Past the Parking Lot

A few weeks ago in sacrament meeting, one of the counselors in our bishopric talked about a phrase his mother used to use: "Take it past the parking lot." 

We often go to church, firesides, activities, conferences and hear wonderful things that make us want to change.  We may even take notes, and write down quotes that we like.  We make goals while listening to wonderful speakers and have every intention of going home and improving ourselves, but for some reason it all disappears as soon as we get to the parking lot.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately and have realized just how guilty of this I am.  I get so much inspiration at church, but as soon as I get back to my weekly schedule I forget about all those things that I wanted to do or change.

This week we had an awesome Stake/Regional conference, and general conference is just around the corner.  I am really going to try to make a conscious effort to take what I learn "past the parking lot".