February 9th Week 5

This week and last week’s reading of the Mastery book have been very inspiring to me.  I have found the book very interesting, and very beneficial to me.  It has helped me realize that I really need to work on some areas in my life that are not being controlled by me, but by the natural man.  (One of which is sleeping in too much).  While reading the talks and articles this week I have been learning how to best achieve self-mastery, and I have become excited to do so.

In N. Eldon Tanner’s talk, “Success is Gauged by Self-Mastery” He quoted Plato: “The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”  I totally agree with this statement.  And after reading and watching all the articles, book, and videos I have gained a stronger opinion of that statement.  “That natural man is an enemy to God” Mosiah 3:19.

In the next couple days (since it takes sometimes a long time to master things) I am going to pick three things I need to master.  One will be spiritual, one will be physical, and one will be mental.  I am going to work on these three things until I feel they are mastered.  In order to accomplish my goal I am going to ask my husband to help me come up with things I need to improve on, and I am going to try and find a mentor for each aspect.  Hopefully I won’t be a dabbler, obsessive, or a hacker, and can actually master all three.