The Value of Trying

Growing up I was a BIG Star Wars fan. (I mean the kind person that would only wear Star Wars shirts). As such a fan Yoda was untouchable. He was the greatest source of wisdom in the Star Wars universe (not to mention it was fun to talk like him). One of his more quotable pieces of advice was "Do or do not, there is no try." At first I thought that Yoda's advice was infallible and even though I understand the spirit of his words (it is in doing that we accomplish) I beg to differ with Yoda.

I see value in trying.

Throughout my life I have discovered many new and marvelous things because I was willing to try them. Weather its finding that new restaurant or dish, or a great new game or sport, or even being willing to put yourself out there and try something that you assume you are no good at there is value in trying. According to www.merriam-webster.com to try means: 

1) a : to examine or investigate judicially <try a case>
    b (1) : to conduct the trial of (2) : to participate as counsel in the judicial examination of
2) a : to put to test or trial <try one's luck> —often used without <try out a new method>

Trying new things has brought me so much joy and fills my life with excitement (not to mention new experiences). I find that for me it is one way to live life a little more fully.

I even think that tying is an important part of faith (Alma 32: 26-28)

"26 Now, as I said concerning faith—that it was not a perfect knowledge—even so it is with my words. Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge.

27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.

28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me."

So, next time you have the opportunity to try something new and good jump on in you'll be glad that ya did!