You have agency, and you are free to choose. But there is actually no free agency. Agency has its price. You have to pay the consequences of your choices.

Commandments are opportunities to exercise our agency and to receive blessings.

Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.

We shouldn't wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available all the time!

Personal testimony of the gospel and the Church is the most important thing you can earn in this life.

Like the shepherds of old, we need to say in our hearts, “Let us see this thing which is come to pass.” We need to desire it in our hearts. Let us see the Holy One of Israel in the manger, in the temple, on the mount, and on the cross. Like the shepherds, let us glorify and praise God for these tidings of great joy!

No one likes to fail. But we mortals do not become champions without effort and discipline or without making mistakes.