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How I did it: One day I realized that I was pretty overweight, and I was kind of tired of it. I weighed 208 lbs. I searched on the Internet to see what I would have to do to lose weight. When I learned that it would realistically take hours of exercise to lose even one pound, I kind of gave up on the idea.However, while searching the Internet, I found an online book called "The Hacker's Diet" by John Walker, the creator of the famous software program A… Read how I did it…
Reaching our potential is about not stopping or turning around on the path, and fear tempts all of us to do just that. Like Dr. Harris writes, we must recognize that obstacle and refuse to let it overtake it.
“Most people never fulfill their human promise and potential because they remain perpetually helpless children overwhelmed by a sense of inferiority. The feeling of being okay does not imply that the person has risen above all his faults and emotional problems. It merely implies that he refuses to be paralyzed by them.”
— Dr. Thomas Harris
