My "swan song" presentation at the SLC PPP networking meeting

1. Professional Placement Program
Workshop
Elder David B. Goates
November 1, 2010
Top 10 Reasons to HOPE

2. 10. Hope, better than the alternative
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. . .” -- Robert
Frost
Michael David Goates

3. 9. Hope heals
“It’s a Wonderful Life” – your homework assignment

4. 8. Hope elevates
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most
frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who
are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your
playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you. We are all
meant to shine, as children do. We were born to
make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's
not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let
our own light shine, we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same. As we are

5. 7. Hope redirects you
When you hoped for things that did not come true,
you are forced to rethink, reposition, reinvent,
rediscover
The Legacy Now adventure
“The Astronaut Farmer” – another homework
assignment

6. 6. Hope is fearless
“Every great batter works on the theory that the
pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the
pitcher.”
- Ty Cobb (1886 – 1961)
 Has a career batting average of .367.
 Won 12 batting titles, including 9 in a row
from 1907 thru 1915.
P.S. Almost any major league baseball player with a lifetime batting
average around .300 makes it to the Hall of Fame. That means
they fail 2/3 of the time. Are you still swingin’ your bat?

7. 5. Hope lights your path
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I
am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live
up to what light I have.”
- Abraham Lincoln

8. 4. Hope is believing like a child
“Believe in children, there is faith in their eyes, love
in their touch, kindness in their gestures. Thrill
with them at life’s big and small moments. . . Hold
them close.”

9. 3. Hope floats your boat
“I steer my bark with hope in my heart, leaving fear
astern.”
- Thomas Jefferson

10. 2. Hope finds a way
Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in
people instead of harping on the worst; it
discovers what can be done instead of grumbling
about what cannot; it regards problems, large or
small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it
would be easy to quit; it "lights the candle"
instead of "cursing the darkness."

11. 1. Hope in Christ
“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a
steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect
brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all
men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward,
feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to
the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall
have eternal life.”
(2 Nephi 31:18–20).