I’m a big fan of the Post Secret blog. People send in postcards with their secrets on them. There is a fresh batch each Sunday. Some are funny, others interesting, mysterious, or tragic. Once in a while someone says something about being LDS. Today there was one.

A mission is tough without this secret. The guilt will kill you. My friend came home from the MTC and went back eventually. It took a lot of courage and humility. My first reaction is, save yourself worse pain. Don’t go! Work on yourself first.

This New Year’s maybe we can choose an addiction to overcome (big or small — we all have them). I’m reading a book on trust. Building trust with others begins with trusting yourself. Addiction breaks that trust in ourselves because we keep repeating something we tell ourselves we won’t do again.

To rebuild lost trust you make promises to yourself and keep them consistently over time. Don’t promise yourself something if you can’t do it. Start on something smaller that might be a challenge but you can do. I also recommend the book, “He did Deliver me From Bondage”.

If you can leave an anonymous comment, tell us what you hope to overcome this year. And God speed and help you…the world is full of traps like this.