One of your greatest protections against making bad choices is to not put on any mask of anonymity.

Our women are not incredible because they have managed to avoid the difficulties of life—quite the opposite. They are incredible because of the way they face the trials of life. Despite the challenges and tests life has to offer—from marriage or lack of marriage, children’s choices, poor health, lack of opportunities, and many other problems—they remain remarkably strong and immovable and true to the faith. Our sisters throughout the Church consistently “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.

It is our faith in Jesus Christ that sustains us at the crossroads of life's journey.

The Savior accomplished the Atonement, which resolves the most terrible burdens that can occur in this life.

Temporary setbacks are overshadowed by persistence.

The desire of our hearts, of course, is not only to acquire salvation and immortality but also to attain eternal life with a loving Father in Heaven and our Savior in the celestial kingdom with our families. We can obtain eternal life only through obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.

I have felt an urgency to counsel each of us to seek the higher ground---the refuge and eternal protection of the temple.