Student Success Statement

“When obedience becomes our goal, it is no longer an irritation; instead of a stumbling block, it becomes a building block” –James E. Faust

                                                        

Reflection:

For many of us including me sometimes tend to think that obedience is a stumbling block. When in reality it’s a building block. We tend to see that obeying is hard to do and that we might fail to do it that’s why we see it as a stumbling block. If we really paid attention to the reward that we earn from being obedient, being obedient would be our number one goal. Yeah we might think that we try to obey we might fail but we need to learn from our mistakes and the next time we try we know what not to do and you try something else. A professional baseball player didn't learn to hit a ball with his first swing it needs practice and learning from past mistakes to become greater at something. Sometimes you won’t always earn a reward as an object but you can feel great about yourself when you obey. The simple feeling of feeling good can be enough to be your reward for being obedient. We have many authorities like parents and teachers and officers but the one person we should always try to obedient to is God. His rewards are not always what you want but you will realize He gives you what you deserve which is the best. It might seem hard but we need to persist until we succeed. Choose the right in everything you do and don’t forget that obedience is needed everywhere you go.

  

The Magic Word

                      ATTITUDE

Definition: a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person’s behavior.

Synonyms:

¨     Approach

¨     Belief

¨     Point of view

¨     Perspective

¨     Philosophy

¨     Position

Examples of bad attitudes:

Ø Dishonesty

Ø Anger

Ø Critical

Ø Depression

Ø Jealousy

Ø Pride

Ø Revenge

Examples of good attitudes:

C  Confidence

C  Gratitude

C  Friendly

C  Courteous

C  Obedient

C  Kindness

C  Honesty

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Abraham’s Lincoln’s Act of Integrity

                             

Reflection:

This video was about when Abraham Lincoln was traveling with a man, who offered him first whiskey then tobacco. Lincoln denied both and explained to the man that he made a promise to his mom since he was 9 years old. His mom was ill and was told she wasn’t going to get better, she told Lincoln to promise her that he would never use whiskey or tobacco. The man was surprised about his promise and apologized.

I believe that Lincoln had the courage to keep his promise and I admire him. Nowadays we make promises out of nowhere without an actual act of keeping them. We make a promise but since we keep it in our mind instead of our heart we easily forget and break it. Many make promises like Lincoln did about not smoking or drinking, but since there is more peer-pressure than courage nowadays it’s easy to break the promise and begin to drink and smoke. It’s all a matter of decision, it’s our choice to make promises and keep them and not just think about them one day and break them the next day. I myself have promised that I would not drink or smoke ever in my life, but I can admit that I have been offered but I’ve always said no because I need to keep my promise that I did not only for myself, but for my family. When I keep a promise I try my best to keep it, and most of the time I do because I want someone to promise me something and keep it as well. Choose the right.

  

Student Success Statement

“Manners maketh man.” – William of Wykeham

Reflection: When a person has manners its shows who they really are. Having manners is important because it gives others an idea of how we act with them. Manners are to show how respectful we are to someone else. Manners are what show others that we know how to treat others right. We sometimes forget to use our manners like saying excuse me, please, and thank you. It is important to have manners to show that we are respectful people. Manners make us man, because unlike animals they don’t have manners so we need manners to show that we are humans. Choose the right.

    

Student Success Statement

“Action is the fundamental key to all success” -Pablo Picasso                              

Reflection: To accomplish all of our dreams we have to take action. Sometimes we're not sure when to take action or maybe there’s something that stops us. Fear and the word “impossible” will always come across us on our journey to accomplish something. We have to learn to let go of all our fears and move forward. We must overcome fear to grow wiser and stronger. Action is the key that will unlock the doors of our goals and dreams. Make your dreams come to life with a step of action. Choose the right.

Student Success Statement

“There is not giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.” –Anon

Reflection:

Our life is a journey and we each have a goal to accomplish. Many don’t understand that to reach a goal it takes more than just one step; it requires more than you can imagine. The reason why it takes so many small steps is because every step is preparing us for our goal. Each step might seem harder as we go but in reality one step makes us stronger to overcome the next one. All we need to do is to persist even in the toughest situations in our lives, which will try to stop us or block our way of reaching the goal. We need strength, courage, a vision, determination, and a positive attitude to know that a journey starts with one step. On your journey just remember to say “I will persist until I succeed”. Don’t give up on your journey no matter how impossible seems. Choose the right.

Student Success Statement

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.” –William Penn

Reflection: I believe that doing what is right doesn't always satisfy every individual; maybe it’s doing wrong that satisfies them. I can personally agree with this quote because I have personally seen or pretty much been through this where sometimes I'm the only one that wants to do what’s right while everyone does wrong. I pretty much go against the crowd when it comes to choosing the right because I know the consequences that will turn out for me. Even though it may seem that no one is with you when deciding what is right, it’s usually the fear of other to get out of the little “popular” crowd because they fear what they are going to say about them. I don't know how I do it when it comes to not going along with the crowd because they might say I’m different but I know that I’m the brave one to be myself and to not let anyone else control my decisions. I try my best to choose the right and it doesn't bother me if I’m the only one choosing it because I know a God that has given me discernment to know what the right thing to do.

Student Success Statement

“Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?’                                                              Expediency asks the question ‘Is it politic?’                                                 

Vanity asks the question ‘Is it popular?’

But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.                      –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   

                                                                    

Reflection:

Sometimes we ask ourselves these questions in certain situations, but the real question we should ask ourselves is 'is it right?', ‘are we brave enough’. Are we really brave enough to actually do what’s right even if it’s not popular? We tend to go with the crowd just to be accepted but we need to know that what is popular is wrong and what no one does is right. We need courage to choose the right and ask questions that will uplift us and give us a feeling to keep fighting and moving forward. Keep walking forward and never look back. Choose the right.
 

Student Success Statement

“The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.” – Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Reflection:

There is always a reward when we do right, it’s not always a material or an object but it can be a good feeling in us that can be enough as our reward. Choosing the right can increase your self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. We should never doubt in our potential because then all of these emotions will disappear. Choose the right in every situation because you know the reward you will win first from within. Choose the right.

Student Success Statement

“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”

 –Thomas Edison, Inventor

Reflection: the world that we live in today has conditioned us to think that the value of an individual consists of what they have, when in reality it’s based on who they are. People see more value in money, cars, gold, diamonds, clothing, shoes, and houses. They prefer to live of the material of this world instead of a gift that God has given us, our lives. With so much distraction of wanting material, we tend to forget the true value in ourselves, which is worth more than any material or object. We are worth more than any money or riches can buy. Each one of you is a different individual with a different value and you show your value in the way you speak and act. Don’t forget the value in you, we are all princesses and princes’ of God and no one or anything can make us more or less than how God created us. Be yourself even if everyone goes against you, know that there is someone who accepts you and wouldn't change you, he made you who you are, don’t change for someone else, He is God. Be the true you J. Choose the right.

Student Success Statement

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.”

-Henry David Thoreau

  

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.”

-Henry David Thoreau

 

Reflection:

 Our dreams are the direction in our life, our purpose of living. As we plan out our life, we should walk confidently towards those dreams. Just don’t let your dreams just be dreams, make them come true. We can all have a fantasy world where we would like to live, but if we don’t try to make it real, we’ll only live there through our imagination. Take action to bring dreams into reality that we can be proud of the life we live in. We just need to understand that our plans or dreams should be placed in the hands of God before we even try to pursue them. He is the one who decides where we will be heading. He already has a plan for each of us that we don’t know about we just need to trust His will. Not everything we dream of will come true because God decides what’s best for us. Choose the right.

   

Student Success Statement

  

“Nothing in the world can take the place of PERSISTENCE.

Ø  TALENT will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Ø  GENIUS will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Ø  EDUCATION will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

PERSISTENCE and DETERMINATION alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”   

                                           -President Calvin Coolidge (30^th president of U.S. 1872-1933)

 

Reflection:

Persistence is the key to success and there can’t be anything to take its place. Many have talent but are too afraid to use it, many are geniuses but are afraid to show it, and many have education but don’t know what to use it for. The only way to succeed in a goal is to first have determination to pursue it and no matter what or who comes along to bring you down, you always have to be persistent. Persistence is the voice that tell you to not give up when you what to throw in the towel. For the fact that we think were not gonna make it, we start losing strength and start giving up little by little. We all should have persistence in anything we do but most of all have faith in ourselves.

   

   

 

Student Success Statement

“Never look to the ground for your next step. Greatness belongs to those who look to the horizon.” –Bud Greenspan

Reflection: one’s greatness comes to those that keep their head up at all moments, no matter the situation. For someone to look down, means that their ready to give up or their tired of the journey. The problem that many have is their so close to getting to the finish line but they start to murmur, give up, and let their tiredness of waiting stop them. When they stop losing patience they start getting tired and think that there are so many more steps when its only one left. In reality we let our minds take control over us instead of our desire of finishing. We must never give up on the journey of our life and no matter what happens, keep going, you will finish greater than when you started. 

 

Student Success Statement

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” –Mother Teresa

Reflection: Kind words are those that sound simple and short but the meaning to us is endless. Kind words can help someone to better their day no matter how bad their feeling. Kind words are those that lift you up when you’re at your lowest. Kind words all mean differently to a person but that feeling is never forgotten. I have personally have been at my lowest and someone says something kind to me that might have been simple to them but those words made my day. We should always try to be kind to everyone around us no matter if you know them or not because you don’t know the difference you can make in someone’s life with a kind word.

                 

      

Restoring Faith Humanity

Reflection:

This video impacts me to see what brave people there are in this world. There are so many situations that many don't have the courage to help others, but then there are those that no matter the situation they will sacrifice their time or even their life to save someone else. It’s good to know that there are brave people out in this world. We should all try to let our courage out to be brave and help others to change the world. We all have courage within us but sometimes we have more fear than courage and that fear stops us from actually being brave in difficult situations. We must let go of the fear to become great brave people and help others. There must be compassion within us to help others and we should all learn how to give to those who are less fortunate because there is a joy in giving. We need faith, courage, strength, unity, and compassion to save this world together.