As I was teaching my classes today I was struck by how our faith brings so much purpose into our lives. Inherent in our chosen beliefs are ideals and goals which we have to struggle and stretch toward every single day of our lives. Laziness and complacency have to be cast aside time and time again as we remember what we want to achieve and what we want to become.

Don't get discouraged when you fall short of the ideal. As Marvin J. Ashton once said, "Striving can be more important than arriving."