"You can have sacred, revelatory, profoundly instructive experience with the Lord, in the most miserable experiences of your life. In the worst settings, while enduring the most painful injustices; when facing the most insurmountable odds and opposition you have EVER faced." --Jeffery R. Holland
Isn't that an interesting statement? No matter what we go through, we can learn the most personally gratifying things amongst the hell that surrounds us. We know that happiness is a state of mind and attitude but do we really acknowledge that life is often really crappy? It's ok to say that! In fact, it feels good. Try it out.
Life throws many things at you. Often, in times of deep nightmare, it is hard to see the light. And in that tunnel of misery we feel as if we are running through stone or slitting our wrists and doing push ups in saltwater. However, I have come to find that even in these times we can identify with many around us. It is in these moments that we are defined as either pitiful and lonely or bridled towards those who can help.
Suck it up, people. Life is good. Quit complaining about the simple annoyances and remember that opposition is nothing more than an tough situation that soon turns to blissful inconvenience.
"When lonely, cold, hard times come, we have to endure; we have to continue; we have to persist...The Savior has been where you've been--allowing Him to provide for your deliverance and your comfort."--Jeffery R. Holland (Same talk)
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