Acting in Accordance with Our Beliefs (5/3/2010)

Elder Robert D. Hales once gave a speech in which he counseled "Remember who you are and act accordingly." He then followed that advice with this:

"Sometimes I think we go through life in a speedboat. As we go through the harbors of life, we never look over our shoulders at the sailboats and the lifeboats and the dinghies that are swamped in the wake of our actions. I would hope that you'd start looking over your shoulder."

No decision we make happens in a vacuum. Everything we do has an impact on those around us for good or for evil whether we see it or not. That is why it is crucial to remember to behave according to the standards that the Savior has established for us. If we are careful about the decisions we make, we can be assured that our actions will not have a negative influence on those around us, and ultimately we will have less worry about when the time comes for us to give an account about how we lived our lives.