Tuesday, December 14, 2010

I've Had a Thought!!

So I have this really good friend, who is absolutely wonderful! She sends me emails from time to time, and each email has her little quote on the bottom that says, "~ The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. ~"

So I've been looking for an answer to a question for quite some time now.

And God decided to answer it through this lovely friend's email quotation that I've seen a hundred times.

It just has new, more eternal meaning to me now.

Let me break it down a bit so you may understand too. What is our purpose in this life? To receive a physical body and continue to learn to become like God (more info here); to become perfect as He is (Matthew 5:48) - so that we may live eternally with Him (here).

Ok, seems easy enough. How do we do this? We must learn to live His Celestial law while we live in this Terrestial state (D&C 88:25 or D&C 105:5).

That...not so easy. But if we want a Celestial life, the best way to prepare to live in the Celestial Kingdom (there), is to begin to live so here (on this earth).

Aha moment!
(at least for me...I may have slaughtered that for you, sorry! If any of it doesn't make sense, feel free to comment or ask me and I'll try to do better to explain it).

*The best way to prepare for [the] life [you want to live] is to begin to live [that life you want].*
Thank you friend!
Posted by Kozy at 9:31 AM

1 comment:

  1. SnoopyDecember 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM

    You know, I've read that quote over a million times in the last two years and I've never quite thought about it that way. It's so simple, really! You just made a whole lot of things connect for me - wow...

    Thank you, friend.

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My Favorite Quotes

"A wise man once said do not ask for a light load, but rather for a strong back." - Unknown

"Well you think that you can take me on, you must be crazy. There ain't a single thing you got that's gonna phase me." - Song by Bryan Adams featured in the film Spirit.

"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is." - Albert Camus

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." — Anaïs Nin

"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." — Oscar Wilde

"A summit is a symbol that with the force of our will and the power of our legs, our backs and our two hands, we can transform our lives into whatever we choose them to be, whatever our hands are strong enough to create." - Erik Weinhenmayer