"Precious young women, make every decision you contemplate pass this test: 'What does it do to me? What does it do for me?' And let your code of conduct emphasize not 'What will others think?' but rather 'What will I think of myself?' Be influenced by that still, small voice. Remember that one with authority placed his hands on your head at the time of your confirmation and said, 'Receive the Holy Ghost.' Open your hearts, even your very souls, to the sound of that special voice which testifies of truth. As the prophet Isaiah promised, 'Thine ears shall hear a word … saying, This is the way, walk ye in it.'3 "
"Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it’s a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day—and then one more and then one more after that—until we’ve lived a lifetime guided by the Spirit, a lifetime close to the Lord, a lifetime of good deeds and righteousness. The Savior promised, 'Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life.'6
For
this purpose have you come into mortality, my young friends. There is
nothing more important than the goal you strive to attain—even eternal
life in the kingdom of your Father."
Life is hard if we look at the overall picture. Keeping faith is hard if we look at all of the things that others are doing. I can testify that faith comes bit by bit. Sometimes I have to make myself do the right thing, not because I want to, necessarily, but because I have the faith that there are good leaders that have been placed in positions at church that have been directing me in what to do. It is after making the good choice that I gain the faith and think "Oh...that is why." I also cannot believe that I almost chose the other way. My faith is built, my knowledge is built, so the next time, hopefully, the same choice come along it is not hard to choose.
I like his statement that "each of us can be true for just one day." That is a great way to look at it.
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