Week 7

            Stephen R. Covey states, “Our character is basically a composite of our habits.” He then adds, “Habits are powerful factors in our lives because they express our character and produce our effectiveness.”  

            We all have good habits and bad habits. I think the challenge is to keep the good habits going while breaking or changing the bad ones. I find myself looking back to how I got to where I am.  What changes have I made and what do I need to do to improve? I would like to think my character is good and strong but we don’t always look at ourselves through clean and clear mirror.

             President Gordon B. Hinckley said is his talk to the Young women “Be true to yourselves, my dear friends. Be true to one another, your friends and associates. Look for the good in those about you, and emphasize that good.” Staying true to yourself is one of the biggest challenges we are faced with. It is too easy to allow others to dictate how or what we are going to do. Finding the good in others helps to remove the focus from ourselves and the sometimes selfishness I get caught up in. When I am aware of those around me who might be in need I am looking to help them and losing the self-absorption in my own life.