“To be, or not to be, that is the question?" This simple question is asked by Hamlet, the main character in a play written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is pondering this vital question, one that will alter his life forever. He has the power of agency, the ability to choose whether to be, or not to be.
We make millions of choices on a daily basis! Some are little choices, like which shoes should I wear? or vanilla or chocolate icecream? Some choices are big, like which college should I attend? or Should I buy this car? All in all, our daily decisions can affect us for the rest of our lives.
I know God gave us this agency before we came to earth. We chose to come here. We knew we’d experience joy and pain so we could grow. Now we get to choose where we are going! Lehi, a prophet in the Book of Mormon, tells his sons, “Men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death…”
Our latter-day Prophet, Thomas S. Monson always reminds us "Decisions Do Determine Destiny!" The decisions we make, whether big or small, can create the direction we go. We have the power to choose to smile on a bad day, to love someone who hurt us, or to choose happiness in obeying the commandments. We have that power!
“My sons, I would that ye should look to the great Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments; and be faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life…” Like Lehi, I know that as we choose to live like our Savior that we can create the direction of happiness in our lives.
without jesus christ in your life you are going to have a rocky path.
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