Relief Society Lesson: Two Principles for Any Economy

Here is my outline/visual aids for my Relief Society lesson today.

Two Principles for Any Economy
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

October 2009 General Conference

The First Principle:
Work

Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility.
-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Retirement is not part of the Lord’s plan of happiness.
-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Second Principle: Learn

For members of the Church, education is not merely a good idea—it’s a commandment.
-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Doctrine and Covenants 130:18-19

18 Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.

19 And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.

The Prophet Joseph taught, “Knowledge does away with darkness, [anxiety], and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is.”

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Learn:

You and I are here on the earth to prepare for eternity, to learn how to learn, to learn things that are temporally important and eternally essential, and to assist others in learning wisdom and truth (see D&C 97:1). Understanding who we are, where we came from, and why we are on the earth places upon each of us a great responsibility both to learn how to learn and to learn to love learning.
-David A. Bednar February 2010 ensign

President Young repeatedly taught that “the object of [our mortal] existence is to learn.” -David A. Bednar February 2010 ensign

Work:

"I do not believe people can be happy unless they have work to do. One can really be more of a slave to idleness than to work. Work also keeps us humble and reminds us of how all our blessings come to us from our Heavenly Father...

The gospel of work is a very important teaching of the Church. If we learn to work early in life we will be better individuals, better members of families, better neighbors, and better disciples of Jesus Christ, who Himself learned to work as a carpenter."
-Neal A. Maxwell