Good, Better, Best

After unintentionally getting up too early today I decided to waste some time on my friends' blogs. Unfortunately none of them had anything new. Still feeling bored but not wanting to do any reading that required real mental energy I turned to my own blog and started reading the archives from over a year ago. I found a post entitled Reality Check from March 2007 where I discussed the possibility that I might not get accepted into med school.

What if after all this work, they don't want me? What will I do then? Will I have wasted this year? No. I prayed about my decision to come here. I felt strongly that I was supposed to be here. I felt like this was the right thing to do. Obviously good will come out of it. I just hope it's the good that I was expecting and not some other good. I suppose I shouldn't be picky about what good I'm willing to accept. Good is good, right?

It reminded me of the talk by Elder Oaks, "Good, Better, Best" from the October 2007 conference. He said,

As we consider various choices, we should remember that it is not enough that something is good. Other choices are better, and still others are best.

Although I was right to say that I shouldn't be picky about which good I was willing to accept from the Lord, I was wrong in saying good is good. Some good is "gooder" than others. I'm not really sure what this next year will bring. I was hoping for med school, but in the long run I'm pretty sure this path will be better and perhaps even best.