Four Steps to Learning

There are four steps to learning
(For knowledge comes through earning)
First, have a desiring mind
That's of an inquiring kind
Then, one must study out
What needs to come about?
And, with daily practice
The application's noticed
Then, while engaged in prayer
Ask that wisdom be made bare

For the discovering of goals
Choose models with good roles
Also, nourish your faith
And seek what scriptures sayeth
Learning can be misused
If not spiritually enthused
As there's a divine decree
To obtain that high degree
The way to revelation
Comes by way of invitation

Learn the law of the kingdom
Of your own activity
Then utilize the scriptures
To measure each thought and deed

There's divine direction
To see another way
Step by step t'wards perfection
There's truths to embrace each day

Russell M. Nelson
Four Steps to Learning
Tambuli, Sept 1989, 39