Week #11

This week we read and watched many items regarding balancing work and family life.  Rather just having a balanced life that is satisfying and makes you happy.  "Money doesn't buy happiness" is the phrase that constantly was either heard or came into my mind.  There will always be many different things begging for your time, the main thing is to know what order your priorities are in.  As we read over some case studies, I was able to ponder on my thoughts of having my own business and how it would interfere with my family time.  Would I have to miss out on some performances or some games?  Or would I make my family a priority over my business?  I came to realize that if I did start up a business, this would definitely have to be a discussion between myself and my husband.  A self owned business would definitely have to have many decisions decided between both of us so as not to create any contention in the family.  We are a family first and the business would come afterward. 
I realized that not everyone had the same views on this.  I hope and pray that I do not ever have to have any issues with this, but I know that if we pray for help that Heavenly Father will help us.  He is with us in our marriages, we have made covenants to Him as we have with each other.  He wants our families to succeed and we will report at the judgement seat to Him about our families.  We will not be asked how much money we made or how successful our businesses were.  I do feel like we will be asked how we made our families feel or how we raised our children.  Did we teach our families the gospel?  Did we teach them to pray and study the scriptures?  How can we teach these principles if we are absent and always at work?