seeing who we are and who we can be

I've been sitting in on one of Brother Bott's famous classes this term.  He's taught me so much about learning to see who I am, and he's inspired me to consider my potential as God's child.  Perhaps the reason why Bro. Bott is so popular is because he's learned to love other people and see everyone on equal terms--more like the way Father in Heaven sees us--and he conveys God's love every time he teaches.  He's always reminding us of our inheritance from God--of our divinity--and how we just need to learn to see it!

A few of my favorite pieces of wisdom from Brother Bott:

“Why don’t we just accept the fact that God says we’re [inherently] good and then act the part?”

“You’ve got to see who you are.”

“You’re not here to prove it to God;  you’re here to prove it to yourself.”

“You were born to create and born to control…you need to step up to the plate and take control of who you are and what you do.  You’re not a puppet.” 

"That's the secret [to beating depression and negativity]: work, work, work."

"If you wanna go to heaven you better identify the things that aren't gonna be there and get rid of them."  In this lecture, Bro. Bott was actually talking about sulking--telling us not to mope around, but instead to have good attitudes--cause guess what: God doesn't sulk :)  There will be no pessimism in heaven.  

"We all go where we want to go. If you want to make it to the Celestial Kingdom, live the celestial law."

"If I don’t make it to the Celestial Kingdom it will not be because of what God didn’t do for me—it will be because of what I refused to do for myself."