This Life on Earth

It's a beautiful sunny Sabbath day! After a long winter, it makes me so thankful to my Heavenly Father to see the sun shining again! I look out the windows and see the birds and think spring is finally almost here, and with it, warmth.

You can kind of think of the gospel that way. We're almost there, our lives on earth are so short and such a short piece of time. Short fleeting bouts of pleasure are not worth losing your eternal kingdom.
This life is a test to see if we can turn our thoughts and hearts to God, by following His commandments. By setting the commandments he doesn't want us to be unhappy, He loves us and he wants us to be happy and enjoy this life. He wants us to have fun, but righteous fun, fun that will uplift us and make us better people, not drag us down. Making and choosing friends is an important part of this life. We should strive to be friends with and love everyone. However, we need to be careful to choose friends that will lift us up and that we can lift up in turn to make a balance. We need to fellowship all, but we have to be careful to not let them drag us down as we try to lift them up. I've seen that happen far too many times. As long as we have a strong testimony, set values and truly love our Father in Heaven we don't have to worry too much about being dragged down, but we must also keep in mind that we are susceptible to Satan's temptation, and he wants us to be miserable like him. The more spiritual you try to be, the harder he is going to fight to bring you down. Also, he will do one hundred good deeds, if it will bring to pass something evil. We have the strength to make it through this life, we do, and even though sometimes if feels hard, and you feel like you can't do it or you're going to break, just keep praying and doing the right and the Lord will bless you.
Every person that has a body on this earth, chose Jesus' plan over Satan's. Those who chose Satan's plan will face endless torment and will never have a body. Therefore we should respect our bodies, by dressing modestly, not defacing it with tattoos and body piercings, (Though the Prophet says that one set of earrings is appropriate for women) and by not consuming alcohol, or smoking or drugs.
Our bodies are sacred temples that we should respect and be thankful for. Our bodies are a gift and they should be treated properly and with respect.
I promise you that if you do what the Lord asks of you, and truly love him and want to do what is right, He will bless you.