The talk by President Monson was a beautiful reminder of counting our blessings and being grateful one by one. When he thanks his teachers remind me of when I was little (6 years old) and started school in San Antonio, Texas, and in the middle of the year we suddenly moved back to Mexico. I still feel the emptiness of friendship and I couldn’t fully understand Spanish when I started attending my new school in Mexico. The kids in my grade were way advanced and were able to read, but not me. I had this beautiful teacher that will work magic with her kindness and patience. She used to stay after hours helping me to catch up with all the group on reading and writing, I could never forget her face and her smile. I am grateful for her patience and dedication. For the video of this week, I really love what is was advised by Ted Zoller to go and work for a big company before starting your own because the teachings and experiences will be helpful along our own entrepreneurial journey. Stan Christensen also urges us to stop doing things only to please everyone around us but to be ourselves and I think this is important because we are different and whatever we do will be different then everyone. Finally, Larry North helped me especially this week that was hard in many aspects, but Larry said that waking up with a great attitude is our choice and to believe in ourselves and the people that help us grow. He also mentions looking for great mentors. I am grateful for great mentors in my life, starting with my Mother and to my first-grade teacher but I am most grateful for the greatest mentor in this life that is my Savior Jesus Christ, and his unconditional love for me even that I am not perfect.

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