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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Stand Steady and Face Them

I was listening to a "talk of the day" on byub.org by Staci Peters called "Our Unexpected Journey Through the Promised Land."  Excellent talk!  Anyway, she quoted something by Boyd K. Packer that is just so applicable I wanted to share it.  I found it in his 1978 Ensign talk called "Solving Emotional Problems in the Lord's Own Way."
He said, "We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems.
We are indoctrinated that somehow we should always be instantly emotionally comfortable. When that is not so, some become anxious—and all too frequently seek relief from counseling, from analysis, and even from medication.
It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out.
There is great purpose in our struggle in life."

Isn't that wonderful?!  Stand steady and face hard days.  Things will straighten out.  They always do!

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