The 9  Ways to be happy and make something of your life 

 Gordon B. Hinckley 

1. Be grateful 

1. When being grateful for everything that is given to you whether it's good or bad you have  to appreciate it all. You have to be grateful for the small or big surprises in life. When being grateful you always have a positive attitude towards the others that surround you. In some situations you are grateful for having everything you may have such as family, friends and teachers. In other situations you might be grateful for what others might even do for you. When you do good things and appreciate it, good things come to you as well. Being grateful is a choose but also a kind manner to put effort in being grateful everyday of your life. Our parents are the very first people to teach us to  be grateful for the things we get or even situations we may cross. No one really teaches us to be grateful other than the parents sometimes teachers do too by getting involved with the education they are giving us. You get to decide everyday whether you want to be grateful or you don't want too because not everyone is grateful with what they have.

2. Be Smart 

2. To be smart doesn't necessarily mean to be the smartest in everything. Being smart doesn't mean book smart, it has a lot of meanings. For one it can mean to be smart when making decisions. Making the right decisions makes you smart. For two helping others when its needed can be a smart decision . Being smart can bring a lot of good things to you. Being smart takes you to the right path. Smart making decisions make you the smartest. When being in certain situations you have to chose the right and responsible.

3. Be involved 

3. To be involved means to be get into things. Being involved can be getting involved with sports,school, etc. I feel when you are involved in something you earn responsibilities. Earning responsibilities can get you into being more involved in the subject. Being involved is is very important specially when you need it the most.

4. Be Clean

4. Be clean has many definitions to it. The first one can be to be clean with people and not lie to them to always stay true to your surroundings and the people you might meet. Another definition can be to always be neat with everything from school to home its good being organized it makes life easier. When going out to eat you should always be be clean and clean after yourself such as well when you go over to a friends house if you eat you should be able to at least wash the dishes. Being  clean looks so good on a person. To me being clean means to have everything neat and organized but also it shows how respectful and responsible you are.

5. Be True 

5. To be true means to keep everything real. It also means to always be honest even in your wrongs. Being true can have so many different meanings and situations. You always have to be true to your parents, teachers, co workers specially with the people that surround you. By being true you have to be super helpful and honest with people that's how you gain their trust.

6. Be Positive 

Being positive can bring you so many good opportunities. Being positive all the time can really change your mindset. It can also make you think of things and to see them in a different and better way.  We all need some positivity in our life. When things don't turn out well it doesn't mean its the end it doesn't mean to be negative about things it just means to be positive. Not everything we do we will succeed, we will fail but you have to stay positive about things. Sometimes we have to stay positive even in negative situations. I feel like if you are positive most of the times you'll get something good out of it in life later on.

7. Be Humble

To be humble means to strive for what you want. It also means to motivate yourself to reach your goals. You have to stay humble to reach your goals, or opportunities. Staying humble can  take you to different situations. You have to be competitive and stay humble doing everything. When you stay humble you accomplish many things good things. Staying humble can help you out in anyway whether school, job, personal life wise. Staying humble in school can help you get good grades and a good gpa. Staying humble at work can get you a higher position and more money earned. Staying humble at home you can learn new responsibilities that may help you in the future. By being humble you can also try to motivate others to be better, to do better things in their life's. You can go out and catch others attention and make them realize to be humble. There is so many opportunities to be humble for.

8. Be Still 
To be still can come in different ways. For example you have to be still and patient for things to come your way.  You have to be patient and let things be. Sometimes you have to be still and let the right time come and not let it go because you're being impatient. You have to be still about school. You have to be still at work. 

9. Be Prayerful 

I feel really good about having the chance to learn about this. I feel like i have more than just these 9 ways of respect. Self evaluation is a good thing because you start to realize how important it is to have good characteristics. Having good characteristics may lead you to getting good treatments back. It can lead you to getting the same respect you give to others. Giving respect to others can give you the same respect you want to get and receive with whoever. I feel like you do what you want to do and no one else decides for your decisions but sometimes the influence gets to you and you slack off. But having characteristic means controlling yourself without anyone having to tell you to stop doing a certain thing. We use these 9 ways everyday in a different kind of way. We use them on different people and we get different reactions out of them as well.