My Mantra

"Better Today Than I Was Yesterday"

This is a mantra I've repeated to myself several times (sometimes more than once a day) for a few weeks. We had a lesson at church a few weeks ago, becoming more like Christ, and I had a thought which I shared at the time and have held on to since. The thought: 'we aren't asked to be the BEST right now, we are asked to be better than we were yesterday'. At least that's my take on the council we've been receiving from The Prophet for several years now, "be a little better, do a little more".

This is something I have to keep reminding myself of because I am my biggest critic and worst judge, often I think 'If I can't be the best right now than why even try'. That way of thinking is just wrong, we only become the best by trying everyday and making goals to be better today than we were yesterday.

(this is in my head because I was chanting it to myself last night when I was doing dishes that I had left over from the night before. I was tired and didn't really want to do them but...better today than I was yesterday got me through - at least most of them)