"Tomorrow eve I board the plain to the "best two years;" two years of dedicated service to God. I do this because I have a knowledge that the LDS gospel is true and good: I have searched and tested it and it holds true. I would encourage all who read this to take as their personal maxims—as I have—the pursuit goodness and the pursuit of truth, never compromising the one or the other. For me, this had led me to believe that learning kindness—learning to empathize and care about all we come in contact with—and that seeking understanding backed by evidence is the way to living fully, beautifully, and rightly. It has taught me this: be first always loving and forgiving, then open-minded, and lastly constructively skeptical; but don't leave out any part. It takes all parts to make a life whole. It is in understanding an idea, working accordingly, and right desire we gain truth and happiness. Learn to put a "pause" on questions you cannot yet overcome, realize many seemingly logical conclusions fall false if you test them yourself and, despite the criticisms of others who have no better ideas, have faith in what you see to be good and true. That's my testimony. Till we meet again~"
Who knows what the next two years will bring to his testimony. I am excited to see!
Very nice testimony! I like it very much.
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