Needs of the Heart: To be Noble

"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter" ~ Yoda

Growing up I loved to color, and my favorite crayons were the gold and silver ones. I would use them more than any other crayon, which became very frustrating after a while, since we would end up having a million crayons but no gold or silver ones - I had used them all up. These metals were not just loved by me as a child, but they are metals that people have loved for thousands of years, adorning their temples with gold, men giving women gold, silver or platinum rings. Why? Gold, silver, platinum and three others are part of a category called Noble Metals: metals that are resistant to corrosion or oxidation, unlike most base metals. They are considered precious metals, mainly due to their perceived rarity.

We are noble in nature, but often we decrease our ability to resist corrosion when we forget. This noble nature is part of how we fill, with water, our reservoir of resiliency. Nobility includes:

• Service
• Touching hearts
• Having purpose, meaning and order
• Valuing self and others
• Having self-esteem
• Power (to do good)
• Self-efficacy
• Having faith
• Building a legacy
• Fulfilling your dream
• It is who you are

Attached in the following link is a article prepared by a man named Thomas S. Monson. It teaches of the nobility we all have and the ways in which we can, through our nobility, avoid corrosion and how corrosion is the result when we turn our backs on our nobility. The article is found here: "Finishers Wanted"

To learn how to follow our noble nature, it can be easy to look to the examples of others who have shown you their nobility. Take a blank piece of paper and number it 1-2. Number one will be to write down the names of those who have shown you their nobility by shining brightly in your behalf. It could be someone who has provided emotional support for you, a person who has provided tangible (possibly financial) support, or maybe someone you consider to be your idol. Number two will be to write down how you can do similar things and how you have possibly done this already.