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I Wanna Be the Very Best, Like No One Ever Was

Dear Reader,


Don't judge if you know what song those lyrics are from. I may or may not have the entire song memorized (Of course, that is the case with lots of songs in my head). Despite the origin of the lyrics and our main topic, that is the truth. I want to be the best at what I do. Although, while thinking about what to do with my life, there came an epiphany. What you want to become and what you want to do are two totally different things. 

Let me illustrate with a couple questions and examples. If you are wanting to get good grades in school, do you study in order to get those grades? Or are you one to go be with friends when you should be doing your homework? In other words, to you want to be a good student? Wanting to be a good student is different than wanting to spend time with friends. 

Here is another example of being vs. doing. Many members of religious organizations (not just the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) want to be in good standing with God and to be thought of as disciples of Christ. What do they want to do? They want to go out and be promiscuous, party or be lazy in performing their Christian duties. What they want to do and what they want to be are two different things.

The main point I'm trying to get across is that we have to do the things required for what we want to be. In my case, I want to be a great music director and understand all the nuances of music as an art form. This means that I have to do the things that will make me that person, such as practice singing, piano, conducting, and even keeping myself in shape. On the other hand, a person who drinks, smokes, is lazy, does not read their scriptures, etc, will become a person who is a bum.

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