Comments on: Becoming our Best https://ldsblogs.com/38148/becoming-best Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Molly A. Kerr https://ldsblogs.com/38148/becoming-best#comment-581367 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:51:54 +0000 https://en.elds.org/ldsblogs-com/?p=38148#comment-581367 Thank you — and a mathematical mind is also a gift. I do not have an affinity for theoretical math, but as an engineer I can appreciate its usefulness when applied. I can also appreciate a touching song or greeting card, that I wouldn’t be able to write myself.

]]> By: Gordon R. Vaughan https://ldsblogs.com/38148/becoming-best#comment-580949 Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:46:39 +0000 https://en.elds.org/ldsblogs-com/?p=38148#comment-580949 What you’re describing is usually called the gift of Organizing. There are several types of that gift, and I found your description of your particular type helpful, of being able to see through a mess to see clarity.

It’s akin to solving a tough differential equation – you either see a way to crack it or you don’t. Or, as mathematician George Pólya said, “In order to solve a differential equation you look at it till a solution occurs to you.”

But not everyone can see the same stuff, so yes, we do need all the different gifts!

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