I have learned that it is just as important to remember how you got to where you are as much as it is to keep pressing forward.  How did you become the person you are now?  What sacrifices where made to provide you with what you needed to accomplish what you have accomplished?  Remembering all the blessing you have enjoyed so far will help you stay focused on the future.  You will have a bigger desire to not let all of that hard work go to waste.  It is like when a teammate goes down before the end of the season. This teammate has been very influential to the team’s success so far.  The rest of the team will usually dedicate the rest of the season to that player.  They will use it as motivation to play their very best.  My ancestors came over on a boat from England, then made their way across the United States from Louisiana.  They helped settle Southern Utah.  I am sure there were many trials and hardships suffered.  I am grateful for their testimonies and determination to endure so that now my family and I can enjoy the blessing of being born under the covenant.  I plan to do the same for my kids, grand kids, and so on.