"Be the best you can be".
That seems like a simple statement, but it holds a lot of responsiblity in it. Since I am not perfect, I obviously make mistakes every day. There are experiences I need to have that sometimes can only happen when I make a wrong choice. I don't like those experiences.
But we are programmed to learn through experience. How else could we truly learn something if we've never gone through anything? How could we really apply what is to be learned?
I read a short article by Elder Scott targeted to missionaries to "be the best you can be". And it got me thinking about how am I trying to "be the best" I can be? Easier said than done.
I know through every experience, it's what I do with myself through the experience and afterwards. How I apply what I learned positively in my life is what really counts.
Thank goodness for the Atonement to help me pick myself back up after I've learned the hard way. It helps me think clearer next time a similar situation comes up, and I can apply what I learned last time, and move on without falling back down.
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