You Become

Tonight I attended a Stake Fireside with special guest speaker/performer Alex Boyé from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Man, he is one funny and very talented black guy. He shared with us his conversion story and why he chose to do music as a career . .especially Church-type music. I enjoyed the fireside very much. He's really good at telling a story; it hardly seemed like he spoke for an hour and a half!
One thing that he said was pretty inspiring. He said, "You become what you think about most often." He gave both negative and positive examples, and it was very thought-provoking what he said. If I think most often about school, band, and trying to fulfill my calling (not always necessarily in that order), what does that mean I'll become? If I think about trying to put forth my best efforts and be a positive influence for others, what will I become?
Often I have doubts or fears about future events in my life. What happens if I never get married? Or how in the world will I remember everything that I'm learning in my classes to be a good teacher and reach every student? What if my students don't like me? What if I can't reach to every sister in my Relief Society? But I've learned that if I think positively about those things, they will turn out well. If I think about how I will be as a wife and mother, I will become that. If I think about the qualities and traits I want to have as a teacher, I will implement those in my classroom. If I think about every sister as a beloved daughter of God, I will treat them as such.
I think of the great missionaries in the Book of Mormon. The thing they thought about the most was how the Gospel changed their lives and brought them joy. Thus, they brought the Gospel to others and they became the messengers of joy to others.