Life skills! Brilliant!

So much goodness with all the happenings at Stake Conference yesterday and today.  Speakers work prayerfully hard to share their inspirations and you can feel it for sure!

I want to share something that was inspiring to me.  2 years ago a brand new mission was opened  in Washington...the Washington Yakima Mission.  The Mission President's wife has FB and blogged all of the happenings from day one.  It has been an amazing adventure to watch it all unfold.  She is one of the nicest women ever.  I count her as a friend and love her for all of her unselfish goodness.

Of course she would understandably talk about Missionaries but what she shared is something that I feel would benefit all of us.

Take some rejuvenating time and read through both of these.  The first one... it's about 8 overlooked skills that people should know before going on a mission.  I think we all need to learn the 8 skills!

Teach them how to be humble without feeling humiliated

Teach them how to take rejection

Teach them how to be motivated

Teach them to manage differences

Teach them how to have a conversation

Teach them to care for themselves

Teach them how to be positive

Teach them to be spiritual

The author then has lots of straight to the point suggestions as to how to accomplish each of these skills.  It will help all of us.  What a guide!!

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Sister Lewis termed the 2nd aid --a resource go-to for for solving problems-- the Happy Book.  She said that any problems that arise have an answer in this chapter.  It's for everyday living!!

It covers--

Understanding Stress 

Self-Assessment Record 

Suggestions and Tools 

General Principles for Managing Stress

Resources for Managing Physical Demands 

Resources for Managing Emotional Demands

Resources for Managing Social Demands 

Resources for Managing Intellectual Demands 

Resources for Managing Spiritual Demands

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8 great skills to master!  here   

Happy Book  (handling and freeing yourself from stress) here

I scanned through these 2 in putting this together and honestly I think it is some of most commonsense, level-headed and truly helpful advice I've read in a long time.  I sure do hope you enjoy it!!!  

Now that I've posted it, I'm going to relax and savor the reading of all this great counsel!