How to be Happy

I love listening to General Conference, I feel so much strength and peace and love from the messages that are shared. Here are my notes from this conference. I am so grateful that my Father in Heaven loves me enough to speak to me through his chosen apostles. I love listening to what they have to teach me, there messages if followed insure happiness. I love this quote by Larry Gelwix (rugby coach) "Good decisions don't make life easy, but they do make it easier." That is exactly my feeling on life, and I feel like that message always come through in conference. (these are not word for word quotes they are just the messages I received while I listened to conference.)

Relief society general conference 2011:
Julie B. Beck

• the lord needs faithful woman to minister in his kingdom.
• the relief society was organized using the priesthood power. And, revelation was used to call the leadership of relief society.
• R.S. was established to increase faith and personal righteousness.
• a society that is separated from all the evils of the world.
• to give the woman the responsibility to prepare the world for the blessings of the temple .
• the lord designed relief society to relieve the suffering that all sisters do or will face in this life time .
• the influence of a woman can be felt to relieve those in need.
• visiting teaching should closely resemble the ministry of Jesus Christ.
• trying to measure by the caring rather than by checking off my to do list.
• in order for the bishop to fully care for his flock he needs help through home and visiting teaching.
• i need to teach Peyton why relief society is so important and how it is a way of life that will lead her to her happily ever after.

Silvia H. Allred

• Charity suffereth long and is kind, endureth all things.
• how do we obtain charity? a state of being a state of heart = we must seek and pray for it.
• Reading the scriptures daily can help us focus and remember to administer charity.
• Joseph Smith was known for his kind and charitable attitude. resisting the impulse to become offended easily.
• charity never faileth: you will never "lose" by being charitable.
• if you live up to these principles the angels cannot prevent becoming your associates.
• pray to be more charitable. use all the resources you have to help others.

Barbara Thompson:

• if we keep our covenants our lives will be much "easier" and happier.
• joy and protection come from keeping covenants.
• if i teach my kids anything it will be to live the gospel and there in lies happiness.
• keeping our covenants will help us in times of trial.

President Uchdorf:

• Forget me not: 1. forget not to be patient with yourself. 2. forget not to make good sacrifices. 3. forget not to be happy now. 4. forget not the WHY of the gospel. 5. forget not the lord loves you.
• we do not need to compare ourselves to others.
• it is wonderful to have strengths and it is part of our mortal experience to have weaknesses
• recognize your small successes ... God does
• do not try to make everything perfect and meanwhile make your family miserable
• am i committing my time to good things ... i may have to give up good things for better things
• the problem comes when we put our happiness on hold
• never stop striving for the best that is within you
• the happiest people enjoy the daily things
• we sometimes forget the WHY the gospel of Jesus Christ is not an obligation. it is a pathway to happiness. the why of obedience makes mundane majestic.
• God loves you because you are his daughters. you are closer to heaven than you suppose.

General Conference 2011
Richard G. Scott:

• read your scriptures, mark them, make notes when you learn something

Barbara Thompson:

• the spirit of revelation has many voices... and ways of receiving it.
• sometimes through scriptures on general conference messages.

L. Whitney Clayton:

• the church will fill the world was prophesied of when Joseph Smith restored the Gospel we are seeing that come true today.

Member of 70:

• when we serve each other we serve God. We need to do the right thing at the right time.

Boyd K. Packer:

• the plan of the gospel is the plan of happiness.
• you have the power over people who do not have bodies = we have power over Satan.
• our bodies have the power to create new bodies, and we have agency to use that power.

Dieter F. Uchdorf:

• the lord knows us
• he knows where we are and he does not care how humble our circumstances
• do your best that is all he asks
• you are never forgotten

Elder Bednar:

• sometimes we think miracles do not happen in our day ... compare how many people died in ancient times from things that we can treat today. this in a way is the same miracle as being raised from the dead, just in a different way.

Neil L. Anderson:

• having young children is what God gave you time for. :)
• it is up to a husband and a wife and the Lord to decide when and how many children to have.

member of 70:

• quoted Pres. Uchdorf when he said " Love is spelt T I M E."

Carl B. Cook: (probably my favorite talk from conference)

• it is better to look up ... be positive.

Legrand R. Curtis:

• do our best to fully repent

D. Todd Christopherson:

• a permissive parent is being selfish we need to do what best for each other
• change weaknesses into strengths
• when one sins and feels badly we are seeing things as they really are.

L. Tom Perry:

• you can use technology to share your testimony (blog to share my testimony.)
• perfect love casteth out fear.

President Henery B. Eyring:

• as i serve others i will feel Gods love
• endure to the end: continue to keep commandments
• focus on family scripture study more

Robert D. Hales:

• hope and trust in the lord and endure to the end.

Tad R. Callister

• read the book of Mormon

Elaine S. Dalton:

• teach Peyton to want a temple marriage and to be a covenant keeping person.
• Peyton is a daughter of God.
• Peyton commit while you are young to making good choices.
• interview her and tell her what you want for her... be there to help her... be part of her life.

M. Russell Ballard:

• we belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Thomas S. Monson:

• the commandments are commandments.
• morality is not a thing of the past, we still need morals and values.
• (faith, divine nature, individual worth, choice and accountability, good works, and integrity.)
• God hears and answers our prayers... if we listen we will receive revelation.

Russell M. Nelson:

• we have a right to know and live the gospel.
• patriarchal blessings are to give us a vision of what could be by keeping the commandments.
• the lord is counting on us for the gathering of Israel.

Dallin H. Oaks:

• what has my savior done for me?
• he lived that we might live again with our father in heaven
• the way back to our savior is desire and obedience.

Matthew O. Richardson:

• be a real member of the church and a real follower of Jesus Christ
• the holy ghost is the real teacher, when preparing family home evening focus on things my family needs to know
• the holy ghost  knows the truth of all things he can help me learn the gospel, and help me learn other things in life as well.

Member of 70:

• missionary work is a work of love

Randall K. Bennett:

• choices = consequences
• choices are gifts
• decisions determine destiny
• you cannot make eternal choices without eternal consequences
• tests and trials are to help us grow and repent
• its never to hard or to late to make correct choices.
• your eternal reward is not a matter of chance ... it is a matter of choice.

J. Devn Corrish:

• the things that are important to us are important to heavenly father because he loves us.
• things that are important to my family should be important to me because i love them

Quintin L. Cook:

• 1. God loves us 2. Christ is our Redeemer 3. premortal, mortal, eternal life
• life can seem depressing if we are unaware of God and his plan for us.
• be thankful for blessings that we receive. and for challenges we avoid.
• prosper = having the spirit in our lives
• the atonement covers ALL unfairness of life.