"I Can go the Distance"

    There are so many different Disney Movies out there, and a lot of them have something that we can learn from! But I think one of my favorites is "Hercules"! It gives us a great view of our own lives and what we have before us! Our Heavenly Father has a plan for us, that plan is called, The Plan of Salvation! And I think the song from Hercules, "I can go the Distance" gives us a great outlook on our lives!

"I have often dreamed
Of a far off place
Where a great, warm welcoming
Would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer
When they see my face
And a voice keeps saying
This is where I'm meant to be

                                                                                  
I will find my way
I can go the distance
I'll be there someday
If I can be strong
I know every mile
Will be worth my while
I will go almost anywhere
To feel like I belong
Down an unknown road
To embrace my fate
Though that road may wander
It will lead me to you
And a thousand years
Would be worth the wait
It might take a lifetime
But somehow I'll see it through

And I won't look back
I can go the distance
And I'll stay on track
No I won't accept defeat
It's an uphill slope
But I won't lose hope
Till I go the distance
And my journey is complete
But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart

Like a shooting star
I will go the distance
I will search the world
I will face its harms
I don't care how far                                                                               
I can go the distance
Till I find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms...

I will search the world
I will face its harms
Till I find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms"

We don't always know what lies ahead of us, and we don't always know what things we are going to have to overcome to get back to our Heavenly Father! But if we don't give up, keep working hard and endure to the end, we know that the Atonement will make up for our faults! I can truly testify that The Plan of Salvation is real and that our Heavenly Father and our Savior are in the details of our lives helping us through this journey so that we can "Go the distance"! And so that one day, when we reach that "far off place" there really will be a "great warm welcome" from all our friends, family, and especially a very proud Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ bringing in a "Hero's welcome, waiting in Their arms"

Learn more about the Plan of Salvation from one of the Apostles, Elder L. Tom Perry: http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/10/the-plan-of-salvation?lang=eng