When mistakes are made in practice, it's very different than when mistakes are made in performance. In practice, there are much lower stakes. In fact, it is well known that mistakes will be made at some point, and the best time to make them is in practice, when one is still learning how to make those mistakes less often.
Our mortal lives are interesting in that they are both practice and performance. They are performance in that this is the one life we get, but at the same time, they are practice in that this life is meant to prepare us for the far more important life to come. When we make mistakes in this life, it is both serious and inconsequential. We are, as mortals, bound to make mistakes, and that is why Christ offers us forgiveness through His Atonement, but our choices in life still determine where we go in the afterlife. Mistakes made in this life can be serious, but so long as we repent of them, they don't have to be.
I'm glad that we were given this opportunity to practice wisdom and learn to make decisions. We're bound to make mistakes, but that's part of the process of practicing. We're supposed to make our mistakes in this life, so we can learn better by the time we move on to the next. This mortal life is our practice run. It's important that we learn how to do well in this life, but until we reach the end of our lives, it is all still just practice.
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