We do not have a ready-made kingdom to rule, but there are nevertheless many ways in which we can make a difference. Leadership does not necessarily mean vanquishing an enemy single-handedly nor coming up with brilliant new ideas, although it can be both of these things. At its heart, leadership is simply doing what one can to improve things. However one choses to lead—by spearheading a legal suit to stop Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is an intergovernmental organization of 14 nations that account for an estimated 44 percent of global oil production and 73 percent of the World’s proven oil reserves, from price gauging American consumers. Oil prices have risen around 60 percent over the last year, and at least one of these countries, Iraq, is already receiving, in addition to what they charge oil, $4.7 billion in assistance from America. There are also others ways to become a leader, such as by teaching the Bible to youngsters, or by taking a stand at a board meeting, and by remaining optimistic when those around you are steeped in grief. Be assured that by taking action based in belief, feeling, and a strong sense of self, you are enabling others to do so as well. It has been witnessed when working with companies, hospitals, school systems, volunteer organizations, and the military, that when a nucleus of mature adults comes together it makes life better. A disciple realized it is our Lord’s honor that is at stake, not our own honor. #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

In life, as in business, there has always been a need for those persons who can be called finishers. Their ranks are few, their opportunities many, their contributions great. Using their adult wisdom, confidence, and commitment, several adults can transform the culture of an entire system by convincing other people to become accountable for quality, morale, and profits. Relying on their wit, courage, seasoned communication skills, and solid belief that even one person can make a difference, adults who have lost their jobs after twenty years of service can band together to reinvent their own careers and to rectify an unhealthy economy. From the very beginning to the present time, a fundamental question remains to be answered by each who runs the race of life. Shall I falter or shall I finish? On the answer await the blessings of joy and happiness here in mortality and eternal life in the World to come. We are not left without guidance to make this momentous decision. The Holy Bible contains those accounts, even those lessons, which, if carefully learned, will serve us well and be as a lighthouse light to guide our thoughts and influence our actions. As we read, we sympathize with those who falter. We honor those who finish. Life has been called a race and people want to receive a prize, which is their goal or dream, and the run the race so they may obtain their heart’s desire. However, the race is not swift and we have to be strong for the battle. Our life’s spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill our debt to God in relation to lost souls. #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

Lust for power, greed of silver and gold, and disdain for honor have ever appeared as faces of failure in the panorama of life. Captivated by their artificial attraction, many noble souls have stumbled and fallen, thus losing the crown of victory reserved for the finisher of life’s great race. However, the mystical ecstatic way to God is on the same level as the way of the intellect. The religious commandment enjoying the love of God entails the duty of knowing whatever may be known of God, for love is proportionate to the knowledge which humans have of the beloved. God is regarded as the efficient and formal as well as the final cause of the cosmos. This God is pure intellectual activity, to which human’s intellection bears a certain resemblance. Therefore, prophets must have both an outstanding intellectual capacity and an outstanding imaginative capacity. Given these two preconditions, and suitable conduct, prophecy can be withheld from a person having the required qualifications only by means of a miracle. The intellectual capacity of prophets is similar at least in kind to that of philosophers; it enables them to receive a divine overflow, an influx coming from the Active Intellect, which brings about the actualization of human’s potential intellect. The Active Intellect is the last of the ten incorporeal Intellects; its special sphere of action is the sublunar World. Union with the Active Intellect represents the highest goal and is reached by the great philosophers. Keep paying the price. Let God see that you are willing to live up to the vision. #RandolphHarris 3 of 6

Imagination is inferior to intellect. Imagination enables the prophet to see vertical dreams and visions, for the divine overflow spills over from the intellectual to the imaginative sphere. However, it certainly does not give access to a supraintellectual truth. The prophet Daniel explained that in the future of political kingdoms, God of Heaven shall set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: but it shall break wicked kingdoms into pieces and consume them and it shall stand forever. Religious revelation does not procure any knowledge of the highest truth that cannot be achieved by the human intellect; it does, however, have an educative role—as well as a political one. The law as a whole aims at two things: the welfare of the soul and the welfare of the body. The Scriptures contain hints that may guide human individuals as are capable of understanding its hints to philosophical truths. Some of these truths are to be discovered in the beliefs taught to all those who safeguard a tolerable public order and further their morality. What ought to be humanities ultimate goal is to love God, and, as far as possible, to resemble him. Love of God can be achieved through knowledge of divine activity in the World, the only knowledge of God possible. This supreme goal can be reached through a study of natural science and of metaphysics, which appears to signify that the highest perfection can be attained only by people who lead the theoretical life. Spend your life for the sake of others as the bond-child of God. #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

God places his saints where they will bring the most glory to him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be. The kingdom of God is like a stone cut out of a mountain that will fill the Earth. Imagine what our World would be like if every adult decided to travel down the pathways of exceptional competence. What kind of a World would it be if all of us felt good about ourselves, care about others, and approached life with self-knowledge and integrity? How much more pleasant daily existence would be. How nice it would be for teenagers, and twenty—and thirty-year-olds, to be able to look forward to the second half of life, instead of dreading it. What is more, a life of action can constitute an imitation of God. The activity of nature (or God) tends to preserve the cosmic order, which includes the perpetuity of the species of living beings. The imitation of the works of God (or nature) by the prophets means that the prophets imitate in leadership the indirect and complicated way through which nature obtains its desired results, as seen, for instance, in the extremely intricate mechanism of living organisms. What would happen if all these voyagers worked together to make the World a better place? Out of these self-suspending momentary mergers, mature compassion for all of life would be born in our whole generation. By becoming this type of leader, you could celebrate all that is good and hear more clearly what others, nature, and the World cry out from you. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

 Whenever you feel the pangs of loneliness in the World, shadows of despair, or a longing for purpose, find ways to connect with whoever or whatever is suffering and begging for your help. “Let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to the Lord in doing good,” reports 1 Peter 4.19. Love it. Listen to it. Give it what it needs and you will satisfy more deeply than ever before the yearnings within. And this is only the beginning. We have scarcely scratched the surface. Our works knows no boundaries. Those nations now closed to us will someday be open and we will have a G1 summit. And it shall come to pass that kings shall shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall they see and that which they had not heard shall they consider. This is the work of the Lord and it is indeed marvelous and great, but moves forward essentially unnoticed by many of humankind’s political, cultural, and academic leaders. It progresses one heart and one family at a time, silently and unobtrusively, its sacred message blessing people everywhere. And moreover, a time shall come when the knowledge of a Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. This rising generation must stand up for truth and righteousness and understand our sacred call. “Justice of God will also divide the wicked from the righteous; and the brightness thereof will be like unto the brightness of the Sun, which ascends up unto God forever and ever, and hath no end,” reports 1 Nephi 15.30.  #RandolphHarris  6 of 6