ONE OF MY FAVORITE

This is an excerpt that comes from one of my favorite conference talks.  It was given last October during the RS session.  It reminded me that  TRUE PERSONAL BEAUTY tends to shines brightest  through our human  imperfections.  We are innately endowed with  intelligent ability to utilize our talents creatively to learn and grown into perfection someday.  It’s the learning and personal CREATING that makes us each beautiful in our own way.  It’s the believing and trying that makes each individual shine in their own light. 

I am also thankful to know that responsibility  is the form of ability that my Heavenly Father gave me to help me learn and grow in this life.  I know I am responsible to seek out my talents and learn to use my talents to the best of my ability.   

 

Bounds of Creativity Unlimited

 

"If you are a mother, you participate with God in His work of creation—not only by providing physical bodies for your children but also by teaching and nurturing them. If you are not a mother now, the creative talents you develop will prepare you for that day, in this life or the next. "You may think you don't have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us (see D&C 46:11–12). The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano.

Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before—colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter.

"What you create doesn't have to be perfect. . . .

Don't let the voices of critics paralyze you -whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside."

If you still feel incapable of creating, start small. Try to see how many smiles you can create, write a letter of appreciation, learn a new skill, identify a space and beautify it."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf