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This week is thanksgiving and so I’m trying to get everything done early so that I can spend time with my family. In class we read some stories about people having to choose between work and family. It caught me off guard, because here I am trying to rush through my important schoolwork. Sometimes I think that we have to just do the best that we can with what we have. Most of the time, I will stop doing schoolwork when the kids come down or need an extra kiss goodnight. This week I have just sent them back to bed. Not that one choice is right and the other is wrong, I think it is just what we need right now. One of the stories was about a dad that had an emergency at work and had to choose between his attending his daughter’s recital and handling the emergency. I’m sure that, just like me, the dad would rather be spending time with his children but has some things that need to get done first. By getting my work done now, the rest of the week can be focused on family. If I wait, I will worry about getting it done and turned in on time. Family is still my first priority, and by getting this done now, I will be able to completely focus on them when it matters.

§  What is your attitude toward money?

My attitude is that it’s a means to an end. I don’t want it to show off, I just want to pay off loans and have what we need. I think that I am more like the author than the sister in that I also think it’s important to keep track of it and have plans for it.

§  How can your view of money affect the way you live?

If I loved money than I may give up important things to have it. As it is, I don’t always see things as a need when others might see it as such. It’s hard to give to others when you are struggling to provide for yourself and family.

§  What rules are recommended for prospering?

§  Rule 1. Seek the Lord and have hope in him

§   Rule 2. Keep the commandments, that includes the temporal ones, tithing and fast offerings.

§  Rule 3. Think about money and plan how you can become self-reliant.

§   Rule 4. Take advantage of chances for learning so you will not be ignorant of these matters. Education, as President Hinckley has taught us, is the Key to Opportunity.

§   Rule 5. Learn the laws upon which the blessings of wealth are predicated.

§  Rule 6. Do not send away the naked, the hungry, the thirsty or the sick or those who are held captive.