Climbing the Mountain (not Fuji yet)
Sometimes the Lord allows us to grow not by success, but by the failures we experience. Even with study and prayer, our hopes may not come to fruition as we had hoped. President Kimball once said something to the effect that if the Lord answered all prayers of the righteous and the wicked never experienced success, the incentive to learn and grow would be lost, everyone would do good. Similar to climbing a mountain, we try to move forward, but then have to adjust, step back, or find another way around an obstacle; all to give us experience. We recently made our first attempt to pass the practical driving exam. Both of us felt okay about the Japanese driving practical, however the result was that we failed. We had someone translate to ask about what we needed to do better. Out of the nine persons in our group doing the driving test only three passed (it was the third time for one of them). Some of the drivers were sent back to the beginning of the course because of an instant fail ...