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A while back as I was driving to work, I had the realization that my day would pretty much turn out awful if I wasn't able to make it home in the evening for some reason. I considered this observing the different people walking around the streets of SLC, did they feel the same way? Did they have homes they enjoyed being in, homes with loving families?, homes providing a refuge from the world, homes providing peace and comfort? I feel fortunate that my home provides those things since I realize that isn't always the case for everyone. All my life the over arching goal of each day has always been to return home. If I'm out of town for work or on vacation my most important goal is still to return home. I guess I never think of it as a goal since it is pretty much a given each time. It is at this point I consider returning to my heavenly home after this life's existence. The plan of salvation outlines where we've come from, why we're here on earth, and to where we'll go after our mortal experience. The plan has been established so that we can return home to live with our loving Heavenly Father and inherit all that is his. How badly I want to return to that home with my family as well. No big secret in accomplishing this, it is the effort that at times seems daunting. If one simply applies him/herself each day to return to their earthly home with a clean heart and clean hands, I would submit that this individuals actions would merit a ticket back to our Heavenly home upon leaving this life. How could that person's actions direct them elsewhere? Sure we all experience problems, trials, weakness and temptation in this life; it is for that purpose that we are here. If our response to these situations in life is to return home with a clean conscience each day, returning home to our Heavenly Father will be a natural progression.