All things must be done in wisdom and order, without excesses or extremes. An example of going to the extreme would be if you tried to demonstrate inordinate or overzealous compliance by selling or giving away everything you have in order to bless others, but leaving your own family destitute. Life demands of each of us that we set priorities and try to stay balanced in our attitudes, actions, personal lives, and professional lives. President Harold B. Lee once gave this valuable counsel: “Most men do not set priorities to guide them in allocating their time, and most men forget that the first priority should be to maintain their own spiritual and physical strength. Then comes their family, then the Church, and then their professions—and all need time.” 17
“If you do right,” taught the Prophet Joseph Smith, “there is no danger of your going too fast. He said he did not care how fast we run in the path of virtue; resist evil, and there is no danger.” 18
We must be diligent to “win the prize.” What prize? “The high calling of God” (Philippians 3:14).