The GA Combo

Well, I thought I'd start things off with a post about conference. The theme for a lot of the talks at this conference seemed to focus on becoming better. Right off the bat the first talk by L. Tom Perry during the Priesthood session discussed the idea of 'setting the bar higher.' Also during that session L. Whitney Clayton had a sweet talk with one of my favorite quotes in all of conference. He was talking about making choices and how we weigh out the good from the bad. Many times we find ourselves saying, 'it's not too bad.' Elder Clayton made an excellent point when he said, "Though it might not be considered 'not too bad;' it's probably not too good." Isn't it crazy how a little thing like that can make you see things in a whole new way.

Dallin H. Oaks' talk toward the end of the last session was probably among the favorites of many. He too followed the theme established by introducing his good, better, best philosophy. I like how he mentioned there's, "too many good things to do that time allows," and that we should, "focus on the great things." It made me think of one of my favorite car commercials back in the day that said, "If everybody settled for good, would good be good enough?" He talked a bit about finding a balance in doing the best things in each aspect of our lives. One funny comment he used was when he said, "We don't usually look back to say, 'I just didn't spend enough time with my job.'" How true it is to find balance in our lives and focus on doing the best that the Lord has to offer.

These combined talks were like prophetic bookends marking the beginning and end of what I felt to be the most important theme. Right now I've made some goals on things I want to take from a good level to better, and hopefully best. With these goals I hope to follow Pres. Monsons counsel, "It's in the doing, not the thinking, that we accomplish our goals."