"For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility."
2 Nephi 2:11
Reading this, I was thinking about how we usually want things to be easy. I know I do. Stresses me out when things mess up my normal activities. Arguments, disasters, global pandemics... they all seem to get in the way of our goals.
And yet, God created the world with opposition so that we could learn. When things are easy, we don't typically learn a lot. It often takes some sort of a challenge before we force ourselves to learn how to cope, and thus improve in whatever way... changing our perspective, our ability to endure, our ability to find hope when things look bleak. :)
Today, let's look for the positive in the challenges we face. We learn happiness in part by understanding grief... they are part of each other, and both sides are required in order for us to learn the difference between everything... good and bad, joy and sorrow, and to choose the good and the joyful. :) Let's take advantage of every challenge and learn all we can, so that we will truly be able to appreciate heaven when we find it. :)
2 Nephi 2:11
Reading this, I was thinking about how we usually want things to be easy. I know I do. Stresses me out when things mess up my normal activities. Arguments, disasters, global pandemics... they all seem to get in the way of our goals.
And yet, God created the world with opposition so that we could learn. When things are easy, we don't typically learn a lot. It often takes some sort of a challenge before we force ourselves to learn how to cope, and thus improve in whatever way... changing our perspective, our ability to endure, our ability to find hope when things look bleak. :)
Today, let's look for the positive in the challenges we face. We learn happiness in part by understanding grief... they are part of each other, and both sides are required in order for us to learn the difference between everything... good and bad, joy and sorrow, and to choose the good and the joyful. :) Let's take advantage of every challenge and learn all we can, so that we will truly be able to appreciate heaven when we find it. :)
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