How does making right choices help us make more right choices?

Mormons often get asked if it's hard to follow all the "rules" we have. But I have to say that it's incredible how much easier it really is to make the right choices than to make wrong choices. I think the main reason why is because God wants us to be happy. He only commands us to do that which will bring us happiness and joy. In the moment it might seem harder to walk out of an inappropriate movie or to stand up for something we know is right, but it is so worth it. When we make the right choices, the Lord promises us peace--not as the world giveth, but as He gives John 1427, Bible. When we have that peace, we can feel the Holy Ghost, who helps us resist temptation and keep what's most important in focus. Really, choosing the right actually liberates you and makes you more free.

When I got my first job at age 15 I decided that I would keep the Sabbath Day holy by not working on Sundays. In order to keep my commitment I had to use all of my days off for Sundays and find people to trade shifts with me. I basically had no other days off for the whole summer, and a lot of my coworkers thought I was odd, but choosing not to work Sundays allowed me to make the choice to go to church every week. Choosing to go to church allowed me take the sacrament each week. Choosing to take the sacrament helped me feel clean and strengthened my testimony of my Savior. This allowed me to make the choice to go to the temple later on. Going to the temple helped me choose to be sealed to my husband when we were married. Each good choice helps you choose to do more good and wonderful things that bring so much happiness.