Life Isn't Always Easy

At a very young age we become very aware that "life isn't fair" as is shown in the title of the Sesame Street Book above. We realize early that circumstances do not always go our way, and disappointments are a part of life. It is very common for a child to display their displeasure with what they deem as not fair, but as life goes on we learn that disappointments come, and we sometimes just have to accept them.

Today was the second Sunday at our new ward and even though Mormon chapels are for the most part visually the same the people were new and that unfamiliar feeling was there. The members were so nice and talked to us like we were old friends which made us feel comfortable and welcome, but it still wasn't "home".

When we went to Sunday School I noticed a piece of paper on my chair. I thought it was left over from another meeting so I tucked it in my scriptures to discard of later. I began thinking how this was my least favorite meeting on Sunday and how the lesson never really touched me like Relief Society or Sacrament meeting. Well, that was the last time I will ever think that. Today's lesson was specific to my life's circumstance, and you know that paper I was going to toss? Well, it was a quote meant to be read during the lesson and it was meant to be read by me. Coincidence? I don't think so.

I don't know who said this quote, but it is from the April 1997 Conference Report:

"Life isn't always easy. At some point in our journey we may feel much as the pioneers did as they crossed Iowa -- up to our knees in mud, forced to bury some of our dreams along the way. We all face rocky ridges, with the wind in our face and winter coming on too soon. Sometimes it seems as though there is no end to the dust that stings our eyes and clouds our vision. Sharp edges of despair and discouragement jut out of the terrain to slow our passage....Occasionally we reach the top of one summit in life, as the pioneers did only to see more mountain peaks ahead, higher and more challenging than the one we have jut traversed. Tapping unseen reservoirs of faith and endurance, we, as did our forebears, inch ever forward toward that day when our voices can join with those of all pioneers who have endured in faith, singing 'All is well! All is well'"

I will carry that quote with me forever as I feel it was a message sent directly to me by my Father in Heaven. Billy and I are indeed "up to our knees in mud, forced to bury some of our dreams", but we will "[tap] the unseen reservoirs of faith and [endure]".

I loved church today, I love my new ward and I am grateful for lessons that give me hope and inspire me to keep going.

BUT IT IS SOOOO WORTH IT!!!!!!!!