Seriously, would you?

Good morning. For some reason I did not sleep well last night. I kept waking up and thinking about my post from last night and the conversations I had with different individuals. It bothers me.

After I posted last night I settled in to read scriptures. I read about the exhortations of another prophet before he bid his people farewell. I kept coming back to my thought about what will or would happen if I was buried tomorrow.

I know my children think that I focus way too much upon education and getting good grades, but it is more than that. I am trying to see into their future. I want them to succeed in life. I am concern about more than just good grades. The grades are just a result of following through.

Unfortunately, we don't always have grades in life to help us measure how we are doing. The goal is to learn to do for ourselves that we will be able judge whether we are doing a what we are supposed to. There won't always be a teacher, report card, parent, friend, or boss standing beside you making sure us are doing what we are supposed to. It is up to us to learn that for ourselves.

We must develop these abilities, temporally and spiritually. I worry about both. I wonder if I am or have taught my children well enough to figure these things out on their own. I pray that they are following through. Follow through is more than just going to school, class, work, church, or the temple. Simply being there is not enough. We must internalize the process, apply the principles, exemplify and live what we are learning.

Would you?