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"I Admonish You to Go Often"

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"To you who are worthy and able to attend the temple, I would admonish you to go often. The temple is a place where we can find peace. There we receive a renewed dedication to the gospel and a strengthened resolve to keep the commandments."  - President Thomas S. Monson  I'm not always one for New Year's resolutions, but as the year draws to a close, it's natural to reflect on the accomplishments and happenings of this year and years' past. At the end of 2012, I made a New Year's resolution to attend the temple once a week, every week, for an entire year. I did well for the first little while, until four months in when it was geographically impossible for me to attend a temple in a seven-day span, so I went an additional time the next week to make up for it. By the time 2013 came to a close, with the exception of that one week in April, I had successfully attended the temple once a week every week for the entire year. This week, I had the opp