1. Whether or not someone is willing to converse with you.
2. Whether or not someone you are teaching makes progress.
3. Whether or not your companion slows the speed at which you work together.
4. Whether or not someone chooses to continue to learn with you.
5. Whether or not your companion chooses to do what you hope or want him/her to choose to do.
6. Whether or not your companion teaches, or contacts, or listens, or prays or follows the promptings of the Holy Spirit, or respects you, the way you would like him or her to
7. How many of the people you teach decide to receive baptism and serve in the church.
Do act in ways that bring greater inner peace..
1. Actively look for and appreciate any good thing about your companion.
2. Live mission standards of behavior, whether or not your companion does so, without making it an argument, and without getting frustrated or angry when your companion fails to live up to your expectations.
3. When your companion fails to live mission standards of behavior, do not pray that he/she will change. That is not particularly helpful. It is more helpful if you ask Heavenly Father how you should act and then follow the impressions you receive, showing forth love as you do so.
4. Pray not so much that others will change, but rather that you may become wiser and more charitable in your response to them.
Major lessons to remember.
1. Your companion may feel frustrated by you and then denigrate you in order to feel better about himself or herself. Asking God to help you understand him or her the way that He does will help you immensely as you seek to respond with love instead of pain or anger.
2. When your companion decides to do something that you think is foolish or wrong, Decide, calmly, that you will not. And then do something different and wise. You do not have to try to persuade them that they are wrong. But you do need to live your own life with integrity
3. Seek to understand with goodwill, rather than simply seeking to be understood.
4. Treat every person with consideration.
5. Every day, find something beautiful, or worthy of appreciation, or admirable, or considerate, or uplifting in your environment, and stop and appreciate it..
6. As you study the scriptures, watch how Jesus interacts with people who are struggling. The majority of people you meet are struggling in ways you cannot see. Take your clues about how to respond from Christ.
All of the above will be of great benefit in all of your other relationships later in life.
