General Conference April 2016. What Legacy do you
want to leave for your posterity? President Dieter F. Utchdorf
Even though this post is not directly associated to Aviation or my
adventures when I was a pilot, this post will talk about one of my great pleasures
on Sundays. I always spend at least four hours of my Sunday to ponder about my
life, my goals, my current situation and reflect about things that are very
important for me and this includes my Savior Jesus Christ. This last Sunday as
all the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saint also known
as “Mormons”, my family and I watched the Conference which is basically a
meeting where we have the opportunity to hear consuls from the authorities of
the Church. It is a great opportunity to ponder about the basic of our
existence, rethink about our daily actions and move our life into the path the
guides us to achieve eternal happiness.
The Conference happens twice a year and it is divided in two
sessions. I tried to watch both session, but like any other human being I felt
sleep for couple minutes, however, the good thing is that all content spoke in
the Conference is recorded and available online for entire world in several
languages, so, it is a good way to keep updated with all the topics mentioned
when I was having a good nap. The Conference is always composed by wonderful
speakers talking about several topics such as social problems, issues around
the world and many others but having a connection with the gospel and including
a spiritual perspective of the problem. One of my favorite speakers is known as
President Dieter F. Utchdorf. He has “weird” last name, but he is a great guy
with many good characteristics. Besides the fact that he is also a pilot and always
shares experiences of his career with great sense of humor making the public
rejoice his spontaneity and wisdom. It was great to hear from him about his
experience as a refugee during 2 World War in Germany and how he overcome all the
difficulties and with dedication, faith and prayers, he learned good things in that
catastrophe and has achieved his dreams.
The talks on Conference also focus on the importance of the family
and the relationship between family members. We believe that the families are
eternal and the connection between family members goes beyond this life. One of
the point that caught my attention during President Utchdorf’s talk was a
question he asked “What Legacy do you want to leave for your posterity? It
seems a simple question, but when I stopped to think about this, it took me
couple minutes to have a solid answer for this question. I could look back on
my behavior and reevaluate my conduct on how I want to be in the future and how
my family will look at me when I achieve 70 years old. Am I going to be a good
person or pleasant company to be around? Will my family members be proud of me
in some aspect of my life? All of these questions and many others came to my
mind when I thing about that question and I provoke you that are reading this
to ask yourself about what legacy you want to leave to for your posterity. Even
though my family are not member of the Church, I shared with them and friends
this topic because I believe it is very important to take a time to ponder about
things out of our routine, evaluate our actions and make the necessary
adjustments when necessary. For those who like reading a good book, I also
invite you to read the book of Mormon which is free online and you can get a
hard copy from the missionaries or the Church website https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng.
I am sure you will be surprised with the content of the book.
Well, I hope you have enjoyed this little moment of reflection and
I look forward to meet you in my next post about aviation. I intend to be
talking about techniques to help you fly under Instrument Weather Condition
using the instruments available in the airplane. See you soon and clear skies
for you!!!
