Patience

As Alma spoke of faith and diligence in Alma 32, he also spoke of patience, and he used a clear analogy to illustrate his point. He compared the word of God to a seed that we should plant in our hearts and nourish with faith and diligence so it can grow. Unfortunately for us, trees take a long time to grow, so we have to nourish the tree with faith and diligence for quite some time before we can taste the fruit (i.e. reap the blessings of the gospel).

That's why, in addition to faith and diligence, we also need to practice patience. While there are some blessings that we can receive fairly quickly, the greatest blessings of the Gospel, including exaltation and eternal life, are blessings that take a lifetime to earn and receive.

So, I encourage all of us to practice patience. It can be difficult to strive to stay righteous for the sake of blessings that won't come for ages, but most of those blessings are well worth the wait.