My favorite part of these reading selections was from President Hinckley's "Inspirational Thoughts" in the March 2006 Ensign. I liked how he compared the value of work to the muscles and how if you don't use it, you become weak and cannot grow. This thought struck me because as an athlete, the growth and development of my muscles is important. If I am out of shape, I can get hurt or fall behind the other players. The same is true for the other aspects of my life. If I don't strive to gain a better testimony, it will begin to falter and I could lose my faith. When I neglect my studying and put it off for more fun things, I suffer the consequences and get bad grades. If I don't work hard at developing my talents, I lose them and it takes even more effort to get back to where I was. I have to constantly be working hard to improve myself in everything I can and raise my expecations, so that I can become the best version of myself.
Whenever I felt jealous of someone else's talent's or success, my mom would always say to me: "The harder you work, the luckier you get." And I have found this to be so true all the time. If I don't put in the effort or time, I am not going to do a good job. The people who 'get lucky' or have success are the ones who worked the hardest, it is not just a coincidence. For example, one year I did not prepare very well for a piece I was performing in a festival competition, and I ended up getting second place. It was upsetting for me, and then I realized that I had not worked to get a first, so naturally I did not earn one. With diligence and effort comes success.
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