Adam Sandler movie that has been on DVD for a while. The acting is as un-amazing as you would expect, but I actually liked the storyline because it got me thinking about how important it is to enjoy every moment of life as we pass through it.
Basically Sandler has a "universal remote" and is able to fast forward past parts of life that he doesn't like- work, marital problems, errands, sickness, etc. He just skips ahead to the realization of his goals of promotions which will buy him enough time to just do what he wants. Ironically, he misses out on what he wants to buy time to do. The happy ending is that it was all a scrooge-like vision of how horrible his life would turn out if he didn't get his priorities straight.
I realized how I'm still on the way to some major goals and need to enjoy the process, rather than obsess about getting there so much that I drone out in present. Life the last few weeks has been subtly different and it feels great to develop new and old friendships. We will reap what we sow. Sometimes it is hard to remember that the reaping should be of eternal value, rather than temporal. Getting caught in the daily grind it seems easy for the tail to wag the dog and for our sub goals to trump major goals. The scriptures break down simply what I am feeling with all this...
Matthew 6:19-21
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
If our treasure is what we want most we will get it. The question is whether it will be worth it when we do. So then what is of the greatest worth?
D&C 15:4, 6
"For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of the most worth unto you. And now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father. Amen."
Why? Because the worth of souls is great in the sight of God. (see D&C 18:10)
Nothing better than sharing the truth! And the truth is the other great thing of value. The scriptures are worth our time and also the means of doing that which is of most worth (helping others)-
Alma 37:8-10
"And now, it has hitherto been wisdom in God that these things should be preserved; for behold, they have enlarged
the memory of this people, yea, and convinced many of
the error of their ways, and brought them to
the knowledge of their God unto
the salvation of their souls. Yea, I say unto you, were it not for these things that these records do contain, which are on these plates, Ammon and his brethren could not have convinced so many thousands of
the Lamanites of
the incorrect tradition of their fathers; yea, these records and their words brought them unto repentance; that is, they brought them to
the knowledge of
the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer. And who knoweth but what they will be
the means of bringing many thousands of them, yea, and also many thousands of our stiffnecked brethren,
the Nephites, who are now hardening their hearts in sin and iniquities, to
the knowledge of their Redeemer?"
Yeah, who kneweth? Millions so far. Good hunch.
Anyhow, Click is a dumb movie- but the take home lesson was a good one. Made me re-eVALUEate what kind of treasure I am gathering. The simplest way to create eternal value on a daily basis is to lay up the truth through the scriptures and share it with others. Killing bugs? Not so much.
This is the wave. Not many were barreling- the one I got was a little surprise.
