Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to his
alma mater of BYU on Tuesday to give some very personal, spiritual advice to
BYU students.
Romney spoke a lot about his recent run for president of the
United States, but it wasn’t politics that he came to speak about this time
around. Instead, he used those experiences to teach about the spiritual lessons
that he learned throughout the whole process.
“When you see (Romney) on the political road, you don’t get
to hear about his testimony of the church,” said Jared McArthur, a BYU student
from South Jordan, Utah, “He’s got to keep that stuff out of it. So I really
liked hearing that aspect of (his address).”
Romney’s main message to the students? Keeping the right
prospective and remembering what matters most. Romney concluded by telling the
students that if they define success on a secular level, they will most likely
fail due to all the things in life that happen by chance. However, if they
define success on an eternal level, specifically speaking of their relationship
with God, then in fact success is up to them.
This was specifically relevant to Romney personally given
his recent loss to President Barak Obama in the most recent presidential
election. Some might say that he failed because he didn’t win the election, but
Romney said that he prefers to think of it as him winning the silver medal.
Family was also a big subject for Romney as he stated
multiple times how important his wife Ann is to him and how supportive she’s
been for his whole career. When asked how he manages to still spend time with
her despite the busy schedule, he stated that they always practiced the
principle of “time tithing,” meaning that despite what was going on, he always
made sure to set aside at least 10 percent of his time to spend with her and
their kids. He also said he made sure to leave his work at work instead of
bringing his work home with him.
In addition to giving this address, Romney was also very
personal with everyone afterwards. Even after the question and answer session
of the forum was over, he still hung around to talk with students and
reporters. In fact, he even took time to sign McArthur’s book.
About this experience, McArthur said, “I’ve always been a
big fan of Mitt and when I heard he was coming last week, me and my brother
wanted to camp out, but that didn’t end up happening. We came at like 8 a.m.
instead. We got front row and then I saw him coming over and after his great
speech and forum, I was lucky enough to get my book signed and I got to
interact with Mitt Romney, so I’m really happy about it.”
When Romney was asked if he plans on running for president
again by a random individual from the crowd, he side-stepped the question and
chose to focus on his message, replying simply, “Yeah, I did that actually.”
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