another chance to grow

The first step on this path to becoming like Jesus Christ is to have the desire to do so. Understanding the admonition to be like Him is good, but that understanding needs to be coupled with a yearning to transform ourselves, one step at a time, beyond the natural man.

Becoming like Him  

By Elder Scott D. Whiting

2 nephi 28:30

Progress is striving. Every hurdle, every day or moment that you've improved is a win. It's so easy to see big expectations and feel you aren't measuring up. Any progress is important. Any failure is an opportunity to learn. We all fail. It's a chance to humble yourself before the Lord and immerse yourself in the atonement. The Lord doesn't want us to be discouraged. Everything can be used to grow if we turn to the Lord.