. . .but it's more important to be nice

Recently, this Mormonad keeps popping into my head. I keep thinking about my interactions with my children and how I can improve. This Mormonad has been a great mental exercise for me when I feel my stress level rising and my blood start boiling.

I fill in the blank for the appropriate situation:

It's nice to ____________, but it's more important to be nice.

Some examples of what I might put in that blank are:

be on time
have a clean house
have perfectly dressed children with their hair done nicely

I know that it is the spirit that is trying to teach me how to be a better mom. How grateful I am for that guidance and for Heavenly Father's patience with me as I am a slow learner. I appreciated President Monson's words that Elder Hales shared in his General Conference Address. (Also the words of Joseph Smith as recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants):

To a small group of mothers, President Monson recently said, “Sometimes we are too quick to judge the effect of our successes and failures.” May I add, don’t look at today’s trials as eternal. Heavenly Father does His work in the long term. “There is much which lieth in futurity,” the Prophet Joseph Smith said. “Therefore, … let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed” (D&C 123:15, 17).

So, here's to all of us doing "cheerfully all things that lie in our power!"