Stake Relief Society Conference

Our theme for the conference this year was Don't Just Survive, Thrive, which comes from the following quote by Maya Angelou:

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

I like that thought of having some style! As our leaders reminded us, while Maya Angelou gave us the idea, the gospel of Jesus Christ tells us how. Here are some of the ideas that were reiterated nothing is really new!) throughout the morning:

175th Anniversary of the Relief Society

“The difference between success and failure is not dramatic. In fact, the difference between success and failure is so subtle, so mundane, that most people miss it. They may not realize they have a philosophy, but they do, and it goes like this: What I do right now doesn’t really matter. It’s not hard to see how people come to this understanding of life. I don’t blame them. It’s completely understandable. It’s just not the truth. The truth is, what you do matters. What you do today matters. What you do every day matters. Successful people are those who understand that the little choices they make matter, and because of that they choose to do things that seem to make no difference at all in the act of doing them, and they do them over and over and over until the compound effect kicks in. Those little things that will make you successful in life, that will secure your health, your happiness, your fulfillment, your dreams, are simple, subtle, mundane things that nobody will see, nobody will applaud, nobody will even notice. They are those things that, at the time you do them, often feel like they make absolutely no difference. Things that are ridiculously easy to do—but just as easy not to do. Things that don’t seem to bring you any visible results—at first. Things that seem so insignificant, they couldn’t possibly matter. But they do. Things that, when you look at them as single occurrences, don’t seem like they’d have any impact at all—yet when compounded over time they add up to outrageous success.”
     by Jeff Olson - from The Slight Edge

The Law of Occupied Space - This was a cool concept, which you can read about here. Basically the idea is that faith and fear, or light and dark, or optimism and pessimism can't exist at the same time.