Sherrie Mills Johnson

I've read this book almost every year since buying it . This is my forth time to read it.

I went to a presentation by the author at the August BYU 2015 Education Week. She talked about the power of words in such a powerful manner than I changed my planned schedule to attend the class she had the next hour. When she casually mentioned a book, I immediately looked it up on Amazon and purchased it before the class was over. This book is just what I wanted. It covers the material presented in the lecture series. It made a nice review, and filled in the parts that I didn’t quite catch when I heard them.

"When my children were growing up, we had a rule in our house: you can argue and fight all you want, but you have to sing it. It was amazing. You can’t sing and be angry at the same time." (Page 110 in Chapter 11)

Chapter 6 includes Repentance and Sacrifice as sections within the chapter.

Chapter 7
CAUSES OF UNNECESSARY PAIN
Like necessary pain, unnecessary pain is caused by four things:
1- Sin
2- Fighting against the truth
3- Trying to avoid necessary pain
4- Denying Jesus Christ

Chapter 11: Truth Tools
1- Distraction Tool
2- QuestioningTool
3- Revision Tool
4- The Good Courage Tool
5- The Affirmative-Talk Tool
6- The Anchoring Tool
7- The Music Tool
8- Curiosity
9- Humor
10- Wordsmithing

Chapter Twelve: Gospel Principles as Truth Tools
1- Gratitude
2- Service
3- Forgiveness
4- Repentance
5- Sacrament
6- Prayer



Table of Contents
Chapter One: Painting Targets
Chapter Two: What Is Truth?
Chapter Three: The Pit of Illusion
Chapter Four: Dwelling with the Spirit
Chapter Five: The Truth about Pain
Chapter Six: Necessary Pain
Chapter Seven: Unnecessary Pain
Chapter Eight: Anger and Fear
Chapter Nine: Telestial Cultural Shock
Chapter Ten: Storytelling
Chapter Eleven: Truth Tools
Chapter Twelve: Gospel Principles as Truth Tools
Chapter Thirteen: The Truth Test
1. I feel ... because ...
2. What is my expectation?
3. Is this expectation the truth and nothing but the truth?
4. Can I fix it?
5. How would I feel if I stopped expecting this illusion?
6. What is the spirit telling me to do right now?
Chapter Fourteen: Measuring Progress
1. Judgement Day
2. Our Standing Before the Lord (He who who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a celestial glory ... This means that right now you and I are in training for celestial life.)
Chapter Fifteen: You Can Count It All Joy
Notes
Levels of Living Chart
“It Is What It Is!” Truth Test
About the Author

Epilogue: In the 10 days since finishing reading it for the 4th time, I’ve had a new perspective. I have perceived my activities and potential activities as: Celestial, or Terrestrial, or Telestial. That has faded a bit now, and I can discern them as Celestial or not Celestial. It has been interesting how clear that perception has been.… (plus d'informations)