Week 12

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This week, I learned a lot of great things from both the readings and the videos. The ones that I liked most were Sheryl Sandberg's video called "Make It Personal and Make It Work," and Elder Holland's talk called "Are We Not All Beggars?" 

 In the video, Sheryl Sandberg talks about the importance of making information accessible. She mentions that this was the mission of Google and how it has changed the world. This helps starting a business easier for people, I think. Having this kind of access to information and ability to share information as well, is something that can really help someone's business. 

 On a different note, Elder Holland's address talked about the importance of helping others. This has always been one of my favorite of his talks. He has a way of really targeting the issues that we face in the church, and it was a great reminder that we are all equals, and we are all in need of help, and of helping others. My favorite quote from his talk says, "From the beginning of His ministry, Jesus loved the impoverished and the disadvantaged in an extraordinary way. He was born into the home of two of them and grew up among many more of them. We don’t know all the details of His temporal life, but He once said, 'Foxes have holes, and … birds … have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.' Apparently the Creator of heaven and earth 'and all things that in them are' was, at least in His adult life, homeless." 

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