Friday, January 22, 2016

Life is a Storm

One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Alexandre Dumas in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo.  It says:



This is totally true!  One day you are understanding everything in your classes, ahead in your studies, having fun at work, and getting along well with coworkers, and the next thing you know everything goes wrong.  I think this cycle continues no matter where you are in your life.  Being happy is a choice we can make.  It's always easy being happy when we are "bask[ing] in the sunlight."  The hard part is being truly happy while being shattered on the rocks of classes and workloads and other problems.  The prophet Joseph Smith once said, "I should never get discouraged, whatever difficulties should surround me, if I was sunk in the lowest pit of Nova Scotia and all the Rocky Mountains piles on top of me, I ought not to be discouraged but hang on, exercise faith and keep up good courage and I should come out on top of the heap."  Let's trust in our Heavenly Father!  I know that He loves us more than we can imagine.  I know that He has a plan that is perfect, and that we don't completely understand.  Have faith and trust in Him and happiness will be an emotion we continuously feel!

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