Progression or Regression, which do you choose?

Yesterday I was reading something that reminded me of a poorly organized, but fascinating, chain of scriptures I had connected with the help of Elder Kyle Rusick back in June. The start of my findings was this verse in 2 Nephi 18:30 "For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have." I'm amazed at how many related scriptures there are to this.
I thought I had a pretty good understanding of this, but yesterday I realized that I really had no clue what precept meant. Good thing I had a dictionary nearby! Precept: A rule or principle prescribing a specific course of action or conduct. This man not be earth-shattering to you, but it was to me. I'm sure I must have learned the basic principle back in June and many times before that, but it struck me as I considered it. To be able to learn/progress to the next step we must be living up to what we've been given!
What we have been given varies from one person to another. Every single one of us is unique and has been given different trials and blessing, great and small. The beautiful thing is that for each of us, the best place to start from is right where we are at. We don't need to have miraculous changes in our circumstances in order to begin our progression. The important thing is that we have a moment of decision, and we act. As we do the things we know we should do, we will be given another line/precept. Whether that first step is some great feat of courage or simply getting out of bed when we know we should, we are blessed for doing what we know is right.
Every single one of us has some level on conscience so that we know between good and bad. As we do good, we are able to do more good. As we do evil, our ability to recognize the evil and it's drastic effects are dulled. I'm sure that most people in prison (physically or spiritually) did not start with some terrible deed. They almost certainly started out with little acts of evil, or even just ignoring the desire to do good things. On the other hand, spiritual giants - or any great people - are not usually born that way. They grow into it through small and simple things.
I'm nowhere close to perfect, and I doubt too many of us are, but the best place to start progressing from is always right where we are at. And now is always a good time. So If you've been making poor decisions, stop it! Today is a great day to choose to do good. =D