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Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
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Is your life on the path you want it to be? Writing your own eulogy can bring clarity. | Jure Gasparic As we settle into our fall routines , there is one suggestion that can help us stay on our chosen life course: It’s time for you to write your own eulogy. I don’t mean write the one that will actually be read at your funeral, although it could be used that way. What I mean is write out what you want people to say about you at the end of your life — and then focus on making those things reality. New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller says he thinks that what most people are looking for is not how to be more productive, or how to make a million dollars in six months. What they are really looking for is meaning. In his book, “Hero on a Mission,” he devotes several chapters to writing one’s own eulogy and invites his readers to be specific in the vision for their lives. Miller reads his every day as part of his morning routine. It’s a form of goal-setting, one that works backward from the end of our lives to the present day. Similarly, in 1984, then-Elder Russell M. Nelson addressed BYU students and asked them to “ Begin with the End in Mind .” He asked them to think about “What would you like said about you at your funeral? Or, if you were to write your own eulogy and you could have only three sentences (no big flowery speeches, please), what would you want to say?” Holly Richardson lived a heart-centered life for nearly a century. She loved people and she loved talking to them and sharing their stories. She considered herself a life-long learner and even though she earned a Ph.D when she was 57, she also knew that much learning could and did most often happen outside the classroom. She loved her husband, Greg, and the life they built together. She spent four decades dedicated to being a mother to her 25 children (yes, I […]
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Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
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