How Do the Things I Say Affect Those Around Me Printable

Hello!

Long time no type! It will probably be that way for a little while longer. I want to start up blogging again when I finish school, which is in DECEMBER! I am super pumped! Anyway, today I wanted to share with you the handout that I made for my class at church. Months ago, I received the calling to be the Beehive advisor at church, which means that I am an advisor to the person in charge of the 12-13 year old girls. This also means that I teach lessons every other month.

September's theme in the Come Follow Me guide is commandments. And this Sunday I am doing my lesson on "How Do the Things I Say Affect Those Around Me?"  I usually look at pinterest for printables and/or ideas, but this time I just couldn't find anything that suited my fancy... not for free anyway, so I took the plunge and made my own! I love how it turned out, and I may even start doing it more often!
Since I am so happy with it, I thought that I would offer it here as a printable for any of you that would like to use it! The parts in purple are Personal Progress Integrity Value Experience 2. Although, I think the self-assessment is useful no matter your age or religion.

You can download the printable here.

I probably won't blog again till December/January. I want to start doing "Monthly Mayhem" updates again, and a lot of knitting posts, anything else you would like to see? I recently got into the planner craze so that may be in the works too!

Life's Little Lessons: Priorities

I have some shocking news for you all.

I am not my first priority. . . and neither is my husband. 

and guess what? I'm not his. 

If I had kids, they wouldn't be my first priority either. My Lord and Savior and Heavenly Father are my first priority.

Does that mean I don't care about myself, my husband, or my future kids? Of course not! They are still priorities, just not my number one. They are all important.  

My priorities go a little something like this... God, John, (kids would go here),Family,  Friends, Me. and so on and so forth. 

Does this mean I let others walk all over me? No. Not for the most part, and when I do, its not because of misplaced priorities, its just because of my people pleasing personality. 

If I was in a harmful situation, then of course I should get out of it, even if its done by one of my higher priorities. 

The wonderful thing about priorities is that they all fall into each other like a Russian Doll. God doesn't want me to neglect my husband, my husband wouldn't want me to neglect our kids, our kids will want to see their family, and so on and so forth. 

Additionally, the priorities actually help each other out. If I have a good relationship with my heavenly Father, I will have a better relationship with my husband. Better relationship with my husband equals a better relationship with and example to my future kids, etc. All of which help my mental health.

It is important to keep priorities in perspective.

Especially in this world, where we are lead to believe that grades define us. 

Where being successful means having a big house, a fancy car and a lot of money to blow. 

Where we are constantly bombarded with ads and articles telling us that it is all about us. That we should be our number one priority. 

Can you imagine a world where everyone acted like that? If you don't believe me think of one of the "best" and kindest people you know... or just think of Mother Teresa. Does his or her goodness come from making themselves the priority or from making God and/or others the priority?   

Take a moment today to really ponder what your priorities are. It will help guide you and actually reduce a lot of stress. For instance, being reminded that school isn't my number one priority is a huge weight lifted off my shoulders!

Your priorities don't have to be in the same order as mine, but really think on them and maybe even write them down for future reference. 

P.s. I've decided to call these little rambling posts of mine "Life's Little Lessons"... Even if they aren't lessons for you, they are lessons for me! That I'm either learning or re-learning/emphasizing/remembering.