Today I am thinking about self-improvement. I read this:
"A family made plans to
go on a fun trip together. They were excited to visit a new place and
have some great adventures.
About halfway through their trip, their car broke down. They were sad
and discouraged. They felt that all their efforts had been wasted, so
they decided to go back home and start their trip all over again.
Now, you may say to yourself, that is ridiculous—why would they
completely start over? But don’t we do the same thing sometimes?
Sometimes we feel discouraged or falsely believe that one little mistake
erases all the progress we have made. But mistakes don’t erase the
progress we make as we strive to become more like Jesus Christ."
(Self-Control: A Cycle of Trying and Failing
By Ben Erwin, Liahona, August 2023)
I like this encouraging thought too:
"Don't attempt to remodel yourself completely all at once. Take one trait at a time. Work on it alone for a week, or a month, or a year. When it is conquered, proceed to the net one. In a few years, you surely will have weeded most of your own enemies."
(Mary M. Ellsworth, "A Message to Young Mothers, Oct. 1963 RS Magazine)
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