Good enough?

Have you ever been at a point in life where you are just happy and everything is going well. I would guess that we have all been there at points. We have all been content with one thing or another in our lives. It is easy to get lazy when life is going well. I know that I am more willing to work to improve my situation when it is below my normal comfort level. But is this how life should be? Should we content?

Look at professional athletes of all kinds, do they settle for staying the same and continuing to maintain the level that they are playing at? Or do they continually practice and improve their already above average talents? Will a car manufacturer who just made one of the top cars on the market quit making cars and call it good since they are on top? Or will they continue to find ways to improve their product and make an even better one?

The world keeps pressing forward and improving, even if it is already in a good spot. We should have that same urgency to continually press forward and continue our spiritual progression. There is always room for improvement and growth, especially in the Gospel. Our only comparisons we should make in this life are comparing our current state to our past to see which direction we are going in, and comparing our lives to the life of our Savior to see how much farther we have to go.

We cannot be exactly like Christ in this life, but the whole goal is to try with every ounce of being that we posses to live a life as close as humanly possible to what Christ would do if he were in our very shoes. If we are content with where we are at, we are missing the opportunity to grow, learn, and progress towards our goal, ETERNAL LIFE.

Remember the words of Nephi when he said, "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life." (2 Nephi 31:20 emphasis added)

Keep going, keep pushing, it will ALL be worth it.

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Keeping Clean

Imagine. You are in school and you come home and walk into your bedroom. There is a note left on your door which reads

I will be gone for a period of time

I don't know how long I will be, but I will be back when the boss tells me to go home.

When I return home, if your room is clean to the following criteria, I will take you out for some ice cream!

Your room must

• Have nothing on the floor
• Your bed must be made neatly
• Be vacuumed
• All of your clothes washed, folded, and put away in their correct spots
• Smell nice

 I can't wait to see your clean room, but remember, if there is anything out of place, you don't get the ice cream.

          -Dad

Now, who wouldn't want to go get ice cream with their dad! So he could return at any point, it could be a couple minutes it could be weeks, you don't know! So what do you do? Wait until he get's home to throw everything under the bed and make it seem like you kept it clean? Do you work on it little by little and hope he doesn't come back before you are done? OR do you clean whatever mess is presently there, and make sure that everything stays in order at ALL times? Obviously the safest choice is the last one, and even though it requires the most effort, it is the most worthwhile path to choose. 

This can be compared to our lives. Christ told us the criteria that we need to follow. He WILL come again, we won't know the time, all we know is that He will be back. So how will you live your life? Will you keep living an unclean life and try and make things look like there is nothing wrong when the time comes, or will you try and rid yourself of vices one at a time and hope that you will repent in time and finally be ready. Or will you do what it takes NOW to clean up, get active and do what it takes to be clean and then to stay clean. My earnest prayer and desire is that we will all take this life seriously, that we will do what it takes to be living a mortal life worthy of all the blessings that our Father in Heaven is waiting to give us, namely Eternal Life. I know that this is something that is possible for ALL of us to do, no matter how messy our rooms are right now!