Why Wealth?

Most people dream of wealth... Success... Fame.
So I had a question.
Why?
Why would a person want to be wealthy, isn't that just more money to deal with and more stress?
Then I thought about it for a while. People want wealth because they want experience. The world is so much easier to experience as a wealthy person. A wealthy person can give more, can travel more, can experience more, and make a greater impact on the world...
One day I'm going to be a wealthy person, and with that wealth I'm going to change the world.
I'm going to do so much good for so many people.
Come, join me. We'll go together, and we'll experience the world. We'll uplift everybody we see.
We'll do God's work, and spread His light to the nations.
We will change the world.

Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant

"Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
When I leave this life, I shall go to my Father in Heaven. I shall kneel at his feet, and plead not for mercy, but worship Him for the mercy He has already given me. I shall thank Him for His kindness. I shall honor Him for His guidance which was given to me in this life.
I shall kneel at the feet of Christ with clean hands and a heart full of love. I shall thank Him for the inspiration His life was to me. I shall honor Him for His great plan of happiness. I shall thank Him for His atonement, which He performed for all the worlds.
I shall greet the Holy Spirit, and thank him for comforting me when I was sad, guiding me when I was lost, and helping me to serve when I had abundance.
Then I shall stand before the judgment bar of God, with clean hands and a pure heart, and with peace shall speak my case to my Father as to why I belong with Him. We'll review my life. And at the end, I only want one thing.
I want my Father to wrap me up in a hug, and quietly speak these words.
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
I want to leave this life knowing that I have done all I can do to glorify God, and I'm going to do it too. I will not be idle. God made me to do great things, and I'm going to do them. The Devil cannot stop me, and nobody stronger than he is trying to stop me, so I'm in good shape. I've still got a long life to live. I have a lot of people to help. A lot of opportunities to love and serve.
I am going to change the world.

One day... I really am going to leave this life.
When I leave, feel nothing but joy in my passing, for I am going to be with God.
And one day... He really will wrap me up in His arms.
And He really will speak such words to me.
"Well done, my son. Sit for a moment. Rest. What a marvelous effort you gave in that life.
Welcome home."

A Repost of a Post Which Never Should Have Been Deleted

Hey Kim, I think you're really beautiful.
Just so you know. :)

Loneliness

So this is loneliness.
Oh..
Okay.
Hello loneliness. Come, stay a while.
I need to feel something, at least.

Thank You, Chayce

It is incredible the little things that influenced me greatly in childhood.
Like the time that I used a hyphen on an assignment in elementary to make a wo-
rd extend to the next line. The teacher said it was the wrong thing to do. I simply responded, "That's how they do it in the Bible!"
That was in like... Second grade. Haha. :D
Little bits of my memory which stick out. The one I just mentioned is the one which has driven me over the years to improve my grammatical and punctuation skills.
There is one though which I think has influenced me more than almost any other.
A memory, which I can still hear and see from the hundreds of times I heard and saw it.
A girl, whose name was, and if she hasn't changed in the while since I've seen her, Chayce.
I never had a crush on Chayce or anything. But I watched her all the time. She was just. So. Happy. I never understood it.
One day, heading into band class for the hundredth time, I heard the familiar, "Hey Dallin!!! :D" And saw Chayce's bright, beautiful face as she greeted me the same way she had for years. The same way she greeted everybody, as far as I could tell. The way she greeted me even when I didn't think I had friends.
I decided that day that I was going to learn to be as happy as Chayce. It took effort. I had to consciously smile all the time. Be enthusiastic in my greetings to people. Smile more. Be optimistic. Smile more. Laugh more. Smile more. Care for people. Smile more.
It still takes effort.
That little memory has changed me. I'm not the boy I used to be. I am much happier. And, I make it a goal to brighten the lives of everybody I see every day, because I remember.
I remember what it's like to feel like I have nobody to go to and to have someone walk up to me and enthusiastically exclaim, "Hello Dallin! :D"
I remember what that did to my day.
And my week.
My month.
My year.
My life.
And so, the long owed thanks now comes.
Thank you, Chayce. You changed my life.
May God bless you forever, and may joy remain always in your heart.
Keep smiling. :)
Love,
Dallin