Song: Today While the Sun Shines (H. 229)
Thought: “I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When one learns to master the principles of setting a goal, he will then be able to make a great difference in the results he attains in this life.”
–Elder M. Russell Ballard
Talk given to Salt Lake Area young adults, Oct. 18, 1981
Object Lesson: Domino Effect by Kimberly Thurston is an awesome lesson to use for setting goals.
Video:
As you watch the video encourage your family to look for the way that Tyler set and achieved goals. After the video invite them to share their thoughts with the family. Why did Tyler choose to pursue his goal to serve a mission, even though it meant interrupting his goal to play basketball? Ask your family to think of something they are passionate about. Have they ever had to choose between that thing and another worthy goal? What do they learn from Tyler’s example?
Lesson Activity: Have half of your family read President Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s story about learning English (from his talk “The Power of a Personal Testimony”), and have the other half read Elder L. Tom Perry’s story about his son practicing high jumping (from his talk “Raising the Bar”). Ask them to summarize their assigned stories for the rest of the family and explain what they learned from the stories about setting goals. Invite them to share any similar stories from their own lives. How will they apply what they learn from these stories to be more effective in setting and achieving their goals? (Come, Follow Me)
This Week's Challenge: Encourage your family to make a list of goals for their lives and to post those goals somewhere that they can see them daily to remind themselves what they are working towards.
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