"Men are that they might have joy."
I just read a talk by Dallin H. Oaks and he talked about joy and misery-how those are the two extreme emotions we'll experience in this life. But during mortality we won't know the extent of both of those emotions, make sense? During this life, we'll experience some joy and some misery. It's after this life that we'll either have endless joy or endless misery. We'll either be with our Heavenly Father (endless joy) or not (endless misery). Who wants to be separated from our Heavenly Father for all of eternity? None of us.
Sometimes I get scared that I'm just not quite doing enough. I need to remember that every day is a chance to try and better myself just a little. If I can keep that in mind, I can progress how he wants me to. I can't fix everything I need to change about myself in one day, that would be too overwhelming and discouraging for me. But I can work on it a little at a time, and continue to use the atonement to help me reach that goal.
I want endless joy.
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