We live in the land of opportunity!

For FHE tonight we went to a member of the high counselors house in Idaho Falls! They talked about how they visited there sons mission at the end. There son served in the Dominican Republic. The DR is a third world country! They said that they were in the DR for a week and he got a parasite. One week! Thats crazy! He said the people down there are so poor, but so happy and humble! He said that our laundry room would be a mansion to them! For a moment I felt really sad for these people, but then I thought there happy and they probably wouldn't want it any other way.

I am so blessed to live in America and even more blessed to live in Utah and even more more blessed to have the gospel living in Utah! I have an amazing family and especially amazing parents who have always provided me with the best. I have basically lived a life of luxury compared to the people in the DR. We live in the land of opportunity! Our opportunities are endless. I guess I realized more today then I ever have that it is my choice on how I'm going to treat this opportunity of life in America!

I learned last week at a business summit that we will fail in todays market if we have the attitude of entitlement. We can never feel that we are entitled to anything. We need to have the attitude that everything is an opportunity and I'm going to make the most out of it! We need to work for everything! Most things will not be handed to us!

I'm very excited and optimistic about the future! I know that if I chose to have the attitude of opportunity I will not fail! It is a great opportunity right now in my life to be at BYU-Idaho! Am I going to act like I'm entitled to get educated or am I going to make the most of it cause I know it's a great opportunity? I hope I will make the most of it and I hope you will too!